That will never happen. They can buy the players but they can't buy the history of the clubs. Let's call them elite players. They can all go play in Saudi where no one cares and this will just provide more opportunities for home grown talent.If he goes it’s the final nail in the coffin for football as we know it. A small handful of teams will be driven by petro dollars and the rest will be nowhere. Sky or BT will do a deal for the TV rights in Saudi and you will see kids in your local park wearing the shirts of “teams” they know nothing about.
No one cares currently, no, but when they are admitted to the Champions League/fund a new Superleague in two or three years they will get a lot more attention. Nobody really thinks their end goal is winning Saudi domestic league titles do they?They can all go play in Saudi where no one cares
No one cares currently, no, but when they are admitted to the Champions League/fund a new Superleague in two or three years they will get a lot more attention. Nobody really thinks their end goal is winning Saudi domestic league titles do they?
Where there’s money and prestige, the Saudis will be there.I just wonder whether the Saudis will decide to focus their resources on clubs in their own country and not invest as much as at one time contemplated into Newcastle.
If this were to happen the schadenfraude would be delicious.
They've been doing that with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Man United, and Liverpool shirts for years with a recent trend towards PSG shirts, so this will be another leap of lazy bandwagon jumping....you will see kids in your local park wearing the shirts of “teams” they know nothing about.
If he looks like Mbappe I look like Brad Pitt
I just wonder whether the Saudis will decide to focus their resources on clubs in their own country and not invest as much as at one time contemplated into Newcastle.
If this were to happen the schadenfraude would be delicious.
I think they might just lose interest.I think they’ve got more than enough money to go around but yes it would be amusing.