Im an Arsenal fan mate, I don't have any concept on how to get rid of the Glazers because I'd like them to stay for years and years.
Ive read a few articles, I've seen little specific on who actually attended the meeting. Executives of football clubs doesn't necessarily mean owners, so were the Glazers actually there? Or the Kroenkes? Or John Henry?
I mean, you talk about how American owners operate, but there's 3 examples of American Owners who have been involved for a number of years and I don't see the rivalry decreasing. I'm not sure if Boehly is just the glue that was missing to get everyone friends and on the same page, maybe he is?
I was having a bit of a go, but it's more to do with your hyperbole than anything else. You weren't the only one to come in and tell us that Chelsea would spend for instance, I could see it a mile off, and many on here did as well, it's just that your on a rival forum so a lot of posters like to throw a cat amongst the pigeons.
Yes, but I was specific as to WHY they would be spending and how they would be doing it (down the handling of the debt, the rules for FFP regarding the estimated revenue numbers used in such situations, the leeway allowed on that number due to the rule they added for Covid) I put the number at above 350 in May, and I got the same laughing emojis thrown at me. I’m still not sure the people reading it on here understand the technical implications frankly. For various reasons the 90, 80, 70 model with each year being isolated will probably not work. The lack of surety makes this window even more essential.
I don’t particularly care what they throw at me … it’s the internet. I was closing on something last night while typing away on my phone. It’s just fun. It’s more fun when they are clever about it like Religion, but you take what you can get.
Not all owners are active. Some are even large groups represented by executives. As I understand it though, at that meeting most of the Americans were there in person with exception of the Kroenkes. That honestly was just an aside though, like a “what if…?” And I said as much at the time with tongue in cheek. The rest of it wasn’t Hyperbole. I was quoting actual recent articles.
For Boehly: Its not about being “glue”. I saw someone imply I was comparing him to a Lannister? Which is interesting, because he is more of a “Hand” than a “King”.
You guys may not believe one group can raise the revenue profile of an entire league. But they have been very vocal that is Clearlake’s goal. I didn’t say that, they did. And to be fair, Boehly serves that function to a degree among some of the same people already in different sports. He isn’t a primary owner in any of his teams. He is the one out front and building those relationships, creating financial strategies, because that is his job, and why he is even included in the owner groups to begin with.
You can say the rivalries are still there … but ALL the American big 6 owners supported the Super League. I’m more warning people on that front than anything else. It was the Russian everyone hates that caused the dominoes to crumble. People can say it would have collapsed anyway? But there’s no guarantee that is true. And now Chelsea is owned by a group that would absolutely have seen the Super League as an excellent option.
The FAN rivalries exist. But the owners? The Fenway group was openly offering guidance to Boehly and Clearlake very early on, which is how they got initial meetings with Micheal Edwards. Todd Boehly and John Henry are pretty close. They don’t see these teams the same way you do if you are an English fan. If you are an English fan you probably already know this.
For the record: I love the way European football works, and I don’t want an American sports model to win out.
Funny this all started out as an amusement towards a PHD FFP expert from Sheffield “revealing” how Chelsea could spend so much without violating FFP. People have still been complaining about the issue, so I thought I would take the time to explain it again in detail. Didn’t think it would cause this much ruckus.
C’est la vie.