Anyone with a spare half an hour might find this interesting. The amount of money Saudi are going to throw at football in the coming years is absolutely eye watering.
"Al Nassr are in talks to sign Real Betis midfielder William Carvalho and Chelsea forward Hakim Ziyech.
Al Nassr are one of four Saudi Pro League teams the country’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) will take a 75 per cent controlling stake in, along with Al Ahli, Al Ittihad and Al Hilal."
I read somewhere that of the 16 teams in the Pro league, 12 of them averaged crowds of less than 10k last season.
Naturally crowds are going to grow but i still think this is all just to boost interest for their bid for the 2030 World Cup. If they don't get it, i don't see the point in all this.
It has been heading in this direction for years now. The Premier League was created to use the world's top players to attract money and it has been amazingly successful in doing that. It's only to be expected that if someone can offer even more money then the players will head there instead. You reap what you sow.
Mbappe's contract running out next summer will be very interesting...
Imagine if the Champions League allowed Saudi Arabian teams to enter the qualification stage, I can honestly see it happening if they start draining all the top players from Europe. The aim is all about 2030 and they will be very aggressive in the next 5 years.
I don’t think this will do the premier league over to be honest so I’m genuinely not arsed. People will live anywhere if the money’s right and that’s up to them.
He was too good to join Wolves in the Championship in the first place.
Its when the Saudis etc. start to attract those who aren't old, or aren't already mercenaries that we'll want to worry
We've seen this from the Chinese already
Can you explain why we need to worry? Personally Couldn't give a toss.
When the likes of Bellingham in their prime opt for Saudi money over proper Football?
For now though, they're just another MLS | Chinese Super League
Proper football to me means someone who gives his all whenever he/they enter the pitch. If a player wants to go there for money, then no loss in my opinion. How much does a player need? The wages nowadays are half the reason I would rather non-league.
I said said on the LIV thread that it was all roads led to football eventually. The Saudis have a bottomless pit of money and there is nothing that the premier league or La Liga will be able to do about it. Like LiV, there will ultimately be a compromise and that will be with Saudi teams playing in the champions league or whatever it will be rebranded as. We all know that the officials of fifa and uefa like a pound note so the palm will be greased and football will be reinvented.
I said said on the LIV thread that it was all roads led to football eventually. The Saudis have a bottomless pit of money and there is nothing that the premier league or La Liga will be able to do about it. Like LiV, there will ultimately be a compromise and that will be with Saudi teams playing in the champions league or whatever it will be rebranded as. We all know that the officials of fifa and uefa like a pound note so the palm will be greased and football will be reinvented.
Or FIFA step in and control it somehow. Global salary cap or FFP perhaps.
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He was too good to join Wolves in the Championship in the first place.
Its when the Saudis etc. start to attract those who aren't old, or aren't already mercenaries that we'll want to worry
We've seen this from the Chinese already
https://youtu.be/0F4yg2odqHg
Personally Couldn't give a toss.
For now though, they're just another MLS | Chinese Super League
"Al Nassr are in talks to sign Real Betis midfielder William Carvalho and Chelsea forward Hakim Ziyech.
Al Nassr are one of four Saudi Pro League teams the country’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) will take a 75 per cent controlling stake in, along with Al Ahli, Al Ittihad and Al Hilal."
Naturally crowds are going to grow but i still think this is all just to boost interest for their bid for the 2030 World Cup. If they don't get it, i don't see the point in all this.
Try not to get too glassy eyed about football, it'll only disappoint when you understand what it's actually about... Money.
The Premier League was created to use the world's top players to attract money and it has been amazingly successful in doing that.
It's only to be expected that if someone can offer even more money then the players will head there instead.
You reap what you sow.
Imagine if the Champions League allowed Saudi Arabian teams to enter the qualification stage, I can honestly see it happening if they start draining all the top players from Europe. The aim is all about 2030 and they will be very aggressive in the next 5 years.
Surely most players aren't entirely driven by money, when they are fabulously wealthy already
If a player wants to go there for money, then no loss in my opinion.
How much does a player need?
The wages nowadays are half the reason I would rather non-league.