Articolo di the Economist, sulla drammatica situazione finanziaria dei club di calcio europei:
Manchester United, which pulls in the most commercial revenue of any team, has stayed solvent. Real Madrid and its cast of stars have been helped by a one-off sale of land in central Madrid. AC Milan is bankrolled by Silvio Berlusconi, Italys billionaire prime minister. But elsewhere the pain continues. This summer nearly 500 English footballersor 17%failed to get their contracts renewed by overstretched clubs. Television money is drying up even for the most widely watched games[..].
L'investimento in un paio di gambette fragili non sembra poi così conveniente:
investing so much of a clubs resources in one expensive, temperamental and injury-prone asset is a huge risk, one that few other businesses would dare to take
Il futuro è del calcio amatoriale. Niente soldi per lo spettacolo (a suo modo notevole). La campagna abbonamenti per il prossimo anno è aperta, per 0 euro potete vedere tutte le partite.
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