What did Sugar do with the club? Oh, yeah, he sold it. Have ENIC sold us? Are they entertaining bids? Have they not just spent over 60 million on a single player? Not to mention a BILLION pounds on a stadium and training ground? Did they not buy one of the greatest CMs in the world for quite a sum in Modric? Did they not invest 10 million (huge at the time) in one of the greatest LWs on earth in Bale? Did they not close to 7 times their money on them both? Did they not put us into the top ten of European clubs without CL which made it possible to sign such players as Barbatov? Did they not just hire the most accomplished manager in Europe?Under Sugar we signed possibly the best striker in the world in Klinsmann and two stars of the World Cup that year in Popescu and Dumi. All in ONE window. ENIC have remodelled the club for their own gain - every penny for the stadium is either debt against the club or paid for out of profits generated. ENIC have not backed the club at all. It’s now a great asset to sell.
That’s what I mean by the last 20 years but if you want to admire a great business it is then go for it, but I’m more interested in the football club aspect.
Comparing what Sugar did for us and the transformation that has taken place under ENIC is ridiculous. We can thank Sugar for stopping us going under, but not a lot else.Under Sugar we signed possibly the best striker in the world in Klinsmann and two stars of the World Cup that year in Popescu and Dumi. All in ONE window. ENIC have remodelled the club for their own gain - every penny for the stadium is either debt against the club or paid for out of profits generated. ENIC have not backed the club at all. It’s now a great asset to sell.
That’s what I mean by the last 20 years but if you want to admire a great business it is then go for it, but I’m more interested in the football club aspect.
Did they not invest 10 million (huge at the time) in one of the greatest LWs on earth in Bale?
What did Sugar do with the club? Oh, yeah, he sold it. Have ENIC sold us? Are they entertaining bids? Have they not just spent over 60 million on a single player? Not to mention a BILLION pounds on a stadium and training ground? Did they not buy one of the greatest CMs in the world for quite a sum in Modric? Did they not invest 10 million (huge at the time) in one of the greatest LWs on earth in Bale? Did they not close to 7 times their money on them both? Did they not put us into the top ten of European clubs without CL which made it possible to sign such players as Barbatov? Did they not just hire the most accomplished manager in Europe?
How is it that when we achieve success it's got nothing to do ENIC, but when we falter it's SOLELY their fault?
I give up...
What did he say mate?
Under Sugar we signed possibly the best striker in the world in Klinsmann and two stars of the World Cup that year in Popescu and Dumi. All in ONE window. ENIC have remodelled the club for their own gain - every penny for the stadium is either debt against the club or paid for out of profits generated. ENIC have not backed the club at all. It’s now a great asset to sell.
And signing Klinsmann.Comparing what Sugar did for us and the transformation that has taken place under ENIC is ridiculous. We can thank Sugar for stopping us going under, but not a lot else.
And signing Klinsmann.
The biggest signing since I started going in 1981-2.
I think they have chucked a few more tens of millions in via share issues over the years as well. But, really, the only top teams that have owners that have ploughed their own money in to buy things the club otherwise wouldn't have been able to afford are Man City and Chelsea* - and technically Chelsea actually owe Abramovich over £1bn - so I don't think we can really be feeling hard done by.I don't think anyone is ungrateful for how we've progressed under Levy, but let's be perfectly clear, ENIC have not paid for anything apart from their initial investment, they haven't paid for the stadium and they haven't plowed cash into the club for player purchases.
Thats 70 M for the player, 14m for the image right and then another 15m for the agent, I think that was the problem if I was guessing 30m feesI saw something that it was 14mil for the image rights. That’s peanuts to get a player in like that if you really want him.
Under Sugar we signed possibly the best striker in the world in Klinsmann and two stars of the World Cup that year in Popescu and Dumi. All in ONE window. ENIC have remodelled the club for their own gain - every penny for the stadium is either debt against the club or paid for out of profits generated. ENIC have not backed the club at all. It’s now a great asset to sell.
Sugar only signed Klinsmann, Popescu and Dumitrescu because the club were facing a 12 point deduction in the league for paying bungs to sign players like Teddy Sheringham.
That’s what I mean by the last 20 years but if you want to admire a great business it is then go for it, but I’m more interested in the football club aspect.