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How to buy Bruno Fernandes for £ 4m. But first of all, some nonsense about restarting the project …
Leap of mist
Obviously, now is the time, with the resumption of the Premier League on the air, to denounce the possibility of a European Super League. Or if you are Martin Samuel del Daily mail anyway, who takes a leap of epic proportions in his last column.
He takes the absurd notion that the Premier League could take place without relegation, and it must be emphasized once again that This idea has never been discussed by anyone at any Premier League meeting. – argue that the lower clubs are now so powerful that the big clubs could never break apart to form their own elite league.
We told you it was a jump.
“ In the absence of a title race, and last season’s battle was an exception, because over the past 10 seasons, the average winning margin has been 6.8 points, or 8.2 over the past seven seasons, increasing to 9.75 In eight seasons if we factor in a conservative 20-point margin for Liverpool this year, it turns out that few people really care who finishes fourth. ”
Does it? How the hell did you get there? Judging by TV viewing figuresWe bet that games between the big six, be it for the first, third, fourth, or eighth, are of much greater value to broadcasters than a relegation battle. It’s just that Manchester United and Chelsea have not been informing the newspapers that they could withdraw from the Restart Project unless fourth place is off the table.
‘The reason small clubs must play an artificial season in jeopardy, they are told, is that Sky will retain the money without going down. Lots of money too. Hundreds of millions. So 20 clubs are important after all. “
Sky has already noticed that will retain money in the amount of £ 340 million Because the season has been significantly interrupted by a lack of fans and a change in the schedule. They will retain more if more changes are made, such as reduction, lack of relegation risk, or withdrawal of Champions League incentives. Sky believes 20 clubs are important because they paid for 20 clubs.
And if a European Super League was formed out of 16 clubs and paid for the television rights for that European Super League, they would think 16 clubs were important.
Or, to make a metaphor, Mediawatch would be mad if all the candy pennies were taken out of their Quality Street box, but that doesn’t make them as valuable as the delicious purples.
Medium The mediocrities of the table, like Arsenal, are irrelevant, even Manchester City, when 25 points adrift in second place.
‘Once the league is won, attention turns to the last three or six, and the fight for survival. Except that those clubs are repeatedly told that they are worth nothing, that they contribute nothing to the party, that they are being carried away by those at the top. ”
Sorry but that sucks. The descent is interesting, but the subsequent pages of the newspapers in April and May, often after the title is won, are dominated by the Champions League rating. And if Manchester United face Tottenham on the last day of this season with a place in the top four at stake, it will certainly attract more viewers than any of the relegation debris.
‘However, now that the money is at stake, the truth is emerging. The Premier League, any league, is nothing without relegation. He is dying. It is boring. They all say “.
Absolutely. But it is all part of the rich tapestry of the game; football needs relegation but it also needs the “table mediocrities” that attract fans. To argue that Aston Villa is more powerful than Arsenal right now makes no sense.
‘The reason the bottom clubs are being pressured to complete their games with the real threat of an economic catastrophe looming over them is because, without it, it is a catastrophe for everyone.
“If you believe in the reasoning of the elite, it turns out that there is limited interest in the fight for European places, probably because that is a victory for accountants.”
No, it’s just that the fight for European places is not being used as political football by certain clubs that want the Premier League to fight against the use of neutral lands.
‘Whether Chelsea finishes fourth or fifth is of interest to their fans, but for the world in general, not so much, in the same way, we are not very consumed by the fight between Seville, Real Sociedad, Getafe, Atlético de Madrid and Valencia in Spain.
‘Some will end in the Champions League, others will end in the Europa League. Some will be richer this summer. And that’s it.
‘It turns out that relegation from the Premier League is a bigger selling point than check writing. It turns out he takes it and the stations are not paying. “
Because no one has talked about “taking away” the check grant, Martin. No one is talking about “removing” the descent in public, either, but that hasn’t stopped thousands of words from being written.
