Juventus chairman @andagn on the increasing concentration of money and talent in European football's biggest leagues:
"Whether you're a football club or selling bottled water, your biggest European markets will be England, Germany, Spain, Italy, France"
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"Whether you're a football club or selling bottled water, your biggest European markets will be England, Germany, Spain, Italy, France"
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He's not wrong, but that comparison neatly illustrates how the strong views fans have about the direction of football are centred on that very point:
They see football as much more than business, fulfilling social and cultural needs more than just the inevitability of economics.
They see football as much more than business, fulfilling social and cultural needs more than just the inevitability of economics.
The big clubs now see themselves as corporations, so they're focused on maximising & stabilising revenues.
They don't care if other clubs are marginalised along the way, they see it as inevitable, much as Coca Cola doesn't lose sleep thinking about independent soft drinks makers
They don't care if other clubs are marginalised along the way, they see it as inevitable, much as Coca Cola doesn't lose sleep thinking about independent soft drinks makers
