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Bernardo Silva to Saudi Arabia..


North Yorks Mackem said:
I was reading that was ultimately why the PGA sold out. Couldn't handle up coming legal costs. So essentially was a hostile takeover.

Whatever their exact vision is they will get it. Which I'm convinced will be some new super league including saudi and European teams.
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Can't wait til they all fuck off, and the English leagues reset and become kind of like an upgrade on the championship.....basically one of the most competitive and entertaining leagues in world football.
 
Oli Wagkz said:
The more that go the better, might finally be the implosion at the top
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This.
Hope the top 8 all fuck off.
PL needs to grow a pair and ban them all from all domestic football under their current setup and also from “investing” in any club within the existing pyramid and also blocking them from setting up a new club(s)
 
ab 65 said:
This.
Hope the top 8 all fuck off.
PL needs to grow a pair and ban them all from all domestic football under their current setup and also from “investing” in any club within the existing pyramid and also blocking them from setting up a new club(s)
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Not sure they would be prepared to instantly go from £1.5bn revenue to probably £200m.
 
Adamoah said:
Football is so broken :lol:
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It is but it isn't. Like, people have been saying the money in football has ruined it since I can remember watching football, and 30 years later its still good. End of the day its still humans kicking a ball around.

Until they start using money to clone Haalands, football can't really change too much; better players still want to play for the loaded teams, same as it ever was.

Add in VAR and I'd agree tho football is so broken :lol:
 
We've had the top stars coming to England for the last 20 years because we pay the most money, before that it was Italy, can't complain if it's now someone else paying the big bucks 🤷‍♂️

Think back to when the prem started to emerge as a credible destination for big name players - does anyone think Juninho and Ravanelli went to Middlesbrough because of its football heritage or the delights of it's transporter bridge?
 
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It's quite amusing to watch from relative afar. Looking forward to watching them try to square all these circles the FA/premier League/UEFA have created.
 
Hodgie1979 said:
Greedy twats footballers mind.
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Loads of people shift jobs for the money. There must be loads of British out in the Middle East working normal jobs for more coin than they'd get here. I vaguely remember stories of some relative of me mam who had a few quid working in the oil industry over there in the 70s/80s.

Kante, Silva, Benzema, they've been working away from home for years so it's just another well paying gig for them unfortunately.
 
Kenna said:
Didn't happen with China, won't happen with Saudi
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China was self-funded, Saudi is government funded. Massive difference between the 2. Oil isn't a permanent resource, sport is.

Like it or not they're here to stay.
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The Chinese Super League was a direct order from the Chinese Government to the mega companies to invest in foreign players but he quickly realised how many these companies were throwing stupid money to European teams so the plan backfired. Some of these companies have secondary clubs who are doing well but the coffers are drying up fast - Inter Milan and Wolves spring to mind.
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The Saudi pro-league is a government funded project to bring big sponsors to the country. Just like they did to golf and Boxing. 2 completely different aims and sources of funding.
 
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wschmidt said:
My point from the last thread - nobody is tuning into Saudi football regardless of the players they sign
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Sky cover everything about Ronaldo and even done free streams for Al Nassr matches. Objective already achieved. Nobody gonna tune? They already are.
 
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coyneeee said:
Sky cover everything about Ronaldo and even done free streams for Al Nassr matches. Objective already achieved. Nobody gonna tune? They already are.
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Mad that anyone would waste their time watching that shite

“Aye mate if you could just stick the Al Hilal game on”
 
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