I'm pretty sure the author used to be a BS poster. But I think he misses a big point, which is that the US women had a huge head start as the sport got more professionalized. US law (Title IX) stipulates that women need to have equal opportunity to men in collegiate sports, meaning that, in order to balance against the amount of scholarships college (gridiron) football was getting, women's sports such as (association) football, lacrosse, and crew got more scholarships. This gave the US women a huge leg up, but that window has closed now that Euro clubs are starting to put more money into the women's game. Having said that, the American pay-to-play model is a pretty bad one indeed. But I think it's unfair to lay all of the blame on that. For my money, it's not the main factor.
126199 One way or the other, this has to be stopped. Clubs shouldnot be allowed anymore to have players in numbers unnecesary to have teams running. If you got young kids under contract, but no space in the youth team selection...too bad. Mandatory sale should be imposed. Hoarding has to be stopped, including having clubs in one company. It's a cancer to football, eating away healthy ones. Manchester City makes an offer to PSV for the talented striker Jason van Duiven Manchester City has made an offer to PSV for striker Jason van Duiven (19). The attacker can move for a seven-figure sum to the parent company behind the English top club, who want to store him on a loan basis in Lommel, Belgium.
Historically, Chelsea have been the worst at having lots of players under contract. Every year they seemed to have over 12 players loaned out.
126631 The ultimate revenge: Braithwaite wants to buy Espanyol after 'disrespectful' departure Martin Braithwaite has chosen the adventure by leaving for Brazil. He left Espanyol behind, after he was promoted with the club and signed with Grêmio. Now he wants to take revenge on the Spanish club, by investing his capital. On Saturday, Marca came with the striking message that Braithwaite wants to make an eye-catching investment. The Dane, who is very rich, is thinking about buying Espanyol. That is sensitive, because the striker left Barcelona in an unpleasant way. Braithwaite had a great season with Espanyol and led the club back to the top tier with 22 goals. He was waiting for an offer so he could extend his contract. However, the Spanish offer caused resentment with the Dane. "Disrespectful, it shows they don't trust me," he said. Meanwhile, Braithwaite is on the move for the ultimate revenge. According to Marca sources, he is currently letting his financial advisors figure out how to buy the club. The fact that this is possible at all has to do with the fact that he has a fortune of hundreds of millions of euros, thanks to the many companies he manages. And with Espanyol, a football club may be added.
The Swiss Ramble describes the downfall of Bordeaux who had a highly respected academy but recently declared bankruptcy and gave up their professional license.
127945 'Italian payroll: new high earner in Serie A' Calcio e Finanza is an Italian web magazine that focuses entirely on the financial, economic and managerial side of international football. Their research shows that Dusan Vlahovic is now the new top earner, with Osimhen having swapped Napoli for Galatasaray on loan. The Serbian earns 12 million euros net per season at Juventus, excluding bonuses. He is followed by three Internazionale players. Lautaro Martínez is in second place with 9 million euros. Next come Hakan Çalhanoglu and Nicolò Barella with 6.5 million. Furthermore, Inter pays Marcus Thuram 6 million per year. Romelu Lukaku also earns that amount at Napoli. The Belgian has had to give up a lot after his departure from Chelsea. According to Sky Sport Italia, he earned 11 million euros per year in England. Some other big earners in Serie A are Alessandro Bastoni and Benjamin Pavard (Inter) with 5.5 million. Rafael Leão (AC Milan), Arthur, Douglas Luiz and Gleison Bremer (Juventus) earn 5 million a year. Internazionale is the Big Spender with a salary of 141.7 million euros. Juventus (111.7) and AC Milan (104.3) complete the podium.
That’s nice of the AZ and NEC players to play for free! Thanks for posting these, interesting info there.
Just goes to show how unbelievably bad Mislintat was at his job. And, fair play, full credit to 010 and PSV for putting together good squads for much less money. I'd be curious to see how that salary looks from an euro per point (in the table) perspective, but I'm too lazy to crunch the numbers.
131118 Ajax change of course: qualification for the Champions League should no longer be a financial necessity Ajax is saying goodbye to a business model based on participation in the lucrative Champions League and the sale of players. Qualification for the Europa League should be enough in the future not to make a loss. Well, I think that's a sound decision.
