it's all about opinions but this deal, if it does go through is hardly representative of the game as a whole is it? I don't want City to burn down because of this!I start this by saying I love the game of football - however we can't hide from things.
I honestly didn't think the obscenity in football could get any worse, but if this comes off it really has. The state of the World we live in and a football club is touted as potentially spending the sums reported.
Imagine the good that money could do elsewhere. I'm really dreaming of the day this whole thing burns down and it can start fresh - but that day will never arrive in my lifetime.
(Rant over)
PSG would probably turn it down to be fair.Maybe we should put a higher bid in to put the cat amongst the pigeons and piss Sky Sports off?
All very true. Knowing our owners they will probably see opportunity rather than a challenge. Things change and unless we adapt we'll be holding our cocks in a cold wind talking about our great historical treble in 20 years time.
Can they sustain that level of investment?adapt to what exactly?
Saudi Arabia's league sunsetting the influence of the Premier League or European Leagues?
Can they sustain that level of investment?
Saudi's? I am not so sure they can. It is still obscene amounts and they will want to see a return on their investment.Who? The Saudis or our owners?
We either adapt or get left behind. We're a superbly run club already, but will have to be prepared for the impact of Saudi money - possibly adapt our recruitment to the reality that our best players might be spending less time here than we are currently used to.adapt to what exactly?
Saudi Arabia's league sunsetting the influence of the Premier League or European Leagues?
I see where you're coming from but as long as someone / an audience are prepared to pay this there's nothing we can do.I start this by saying I love the game of football - however we can't hide from things.
I honestly didn't think the obscenity in football could get any worse, but if this comes off it really has. The state of the World we live in and a football club is touted as potentially spending the sums reported.
Dear me, it's no different to the purchase of Newcastle or the proposed Qatar takeover of the rags. Maybe not even miles different from our own takeover and early flashing of the cash. The only real difference is the scale of the spending which is essentially how other clubs see us - it's deeply hypocritical for blues to get self righteous about this.This is beyond football; it's an autocratic government purchasing a cultural asset.
We either adapt or get left behind. We're a superbly run club already, but will have to be prepared for the impact of Saudi money - possibly adapt our recruitment to the reality that our best players might be spending less time here than we are currently used to.
It is entirely different.Dear me, it's no different to the purchase of Newcastle or the proposed Qatar takeover of the rags. Maybe not even miles different from our own takeover and early flashing of the cash. The only real difference is the scale of the spending which is essentially how other clubs see us - it's deeply hypocritical for blues to get self righteous about this.
And huge amounts of money.It is entirely different.
The only similarity is the ultimate ownership is based in the Middle East.
Haaland's £20m a year isn't huge, it's the market rate.And huge amounts of money.
20 million a year is still huge no matter how you wrap it up mate.Haaland's £20m a year isn't huge, it's the market rate.
Mbappe's €0.7bn a year is not.
We sold Tevez to Juventus.Didn't we lose Carlos Tevez to a higher bidder from China? We were paying him 400k a week and he went and got 875k from China.. and we had to let him go as we adapted to FFP.
Same for Leroy Sane.. he is on higher than KDB salary.. 420k per week!
As long as we can maintain our #1 status in England and top 5 within Europe.. players will want to come here. Just like players go to the LA Galaxy -- they're the top team stateside!
In other words.. don't worry about it.. we should be fine as long as we're not in League One again. That would really throw a wrench in our plans.