SebastianBlue
President, International Julian Alvarez Fan Club
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That is the very definition of a puff piece.
Nothing he says is wrong, per se, but it is absolutely not a balanced analysis of current overall football market, the impact of the SIF hoovering up talent across the European leagues for wages a magnitude greater than offered in any other league in the world (not even we, the destroyers of football, did that), nor the viability (or sustainability) of the Saudi Pro League.
In fact, he bemoans European football’s talent drain in Africa and South America without so much as a nod to irony, given the SIF is doing just that now, whilst also having quietly attempting to do so elsewhere for a few years.
I have never begrudged their approach, as it is just a supercharged, supersized version of what we did to catch up with the established elite, applied to an entire league. I have only outlined the many reasons why I think their project will fail (at least, for the stated aim of offering real competition to the Premier League, Bundesliga, and La Liga).
But the same people shouting down the criticism of the Saudi Pro League with disingenuous propaganda like that article, were the same ones writing hit pieces when we began spending big. And many still deride us whilst singing the praises of the SIG development plan.
It’s hypocri$y that I can’t abide.
And this is a prime example.