I dont disagree specifically with what he’s saying. He has a point, but the SL isn’t the answer, even with the PL being a de facto SL.
All that being said, I dont remember La Liga complaining circa 2008 to ≈ 2016 when a Ronaldo/Messi lead La Liga was kicking the shit out of everyone else and taking everyone else’s best players.
Arsenal lost so many players to Barcelona that they may as well have relocated the runway for London to Barcelona flights to N7.
Not so much a selling club as a really-bad-at-renewing-contracts club. I can’t think of any time we actually made good money by selling, and it felt like there were always a couple of key players on the last year of their contract since the management just couldn’t do the business. Edu has almost been a bigger revelation than Arteta, simply by being quietly competent.
The Premier League isn’t a “De facto super league”, it’s just the most successful league and that entirely comes from it’s own business model and the failings of the rest of Europe because they allowed greed to funnel every single resource they had into the top teams.
Serie A were the biggest league in the world in the 90s, they had some of the most recognisable teams, the best players. But they couldn’t be happy with that. The match fixing scandal fucked them, the owners didn’t invest in the clubs, once legendary stadiums have begun to fall down.
La Liga have arguably the two most iconic clubs in the world, they had the two biggest names in footballing history. They have had the lions share of every ballon d’or.
Again, not enough for them. They needed more, and so they took more.
The top of la Liga right now can’t even afford their own training grounds, whilst Barca is pulling it’s 22nd lever of the year.
I dont disagree specifically with what he’s saying. He has a point, but the SL isn’t the answer, even with the PL being a de facto SL.
All that being said, I dont remember La Liga complaining circa 2008 to ≈ 2016 when a Ronaldo/Messi lead La Liga was kicking the shit out of everyone else and taking everyone else’s best players.
Arsenal lost so many players to Barcelona that they may as well have relocated the runway for London to Barcelona flights to N7.
PL will never fall back down
The officials over here are doing their best
How many players did Arsenal lose to Barca, who were still in their prime? Because you’re making shit up
Arsenal were a selling club after 2010 tbf
Not so much a selling club as a really-bad-at-renewing-contracts club. I can’t think of any time we actually made good money by selling, and it felt like there were always a couple of key players on the last year of their contract since the management just couldn’t do the business. Edu has almost been a bigger revelation than Arteta, simply by being quietly competent.
Even before then. They sold Anelka, Viera, Thierry, Overmas, Petit, Reyes etc before 2010
Don’t agree at all.
As the premier English speaking league the PL is going to be ahead of the rest of Europe forever.
The only possible contender is the possiblity of a strong American or Chinese league in the very, very distant future.
Italy, France, Spain, Germany etc… have no chance of ever pulling back ahead.
The Premier League isn’t a “De facto super league”, it’s just the most successful league and that entirely comes from it’s own business model and the failings of the rest of Europe because they allowed greed to funnel every single resource they had into the top teams.
Serie A were the biggest league in the world in the 90s, they had some of the most recognisable teams, the best players. But they couldn’t be happy with that. The match fixing scandal fucked them, the owners didn’t invest in the clubs, once legendary stadiums have begun to fall down.
La Liga have arguably the two most iconic clubs in the world, they had the two biggest names in footballing history. They have had the lions share of every ballon d’or.
Again, not enough for them. They needed more, and so they took more.
The top of la Liga right now can’t even afford their own training grounds, whilst Barca is pulling it’s 22nd lever of the year.
And in the 80s-90s when Serie A was attracting a lot of talent.