This whole debate about club ownership has not been thought through. It's all very well the old guard pointing the finger at us and PSG but as we know Real Madrid have had significant state aid through a variety of channels some more transparent than others. Barcelona have had lots of money from the Catalan govt as have Athletic from the Basque govt. Bayern Munich have a complex set of shareholders who also sponsor them and have benefited from numerous state subsidies over the years. I'm sure any investigation might find some issues with PSG and the links between their owners and sponsors but the same must be true in Munich and elsewhere. Moreover, any proper investigation of Spanish clubs would find a need for significant sums of state aid to be repaid and millions more owed in tax for preferential tax rates, subsidies and soft loans etc. A can of worms is being opened here which will see PSGs lawyers and possibly ours have a field day. Italian and Spanish clubs put under proper financial scrutiny would be a sight to behold. Once the lawyers look at this he whole thing will be swept under the carpet quicker than you can say 'rotten to the core' You'll see. As an aside it would be nice to establish who paid for the rebuilding work at OT ahead of the 1966 World Cup?
