General Football Nonsense

**Marc Overmars** · 12-03-2022, 03:02 AM

This is the best thing to happen in football for a very long time.

**Mac76** · 12-03-2022, 08:56 AM

It's a useful temporary rebalancing but i daresay they'll be bought by a Gulf state with equally deep pockets

The main thing is whether it dents their performance this season, which could help our top 4 hopes, though it could give them a renewed team spirit too...

**I am invisible** · 12-03-2022, 01:28 PM

If I were one of those potential gulf state buyers I wouldn’t be going anywhere near English football right now. Let’s face it, the only thing they’re in it for is sports-washing their reputations and gaining legitimacy and respectability in the West - the very last thing they want is a load of public scrutiny over the source of their wealth and the crimes they’ve committed, and tens of thousands of fans chanting against them every week to a global audience. This issue of ownership isn’t going away any time soon - it’s all directed at the Russian oligarchs at the moment, but it’s only a matter of time before attention turns to City’s and Newcastle’s owners.

**Mac76** · 12-03-2022, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by I am invisible

If I were one of those potential gulf state buyers I wouldn’t be going anywhere near English football right now. Let’s face it, the only thing they’re in it for is sports-washing their reputations and gaining legitimacy and respectability in the West - the very last thing they want is a load of public scrutiny over the source of their wealth and the crimes they’ve committed, and tens of thousands of fans chanting against them every week to a global audience. This issue of ownership isn’t going away any time soon - it’s all directed at the Russian oligarchs at the moment, but it’s only a matter of time before attention turns to City’s and Newcastle’s owners.

funny you should say that, Barney Ronay's piece is about just that today https://www.theguardian.com/football...-just-a-little