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NUFC/Sportwashing

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It's a pisser, no question about that for me. Who knows though, for the Saudis this is just one more investment in their massive portfolio, for the Kid it's absolutely everything.
 
Spartan said:
Premier League seems very crowded now for a sportswashing PR vehicle . You've already got two established NFP oligarch operations City and Chelsea , then two of the most famous clubs in the world United and Liverpool and then the other London clubs.
As a new entrant , you'd be spending billions to battle Leicester / Villa / Everton for a Europa Conference place.

They'd be better off in Serie A , could pick up the likes of Samp or Lazio for buttons...
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The problem with that is no one watches serie A in comparison to the viewing figures the Premier league gets. That's all they care about, eyes on their team.
 
Bears Beets said:
Why go to Italy when you can buy into a club that have the most brain dead gullible fans anywhere in world football. A fan base that you know will fall over themselves to defend a disgusting regime.

I asked this question last night, what happens if this regime doesn’t pay off and they continue to win fuck all? Do they get run out of town as well?
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I think Newcastle are a better prospect than City were tbf . They will fill the stadium. If money is being spent the critics will look elsewhere : manager , DoF , recruitment team ?
 
jlaws said:
It is not the house prices - there are 2.5m+ houses everywhere it is the concentration of expensive properties that matters to a player. 86 apparently over 2.5m within 40 miles of Alderley Edge and 27 within 5 miles (there are 3 within 5 miles of Darras Hall).

South Manchester has had 30 years of developing an eco system the modern day multi-millionaire wants. You only have to catch a glimpse of Desperate Housewives to see that.

In case you were unware Everton's Finch Farm is just 30 miles from Alderley Edge and Liverpool Kirby academy is 40 miles (all motorway). The LFC/EFC players all used to live either Wirral or Formby/Crosby now a few are in Formby, a few in the city centre but many are in South Manchester. Even Burnley players and (when they were in the Prem) Stoke players live there. All the Brazilians/Argentinians knock about together and the A380 Emirates/Qatar/Ethihad flights are a huge pull also. Schools also - Pep was looking at schools 12 months before he moved.

But that aside money talks. I have no idea how a modern footballer thinks but if they can offer 350k p/w as opposed to 200k p/w then a 5 year deal is worth almost 40m more.
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That's the thing, money talks, and if there are suddenly wealthy players wanting to spend their money somewhere, there'll surely be savyy people opening the car dealerships, clothes boutiques and flashy bars?
 
Spartan said:
Premier League seems very crowded now for a sportswashing PR vehicle . You've already got two established NFP oligarch operations City and Chelsea , then two of the most famous clubs in the world United and Liverpool and then the other London clubs.
As a new entrant , you'd be spending billions to battle Leicester / Villa / Everton for a Europa Conference place.

They'd be better off in Serie A , could pick up the likes of Samp or Lazio for buttons...
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That’s what I can’t understand? Why Newcastle when they could buy a much more prestigious club both here and abroad . This is probably the one hope I have that they are not going to go all out .
The club I would buy in that position would be Man Utd . They already have the players and the history and would instantly raise their countries’s profile .
 
Spartan said:
I think Newcastle are a better prospect than City were tbf . They will fill the stadium. If money is being spent the critics will look elsewhere : manager , DoF , recruitment team ?
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See my post on South Manchester above. As a prospect they are miles apart and only one thing trumps them and that is fans being from a one club city.
 
Spartan said:
I think Newcastle are a better prospect than City were tbf . They will fill the stadium. If money is being spent the critics will look elsewhere : manager , DoF , recruitment team ?
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Man City also had all that space outside of the stadium too, which they’ve used to create a sports village, build a women’s football stadium etc., St. James’ is very restricted in that regard.
 
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