Saudi League

[The Gee Man]

“Four of the leading Saudi Arabian clubs have been taken over by the country's Public Investment Fund.”
 

how can it be a league if the same company runs the top 4 clubs? 

[Dal Riata Don]

18 hours ago, The Gee Man said:

“Four of the leading Saudi Arabian clubs have been taken over by the country's Public Investment Fund.”
 

how can it be a league if the same company runs the top 4 clubs? 

Because Allah wills it.

Also, the public investment fund will be compartmented into different areas so if you wind your mind back, it would be like a team from BT playing in a league with British Gas and British Rail. All publicly funded back in the day (via rate payers), but I think we can see how they are separate.   

[Zeus]

WGAF

[The Gee Man]

4 minutes ago, Zeus said:

WGAF

Don’t read other football thread if not interested! Simples 

[The Gee Man]

11 minutes ago, Dal Riata Don said:

Because Allah wills it.

Also, the public investment fund will be compartmented into different areas so if you wind your mind back, it would be like a team from BT playing in a league with British Gas and British Rail. All publicly funded back in the day (via rate payers), but I think we can see how they are separate.   

But surely there is still one overlord who will decide his favourite that year. Either messi’s, benzema or ronaldo’s team allowed to win it

[Zeus]

9 minutes ago, The Gee Man said:

Don’t read other football thread if not interested! Simples 

Unfortunately I did read it

[The Gee Man]

1 hour ago, Zeus said:

Unfortunately I did read it

🥱

[milne_afc]

You not figured out the hierarchy yet G-min?

[Dad]

Hasnae got any fucking time for trolls 

That's the stuff 

[The Gee Man]

2 hours ago, milne_afc said:

You not figured out the hierarchy yet G-min?

It’s a forum not lord of the flies! Thanks for the aubergine 🍆 

[Dal Riata Don]

8 hours ago, The Gee Man said:

But surely there is still one overlord* who will decide his favourite that year. Either messi’s, benzema or ronaldo’s team allowed to win it

*Allah.

Manchester city got their stadium for free after the commonwealth games. 

Their local council is Labor controlled but the commonwealth games is a Tory thing in essence if ever their was.

Should we assume that David Cameron parked the budget for the NHS on paddypower (or similar) for City to win the league?

[slippers]

Mental the sums these players are getting paid. Benzema looking like over 400k a day. No wonder hes sold out.

[BaaBaaRedSheep]

On 6/7/2023 at 3:56 PM, slippers said:

Mental the sums these players are getting paid. Benzema looking like over 400k a day. No wonder hes sold out.

Totally and utterly obscene amount of cash but would any one of us turn it down if offered?

However cannot see Saudi football going anywhere in the medium to long term. Cannot be sustainable on that level of cash being spent.

 

[Jigsaw666]

27 minutes ago, BaaBaaRedSheep said:

Totally and utterly obscene amount of cash but would any one of us turn it down if offered?

However cannot see Saudi football going anywhere in the medium to long term. Cannot be sustainable on that level of cash being spent.

 

It's sustainable coz they'll just bump the price of oil to pay for it. It'll never be of much interest though. No amount of superstar names will make many folk want to see Allah FC v Mohammed FC. 

[maryhilldon]

6 hours ago, BaaBaaRedSheep said:

Totally and utterly obscene amount of cash but would any one of us turn it down if offered?

 

^ Most pointless rhetorical question ever.

[For Fecks Sake]

All part of a wider plan to introduce a global super champions League.

[Roberto]

Just the 259 million bid for Mbappe by Al Hilal...

[CCB III]

8 minutes ago, Roberto said:

Just the 259 million bid for Mbappe by Al Hilal...

Hope he goes. 
 

Thoroughly enjoying the PL tears over this. 
 

Fucking cunts.

[Granite95]

38 minutes ago, CCB III said:

Thoroughly enjoying the PL tears over this. 

The irony of them frothing over the mouth is hilarious given Chelsea/Man CIty/Man Utd etc

 

[Kincardine_Mearns_Red]

2 hours ago, CCB III said:

Hope he goes. 
 

Thoroughly enjoying the PL tears over this. 
 

Fucking cunts.

They are now reaping what they sowed back in 1992 with the start of the big money era. Hard to have any sympathy tbh.

[jamiesd]

It is unreal that they are complaining.  Exactly what happened in the EPL.  

[Dynamo]

3 hours ago, CCB III said:

Hope he goes. 
 

Thoroughly enjoying the PL tears over this. 
 

Fucking cunts.

Agreed. It's magic. 

[Bluto10]

1 hour ago, Kincardine_Mearns_Red said:

They are now reaping what they sowed back in 1992 with the start of the big money era. Hard to have any sympathy tbh.

yeah, got big sympathy with epl. unbelievable that this has been allowed to happen.

man u now in for mbappe and kane.

won the transfer window and it’s not even august. brilliant.

[The Gee Man]

The EPL certainly set us fans on the disconnect with football. Footballers nowadays are miles away from normal fans. But this Saudi rubbish will finish football, soon they will move on to the youth set ups and there will be no more bargain buys at our level

[Don_Corleone]

7 hours ago, Roberto said:

Just the 259 million bid for Mbappe by Al Hilal...

260 million and they could have Duk instead

[For Fecks Sake]

10 hours ago, Roberto said:

Just the 259 million bid for Mbappe by Al Hilal...

And apparently €13m a week if the stories doing the rounds on Twitter (or X or whatever it's fucking called today) are true.

Absolutely disgusting if anywhere near that.

[Roberto]

1 minute ago, For Fecks Sake said:

And apparently €13m a week if the stories doing the rounds on Twitter (or X or whatever it's fucking called today) are true.

Absolutely disgusting if anywhere near that.

He earns 2 million a week currently.

[maryhilldon]

Jews and Arabs trying to outspend each other. Who gives a fuck. 'mon the Dons.

[Jigsaw666]

On 6/11/2023 at 4:50 PM, For Fecks Sake said:

All part of a wider plan to introduce a global super champions League.

Certainly going to lead to the resurfacing of European Super League chat. The big clubs seeing their players decamp to Saudi will get them thinking how do they combat it. Need to generate more dough and ESL is about the only avenue left open.

[slippers]

8 hours ago, Jigsaw666 said:

Certainly going to lead to the resurfacing of European Super League chat. The big clubs seeing their players decamp to Saudi will get them thinking how do they combat it. Need to generate more dough and ESL is about the only avenue left open.

Imagine what a super league would do to the lesser English leagues once the big dogs have left.