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I predict that 10 years from now, one or more of these three things will happen:
1) Every Premiership team will be owned by rich Middle Eastern oil families who will think nothing about spending £30M on a backup keeper, just because they can...
2) There will be some sort of salary cap in European football.
3) The Prem as we know it today will no longer exist -- The Big Four will have broken away to form some sort of a Super League with Big Fours from other major European leagues. (What would become of the Champions League in this scenario would be an interesting discussion).
Fifth is the new First might have just become Sixth is the new First.
It's good news for the Premier League as a whole and as a business, not for the majority of the individual clubs.
Cheers,
The Gaffer
However, this is very bad for British Football and eventually parliament may have to step in and regulate the Premier League. Too much foreign ownership and far too much speculation and debt leverage with clubs.
Rather than player salary caps (which will never happen unilaterally in England), why not mandate that clubs have 5-year profitability plans. Points deducted for excessive deficit spending.
Depending on what they can do in the January window and how well Hughes does his job, they could end up in a UEFA spot.
It will still take them a year or two (or three) to build a side with "Big-4" talent - and even then it's no sure thing. You can only spend so much on players because you only need so many. And even if they went out and bought the consensus "best in the world" at each position, there's no guarantee that they'll play well together.
Maybe it'll be the "Big 5" from now on, but this isn't going to change the face of the league.
As for middle eastern oil billionaires buying up more and more teams, we should be so lucky - all that would do is provide you with more parity (Big 6? Big 8?) and more talent.
Finally, to the development of English players- I think it's all a load of BS. Bringing foreign players into the professional league has nothing to do with development - either you can play or you can't. These kids in South America and Africa come up kicking wadded up socks around a dirt pitch, with little or no coaching until they hit their teens. They have far fewer advantages than the British youngsters, but they seem to be kicking our a$$es all over the place.
We're just looking at a generation of mediocre players- it happens.
It gets better - they plan to make "at least 18 signings", including Fabregas, Torres, Villa, Henry, and Fat Ronaldo (go figure).
This is going to get interesting - either it'll change the dynamic at the top of the table, or it'll be good for a few belly laughs - maybe both!
I have said since it happend to Chelsea it was only a matter of time and once we got our new stadium I knew they would come!
Money doesn't just buy trophies...but it gives you a chance...other than the big 4, the chances are few and far between for any other club to win anything (probably why everyone so happy to see Pompy do so well, great result)...However, any fan of any Premier league club would welcome a takover of their club if it meant they could buy the best, compete with on the worlds biggest stage and against the richest of clubs...it's just human nature, i.e. to look out for number one...I don't think it will spoil the premier league at all but I do feel sorry for smaller clubs that really can't compete such as Bolton...but hey, the only success I have really seen in all my years is one memoral 5-1 win against Utd and some 2nd divion (now 1st division) promotions...hence the only time we ever had some good results was when we had been relagated...well maybe now, we can start pushing Utd around especially as Fergie will be off soon...I wonder if he wants a fresh challenge...maybe he will get a decent wage to stay on at city...lol
There is no doubt that Citeh will have some big names enter the frey, but I can’t see them being able to keep a huge squad full of top players happy at Eastlands….United have always had big names, but the “supporting cast” was always top notch and came mostly from within and grew up in the ranks…Giggs, Scholesy, Beckham, the Nevilles all played their part alonside stalwarts such as Denis Irwin, Pallister, Bruce,…put that with the bargain Cantona’s and Sheringham and Ole et all and then sprinkle in a few mega transfers of Rooney, Ferdinand, Van the man and Tevez and you have your success…Who do Citeh have to compliment their 35 million man other than Elano?
Shaun Wright Phillips?
Stevie Ireland?
Your havin a laugh!