The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

[ArchangelMadzz]

Ka-pi96 said:

ArchangelMadzz said:

 

Like there's any way FIFA are gonna do shit to PSG. They're owned by the government that bought the world cup, tey have FIFA in their pockets unfortunately. 

 

He's already shining in the league and there is no guarantee at all of a champions league but the money he makes and the value they could sell him for I can honestly easily see why they made that assessment and why they find him worth it. Players like him is what make a league grow and mbappe staying in the league is huge. The more people that watch ligue 1 the more expensive the TV rights become and the more money PSG get. 

 

When this first came out I thought the same this fee is ridiculous they can't justify it etc etc. But honestly after assessing it and digesting it for a few weeks I totally understand why they valued him at that much. The way the sport has become it's a lot to do with what goes on off of the pitch.

Good thing FIFA don't have a say in FFP rules since they were made by UEFA for UEFA competitions, and UEFA is probably the confederation that's most pissed off about Qatar getting the World Cup, especially with it needing to be moved so that it clashes with UEFA competitions

I'm not sure about Neymar/Mbappe making the league grow. Usually players like that would make a league more popular, yes. But when they're all on the same team? A team that will easily win the title almost every year with virtually no competition? Will people really want to continue watching that? They really need at least one other big team there that can compete with them both on the pitch and financially. La Liga wouldn't be half as interesting if Barcelona and Real Madrid weren't both competing so hard for the title would it?

UEFA are owned by FIFA xD 

It's true there needs to be more strength throughout the League. Monaco seem to always find stars and have had a strong start so if they can grow, get themselves a new stadium, Marseille and teams like that come back into eurpean prominence we could see a big change in the next 10 years. 

I'm not talking about things straight away but when you buy a player for 200 million you're not exaclty going to be thinging short term. No company investment that big is planning on seeing instant returns.