Oly Francis
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It would be pretty naive to think it started with oil clubs. Not even going back to the Berlusconi era, there's links of interest in a lot of top "historic" clubs.I'm not against billionaires backing clubs, like Chelsea for example, because at the end of the day they're trying to be self sufficient in a real way. State backed clubs on the other hand should have no place in football, they generate money through sponsorships from their own companies, and create deals that aren't reasonable. And they could use that for sponsoring players as well, for example Messi wouldn't just be getting a massive contract by joining PSG, he could be also getting some massive deals from State companies like Qatar airways or QNB, and that wouldn't add any financial strain on PSG.
Some would argue that other top clubs spend a lot of money as well, but the difference is that clubs like United or Madrid still need to be responsible, otherwise they'd end up like Barca, with PSG and City there are no consequences, so it's like someone using a cheat code.
Juventus main sponsor is Jeep, owned in part by the Agnelli family.
Bayern is sponsored by Adidas and Allianz who are shareholders in the company owning their professionnal team...