Recent content by bennyhaha

Ha! I like the idea. :) Unfortunately there are also the games at their grounds to consider, so they could just do the same. The derby game is a bit different but Utd selling their package without Everton away is much less of an issue for them than us trying sell the Everton TV packages...

Let's hope this isnt the case. Glazers and FSG defintiely want this because it will make them a fortune, and Ciyt / Newcastle will get their state owners to pay massively over the odds for rights in those countries and probably figure out some way to funnel more money through other markets. The...

Going by Arensal's spending this window I'm starting to think that Arteta himself actually had the Arteta money all along

You've mentioned this a couple of times now and I've seen others allude to it in the past. How are Moshiri and Usmanov going to make all this money from Liverpool Waters, isn't all the land owned by Peel? And why would they need to spend over a billion pounds on the club and the stadium to do...

Might as well come to terms with the fact that he's not going anywhere. Even when the stadium's built I can't see how he'd get his current investment to date back (he'd have to sell for well over £1 Billion probably closer to £2Billion - for that money you could but an established CL team...

I agree that aiming for 8th isn't very exciting. With regards to Wolves though, they came up with a very defined style of play and then bought quality (with the Mendes relationship meaning they got amazing value for money) to fit into that system, which propelled them up into European...

Maybe not this coming season either but an improvement this season to, say, 8th and the implementation of a definite style of football and that's something to build on to challenge for Europe the year after. Not everything has to happen immediately. The first steps are always the hardest and...

Sorry, this was supposed to be a reply to Gladwysblue's point.

"There is no point having a £14m p/a manager for a club that isn’t going to spend money in the transfer market." Whilst I dont believe there's no money to spend, and to play Devil's advocate somewhat, surely that's exactly the point of appointing a £14m p.a. manager. He is one of the best in...

There's no way this would get called in imo, there's nothing remotely controversial about it (despite what people said about the Unesco WHS element) and it will drive investment into the area - exactly the sort of thing this Govt says* it wants to do. *not that I'd trust a word from them but in...

A quick look online suggests he's missed an average of 70 days per season for the past few years. So just over two months out plus I guess the time it takes to play back into form. Starting to see why one of the Spanish papers suggested Barca build a statue in our honour when we signed him...

It's a nice idea but I'm pretty sure UEFA's advisors at Deloitte who helped them draft FFP would've thought of this. I mean if a guy on the internet can (and apologies if you are actually a financial/ legal wizard!), then I'm sure the nerds they hire could. Also, I'm sure I read in the Guardian...

And the rest. I expect him to be a good foot taller by next season as well.

Indeed! Lovely stuff.

Scratch that, looks like I should've scrolled down a little further - biggest deal is worth about $30m / £23m - https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2018/04/30/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/Naming-rights-deals.aspx