Post by Paul Hardwick

Football is awash with money – or so we would assume, but the individuals behind it do not have the correct enjoy of the game nor its greatest interests at heart.

Glimpse at who is in charge: in London, Roman Abramovich a Russian oligarch and proprietor of Chelsea football club, an investment of some thing like £600 million, tiny beer for a man with his individual fleet of high end yachts and numerous aircraft. Chelsea losing £65 million this year on your own, Abramovich found sufficient pocket modify of £7 million as well as, to sack his manager. Barely 7 months in tenure, Scolari (former world cup winning manager of Brazil), obtained the thumbs down from his Caesar. A failure to beautify and edify Roman’s toy group in quick time appears the reason for these. Now these kinds of is the power of the mega-wealthy, Abramovich is ‘borrowing’ the Russian nationwide team coach in a aspect time position – becasue he can and he craves personal glory.

When steel magnets (lashmi Mittal) and mega-bucks System One particular huge boys (Ecclestone &amp Briatore) buy a 3rd rate London football group – Q.P.R. – alarm bells ring.

In Manchester, Malcolm Glazer (net really worth .5 billion), an American with multifarious business’s, raised the income to acquire the football club by borrowing versus all its assets. Given that taking manage, ticket rates have risen 42%. Also in Manchester there is an additional staff less renowned but, not too long ago quite not too long ago turn out to be immensely much more wealthy, for Manchester Metropolis has been purchased by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi. The price has been approximated at £200 million but then, for this oil rich Sheikh what’s a few noughts right here and there, just knock out a number of more barrels. Has he been to a game nevertheless?

When football gamers photographs this kind of as David Beckham show up on bill boards and he will get paid much more for parading in his underpants, than for kicking a ball, we know the madness has no bounds! As the Television revenues remain secure (or even rise) and the commercial enterprises of the clubs broaden into China and the Significantly East and so forth, and they hoover all remaining lifestyle out peoples enjoy for (their group) the global game, the fatted calf expands for the abundant. But, Football will consume by itself, there will be a day when the growth stops, football will deflate and then what be left to feast on, nought but the bones of a the moment mighty activity. The Hyena’s will have left a long time ahead of.

About the Writer

A lover of the game not the glamour