Oh, and note that at no time in entire column Does Manchester United mention? Because he absolutely knows that that gets his argument out of the water.
You apologize to the old folks yelling at the clouds, but more people care if United finishes fourth than if Bournemouth or West Ham are relegated.
Make a bloody move
“It is not as if they were being asked to put out the Chernobyl fire,” was the line highlighted in Mark Irwin. Sun column on how to get footballers back to work on a soccer field as soon as possible. I couldn’t see what all the fuss was about, with a global pandemic that caused thousands of deaths as a minor obstacle in the way of beautiful football.
Now he is back and impatiently writes:
‘AFTER sixty days of stumbling in the dark, soccer slowly emerges blinking in daylight.
“For the first time since the national game sank to the close on March 13, we finally have a clearer idea of which way we are headed.”
“Finally”. Because, of course, the Premier League should have had a contingency plan for a global pandemic. Why were they “stumbling” when the solutions have always been obvious? Just kick the damn soccer balls. What’s the worst that can happen except more deaths and stuff?
‘The government has done its part by clearing the way for professional sports to return to closed doors in June, but supporters will not be admitted until ‘significantly later’.
‘With the best will in the world, football probably won’t be able to start counting entry receipts again before the end of the year.
Clubs Premier League clubs can understand the life line that has been thrown at them, or they can simply continue arguing until insolvency.
“The choice seems obvious, but we should never underestimate football’s ability to shoot itself in the foot.”
Yes, soccer could still ruin it by deciding that soccer is not as important as life or death.
Fortune savers
“Man Utd could have saved £ 51 MILLION on the deal with Bruno Fernandes if they had waited six months,” admits the Sporting bossSun) sounds like a great story. It attracted us. * Click *.
It is particularly interesting because The sun has always insisted that Fernandes costs only £ 55 million. Are they saying now that they could have signed such a wonderful player for just £ 4 million? This really is a story.
And then it turns out that Manchester United could only have saved £ 51 MILLION if they had foreseen the coronavirus pandemic and had expected values to drop this summer by an undetermined amount. What could have been a difficult sale in January.
And even then, the exact quote from the “sports boss” says:
Fernandes sold for £ 68 million in January. Today, how much would he be worth? Maybe £ 17m? £ 27m? Nobody knows.”
“No one knows” but …
“Manchester United could have signed Bruno Fernandes for just £ 17m right now … £ 51m LESS than they paid for the Portugal superstar”talkSPORT)
‘Man Utd could have saved £ 51 million on the transfer of Bruno Fernandes, if they had waited’ (Daily express)
First responder
While the Daily mirror It brings us page after page of information about the possible restart of the Premier League, its website knows which side the bread is spread on …
“How Kylian Mbappe replied” to Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp calling his father “
So many things to discuss here …
* The quotation marks! The quotes are for quotes and yet no one has said “responded”. Because that would be weird.
* It is not an established fact that Klopp telephoned Kylian Mbappe’s father. If you are going to put something in quotes, do it “Jurgen Klopp calling your father”.
* Your ‘reply’ (‘flattered’) is being reported by the same publication (le10Sport) who claimed this alleged phone call.
* This story is four days old.
* What the Mirror does not mention is that Mbappe may be “flattered”, but still wants to join Real Madrid. Not that anyone would let that get in the way of the pretext that the best young player in world football is about to join Liverpool. There are still a few more miles on this nonsense.
Hammers to fall
What kind of MirrorBy the way, take the time to screw up West Ham fans with your illustration on the last page of What the Premier League table would look like if weighed at home and away, despite the fact that literally no one suggested that the Premier League could be decided that way.
In fact, the Mirror themselves described this scenario as “extremely unlikely to occur in the Premier League” just a few days ago.
Capital letters of the day
“Saudi acquisition of £ 300 million from Newcastle faces further delays over PIRACY allegations sent to Premier League” Sun.
Oooh-arr.
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