But not for the competition vs Portugal... Especially the 'sale of players' part. This will surely hurt the coefficients.
133826 Wow. Ajax pays more millions to agents than PSV and Feyenoord combined, but clubs prefer to keep quiet about it. The KNVB published this week what clubs have paid to players' agents. More information is being shared in other countries. Is more transparency desirable? Clubs don't see it that way. "As a club, you cut yourself in the fingers by revealing that information."
Why should this be a surprise? Agents get 10% (maybe more, it depends on how the agreement is structured) of the transfer fee. I have not seen the report and don't particularly care to go over those numbers. If you look at how much money Mislanstat spent on bad transfers, you see where some of this money went.
Over the past few years PSV narrowed the gap in wages to Ajax (and also the Portuguese clubs, who will now play in the Club World Cup ) Pretty bizarre is how F1 driver Verstappen earns on his own as much as entire PSV (with staff included), despite his endorsements income estimated as one of the lowest on the Forbes list. Lewis Hamilton his endorsements income is four times as much, for example. https://www.psvfans.nl/psv-verkleint-gat-ajax-gaf-nog-altijd-21-procent-meer-uit/ https://www.vi.nl/pro/dit-is-de-salarisranglijst-van-de-eredivisie#lees-meer https://www.forbes.com/lists/athletes/ https://www.nu.nl/voetbal/6332871/p...de-baas-met-dank-aan-de-champions-league.html
135260 'Real surpasses United as the most valuable club in the world, Ajax 38th' Real Madrid has surpassed Manchester United as the most valuable club in the world. This is the conclusion of business platform Sportico based on the Deloitte Football Money League and financial annual reports. Although United is performing dramatically in terms of sport, the English superpower of yesteryear was the most valuable club in the world last year with an estimated value of 6.2 billion dollars, about 5.5 billion euros, according to Sportico. This year, The Red Devils have been surpassed by Real, which has an estimated value of 5.77 billion euros. United is now rated at 5.38 billion euros. Real had an extremely successful year last season with the Champions League win and the Spanish league title and was the first club to pass the barrier of a billion in turnover. In addition, The Royal completed the renovation of Bernabéu. Income on match days and commerce also increased significantly, which explains the leading position, according to Sportico. The top fifteen of the American business platform is completely occupied by the top clubs from Europe. Barcelona, Liverpool and Bayern Munich complete the top five, otherwise only Paris Saint Saint-Germain also nestles between the Big Six from the Premier League. In sixteenth place comes the first club outside Europe: Los Angeles FC. Right behind them is Inter Miami. In Sportico's top fifty of most valuable clubs in the world is one Dutch club: Ajax, with an estimated value of 710 million dollars, more than 625 million euros. This puts the Amsterdam team between MLS clubs such as DC United, Portland Timbers and Charlotte FC and three places above Benfica (596 million euros). FA Cup winner Crystal Palace closes the ranks with (539 million euros).
Next season the new TV deal (5 year cycle) comes into effect. UEFA says it is an increase of 85%. Those increases will be released gradually though towards the clubs (not a sudden bump and excess money).
Not visible is Guadalajara. This Mexican club is seemingly more valuable than any club outside the Big Five leagues. https://www.sportico.com/feature/soccer-teams-football-club-ranking-list-1234721408/ Also more valuable than Benfica (which owns their world class stadium). Maybe surprising.
Interesting gap between nos 10 (Chelsea) and 11 (Atleti) - Chelsea is nearly twice as valuable. Also interesting is that Man U generated $800 million in revenue and still finished with absolutely nothing to show for it, except to make the Glazers and Radcliffe even richer.
Really very sad that a bunch of South American, Red Bull and Portugal clubs have received a golden ticket to the Club World Cup while we have nothing. We are gradually frozen out. Vicious cycle.
135637 I don't give a shit about that fake, corrupt wannabe tournement. It's so much fake to people, FIFA has a hard time selling tickets for it. It's a badge of honour not to be invited to this shit.
All true but at the same time the Portugal top teams receive a lot of cash and that will distort the competition (and exposure to public).