The end of football as we know it?

[Chong Warrior]

The news flying round about Man Cities new owners saddens me really... Chelsea started it and now City will carry it on. Also there's this news.

As we all know City have been taken over by Suleiman Al Fahim of Abu Dhabi Group, I have heard they have around £1.73 trillion pounds at least altogether.

City now are technically the richest club in the world.


Due to the work I do, this morning I have been told some interesting news which could effect us.

Abu Dhabi and Dubai are fierce rivals and are constantly trying to outdo each other. The Dubai Invesment Group, who tried to takeover Liverpool are furious that Abu Dhabi group have taken over City and made the headlines this morning with the Robinho signing.

What I heard this morning is that the Dubai Investment Group as of this morning have already started to desperately try and find a new Premier League club who they can take over, so that they can compete and not get outshone by the Abu Dhabi group.

Clubs on the list include Spurs, Arsenal, Everton and Newcastle. Spurs and Arsenal are the two choices they would rather go with as they are in London and they believe that they have greater potential/history etc.

The Dubai group are as loaded as the Abu Dhabi group and whoever they takeover will definitely spend loads of money as they want to be the number 1 owners in the country. Spurs are the favourites to be taken over as of this morning.

That's what I heard this morning guys, I'll keep you updated.

If Spurs are taken over then I'll probably completely stop watching the game altogether I've already lost a lot of interest in the game, the CL has made things so unfair, then Chelsea and now more and more clubs will just become playthings for the billionaires.... seriously they have such wealth they'll be playing Championship Manager but for real!!!

I really don't see Chelsea as successful, they cheated it and did not earn anything, I truly believe that. Just a matter of time before Roman leaves and they'll sink without trace??

Even though my love of the game has cooled I do still love Spurs and am proud of what they've achieved on their own backs. They have no debt, run at a profit and have many passionate fans.....

A take over that what has just happened at Man City would just kill it for me. I'd rather win the Carling Cup like we did than the Prem like Chelsea and now probably Man City will....

 

[Chong Warrior]

No offense dude, but that's BS.

No offense dude but you don't know me, don't judge me by your values..?

Some people just don't get it....

I'd rather Newcastle win the carling cup this season then nowt again for 10 years, at least we will feel like it's worth something...

Exactly. Won like other football teams have been winning things for the past 100+ years.

 

[Chong Warrior]

The one big change that these billionaires have brought is the increasing irrelevance of the fans. In the past most of a clubs turnover was from gate recepits. The clubs needed you to turn up and you felt that the money you spent on tickets and merchandise really did help towards the cause. You could rightly feel part of any sucess the club achieved.

Even with the sky tv money gate recepits still mattered, one reason man utd maintained their dominant postion. Now that is begining to change. The clubs do not need nor therefore have to care about those that turn up to watch.

I dont for one second think the new owners of City could care less about their fans or the clubs history/heratige. It was just a covinent franchise to be exploited.

Football has sold it soul in this country.

Yeah you're thinking along the same lines as me...

Football is a game played between two teams who both play by the same rules. By hard work, flair, a bit of luck, whatever teams built a reputation and a history of tradition.

Now some teams got better deals than others as rich owners took over but they still had to play by the same basic rules. They had to be sustainable and make money.... though a couple of big European teams are slightly different like Barca and Real, but they're still within reason.

Chelsea and Roman destroyed that.... completely different ball game.

But I fear these Arabs will take it onto a whole new level... I mean at least Roman is saying Chelsea need to become self sustainable? Haha whatever but still!

It will become absurd? How long before the £500k a week footballer? or £1m a week even??

 

[Chong Warrior]

Chelsea didn't start it. Its the way it's almost always been. Liverpool had huge financial clout in the 80's. I remember well the madness that surrounded John Barnes 14k per week.

Blackburn bought a title, Newcastle almost did. Manu were able to outbid anyone for years. Chelsea bought two silver cups for 250 million.

Now man city.

Not the same though... all teams in the past still had to balance the books. Also don't you think Liverpool earned that right lol? Ok a few million here and there and most went into debt but Chelsea were about to do a Leeds and already in serious trouble. How much debt would they be in if he pulled the plug... half a billion or something daft?

TBH I think the games a shadow of what it was in the 70's and 80's. I don't care about it as much anymore, it's just whichever club throws the most money at it. The gulf between the top 4 and the rest is so huge they may as well have their own league and you can buy a slot if you have a billionaire.

I'd like both a wage cap and a seasonal spending cap but it won't happen.

Agree with all that.