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I think most probably the situation will sort itself out. If clubs such as Real Madrid finally implode, then football will remain ever as strong. Those players
by estomagordo 6y ago
I think most probably the situation will sort itself out. If clubs such as Real Madrid finally implode, then football will remain ever as strong. Those players will just go somewhere else and a different club will start to win championships. And really, as money are involved, I do have to expect that no matter what your name is, there has got to be a point where the loan givers and stakeholders finally have had enough.
As an aside, I am not surprised to see this spearheaded by Real Madrid and Juventus. I am however a bit surprised to not see Barcelona take a more active role, seeing how their financial peril seems to possibly be the worst out of the lot.
- toyg 6y agoBarcelona’s ownership model is weaker than Real or Juventus: directors depend on actual club member-owners who can vote them out. As such, they are forced to keep an ear to the ground - which is why the Barça top-man, Juan Laporta, negotiated an extra clause in their ESL contract to subordinate their joining to popular acceptance via a vote. Hence why they kept a low profile: Laporta got back on top only two months ago, after the previous board was basically kicked out in disgrace; he’s still too weak to make big waves. In theory Real Madrid has similar constraints, but Florentino Perez, over the years, has developed an iron grip that is very hard to remove (he can/could guarantee massive loans from friends in the banking system, which are then used to buy the “galactico” players that members crave). The Agnelli/Elkann family owns Juventus outright. As far as I know, no Italian club has “democratic” elements - a few are publicly floated but most are just private businesses.
- estomagordo 6y agoAh yes, that is insightful, particularly on the differences between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Thanks.