Cherry on the cake has thousands of people now like him.
And? What does that do for him? Sports-washing accusations work for Saudi clubs who are clearly trying to raise the image of their country on the world stage so that they’re in the conversation for larger tourism and global events etc.
It doesn’t fit with Roman’s ownership of Chelsea because he didn’t do anything during his time to obviously try to boost his own image, or even that of Russia, and I’d argue that the public perception of both Russia and of Abramovic is lower now than it was in 2003.
Maybe he just wanted a foreign asset, but he made a huge financial loss owning Chelsea. Maybe he was genuinely just a fan.
It’s the cardinal rule of Reddit
In the case of Chelsea, both ways of understanding the statement are correct.
So funny to see english fans argue who the worst team is in their league. Meanwhile, football is fucked anyway and its a business first and a sport second, so no matter if its the Saudis sportwashing or an American pumping billions into it, the image of that pure, innocent and local football sport is long gone.
You have a red bull flair?
I mean… Tottenham are one of the more sustainable and less shady premier league clubs, and Joe Lewis is far from a moral and stand-up fellow.
No private entity with the money to own a top flight club got there by being decent.
Lewis is absolute scum, but most of the damage he does is outside football
Joe-washing
Spurswashing, surely
Couldn’t agree more
It’s the same like when people constantly complain that UEFA competitions are “greedy, only money, they only want big clubs” etc., but then we have Champions League games and 99,9% of the attention is for the big clubs lol. The small clubs only exist to be the background for them. But when asked in general, they hate that “greedy UEFA” thinks like that completely unlike the fans.
Omfg, people who are the best in the world at doing something very popular are making money off it, this is so dystopian and I am such a victim that I am forced to suffer through this.
Spurs fans need a wash yes.
So what?
The red bull multi ownership model is not good for the sport so the comment about business first and football second is a bit ironic
Not good for the sport but very good for red bull and the clubs they own. That’s not ironic.
I am not basing my comment exclusively on the Premiere League, every professional league and club is a business, just like Red Bull.
funny to see english fans argue who the worst team is in their league
Flair of a corporation that started this multi-ownership bullshit
Huh never thought of it, was Red Bull really the first?
Daz just gud business!
That’s not true. Their land and their old training ground was built near Paseo de la Castellana in 1963, but back then it was on outskirts of the city.
That land was worth fuck ton after 30 years when city grew, this is what the build on it after:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuatro_Torres_Business_Area
They moved to unconnected unbuilt outskirts of Madrid once again, which are still half-empty to this day, called Valdebebas.
Here’s HITC Sevens episode about it, when I learned it from:
https://youtu.be/ao5gccLtRL8?si=3EfB8NVAbfrOsg3e&t=319
Here’s article about it, title is:
“EU Court rules Real Madrid got no state aid in land deal”
https://www.euronews.com/2019/05/22/eu-court-rules-real-madrid-got-no-state-aid-in-land-deal
How so? It seems more stable from the players perspective, they have these nice long contracts so they know they’re still a part of Chelsea despite being bounced from club to club and country to country on expiring contracts.
Seems like a lot of people understand that statement as “omg they are the worst” but as i see it, it’s more like “football is fucked in so many ways, and these guys somehow check nearly all boxes”
In the case of Chelsea, both ways of understanding the statement are correct.
funny to see english fans argue who the worst team is in their league
Flair of a corporation that started this multi-ownership bullshit
Huh never thought of it, was Red Bull really the first?
Cant even win that title as an United fan. The rivalry is on.
Can we convince Boehly to sign the Glazers?
Cant even win that title as an United fan. The rivalry is on.
Can we convince Boehly to sign the Glazers?
The red bull multi ownership model is not good for the sport so the comment about business first and football second is a bit ironic
Not good for the sport but very good for red bull and the clubs they own. That’s not ironic.
I am not basing my comment exclusively on the Premiere League, every professional league and club is a business, just like Red Bull.
funny to see english fans argue who the worst team is in their league
Flair of a corporation that started this multi-ownership bullshit
Huh never thought of it, was Red Bull really the first?
Can we convince Boehly to sign the Glazers?
Can’t argue with that
Chelsea are the poster boys for where Chelsea have gone wrong
Can’t argue with that
I am not basing my comment exclusively on the Premiere League, every professional league and club is a business, just like Red Bull.
funny to see english fans argue who the worst team is in their league
Flair of a corporation that started this multi-ownership bullshit
Huh never thought of it, was Red Bull really the first?
No worries
Not good for the sport but very good for red bull and the clubs they own. That’s not ironic.
I’m just amazed how they always pick the perfect Boehly photo for any topic.
I’m just amazed how they always pick the perfect Boehly photo for any topic.
for players its fantastic, their future is secured for a long time and they are in a (hopefully) stable environment. For the club its a massive risk to make such long commitments
I just want to see fun competition. Eredivisie is high enough a level for me.
I do recognize I’m in the minority, though.
Until they disappear because of shitty owners
Honestly, the biggest criticism about Real and Barca hurting the sport/la liga were negotiating their own tv deals instead of doing it as a whole. We see the EPL now reaping those benefits when small teams in the EPL have bigger budgets than most La Liga teams