southern muppet
Well-Known Member
Exactly, Ajax are now just a footballing relic, a hangover from an age where teams from outside the big three/four leagues we see now, could have (and much more to the point, retain) top players and maintain top sides.
I don't blame them for being angry with 'modern football' but it's the Champions League and the commercialism around that they should be angry at - big-money owners like ours don't affect them a great deal. In fact, an influx of them into the Dutch league might be the only thing to improve it, keep their national stars playing there if nothing else.
And of course, the former led to the latter anyway. It's not as if elites were going to be left unchallenged after they'd been formed - not when the opportunity for investment in other clubs existed and there were no financial fair play rules.
I don't blame them for being angry with 'modern football' but it's the Champions League and the commercialism around that they should be angry at - big-money owners like ours don't affect them a great deal. In fact, an influx of them into the Dutch league might be the only thing to improve it, keep their national stars playing there if nothing else.
And of course, the former led to the latter anyway. It's not as if elites were going to be left unchallenged after they'd been formed - not when the opportunity for investment in other clubs existed and there were no financial fair play rules.