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Bob Latchford said:
There’s been some serious spending already by a number of top teams that you would have thought would have been already leveraged / compromised to the tits.

I listened to documentary on YouTube by Alfie Potts Harmer and he went into detail on the financial rewards for the world club cup. As you could probably guess, it’s basically just another way the status quo can be perpetuated with the prize money of 1 billion to be split between various teams.

Apparently….. the prize money has been financed by, at FIFAs request, the Saudi PIF who have given DAZN TV (who have been making losses year on year) 1 billion and they have, in turn, then paid FIFA 1 billion to show the games.

This will obviously allow for more breathing space for some of those top teams when signing players as well as padding out revenues etc. For example, the New Zealand part time team who got drilled 10 by Bayern are getting £6m which in a part time league with an average salary of £70 a week is going to reduce competition significantly.
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I mean, you can make it seem like an injustice re this point, but since their founding 20 years ago, theyve won the Title 10 times, the OFC Champions League 13 times, so it's not like it's something that much of a closely fought league.

The whole DAZN and $1bn deal stinks to high heaven though. Genuinely makes me sad seeing PIF sprawled across the World Cup.

Infantino one of the biggest scabs in Football History.

Far, far worse than Blatter, and his corruption is so blatant he doesn't even seem to hide it.
 
Blueclouds said:
DIsappointed in those who are watching this sham.
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In the UK you don't really get a chance to watch the South American teams, and I am interested to see how they do facing off against European teams in competitive (I guess) matches.

Now granted, seeing Miami get in just because they have Messi and Bayern destroy a gang of Kiwi plumbers is a bit daft. Moreover, I don't like the direction the game is headed in and think a super league is sadly inevitable. But you know, it's footy, it's free to watch, South American teams and their fans are always fun to watch.
 
It’s a fifa land grab into club football. UEFA are making the big money with the champions league and fifa want a bite of the pie.
Every part of the game is now corrupt so suggesting not watching on some moral ground / political statement is a drop in the ocean. Big fish are eating smaller fish all the time, and funded by shady billionaires the world over.
 
Furey1878 said:
In the UK you don't really get a chance to watch the South American teams, and I am interested to see how they do facing off against European teams in competitive (I guess) matches.

Now granted, seeing Miami get in just because they have Messi and Bayern destroy a gang of Kiwi plumbers is a bit daft. Moreover, I don't like the direction the game is headed in and think a super league is sadly inevitable. But you know, it's footy, it's free to watch, South American teams and their fans are always fun to watch.
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I get your point about seeing sides you wouldn't normally watch but I counter that with the fact that you are basically watching the equivalent of a billionaires toy.

They are shouting 'dance for me' at the players and expecting people to lap it up as some kind of benefit for all football.
 

wandyr79 said:
I get your point about seeing sides you wouldn't normally watch but I counter that with the fact that you are basically watching the equivalent of a billionaires toy.

They are shouting 'dance for me' at the players and expecting people to lap it up as some kind of benefit for all football.
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Don't disagree with what you're saying mate but that's pretty much all of football now. Every prem team is owned by billionaires and states, it's becoming a closed shop as well as we've seen the last two seasons. It's already too late to stop it being a globalised game imo. So in the meantime I am going to enjoy Boca fans going mad tonight.
 
Furey1878 said:
Don't disagree with what you're saying mate but that's pretty much all of football now. Every prem team is owned by billionaires and states, it's becoming a closed shop as well as we've seen the last two seasons. It's already too late to stop it being a globalised game imo. So in the meantime I am going to enjoy Boca fans going mad tonight.
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Some genuine interesting match ups involving teams not in Europe.

I'll watch some of the games even if i think the whole thing is a farce.

If I can watch a world cup in Qatar I can watch this.
 
Saw this thread so thought I would pop in to see when it actually starts. Seems it has been going for a few days already, haven't heard or read a thing about it 🤷‍♂️

*Obviously heard about the tournament, what I mean is I haven't heard about any of the games
 
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barneygumble said:
I mean, you can make it seem like an injustice re this point, but since their founding 20 years ago, theyve won the Title 10 times, the OFC Champions League 13 times, so it's not like it's something that much of a closely fought league.

The whole DAZN and $1bn deal stinks to high heaven though. Genuinely makes me sad seeing PIF sprawled across the World Cup.
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Infantino one of the biggest scabs in Football History.

Far, far worse than Blatter, and his corruption is so blatant he doesn't even seem to hide it.
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Blatter, at least, came with an element of ironic comedy. Infantino is full-on fash. He doesn't even hide it. Could you imagine Blatter playing comedy jester to Trump in the oval office? Nah, me neither. Blatter, at least, brought a World Cup to Africa. Infantino actually lives in the Gulf...
 

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