Manchester City’s pimping themselves with success, others to follow
It’s not been that surprising that Manchester City are looking for investment into the club.
To compete in the Premiership (and all that), clubs need funds and while the TV deal will bring in the money it won’t help clubs fight the wealth of the top 4 or of the second tier clubs (Newcastle, Tottenham) OR of the newly bought clubs (West Ham, Aston Villa, Portsmouth).
What has been surprising is Manchester City’s willingness to be bought, and their active seeking of investment.
While fans continue to bitch about too much money in football ruining the game, the clubs are starting to realise the stark reality of the situation: Football invokes passion, and passion draws money. Football is big business because of the huge fan base, and money will keep coming in.
Chelsea was just the beginning. Soon we’ll see more clubs like Manchester City whoring themselves out to the highest bidder in an attempt to compete for Europe and even just to survive in the Premiership.
The fans? They’ll come around too, eventually, and they’ll rationalise their 180 degrees turnaround along the way too.
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Whereas I agree that money is becoming a big problem in the game, I didn’t much take to your headline as it is unnecessarily offensive to City fans as well as being grammatically incorrect. Any club in that finds itself in dire financial trouble has to consider all its options and hopefully make a decision that is best for the club.City are no different !
So what are we then? Pimps or whores? Make your mind up!!
The fans want this, so to say we’ll come around then rationalise our 180 degree turn is a bit silly don’t you think?
I think it is a little unfair to say that the club is being ‘pimped’. The club badly needs investment because we are heavily in debt to the tune of around 50 million. Also with regards to the fans, I think you will find that most city fans were eagerly awaiting some investment, considering the current owners hardly fork out any money at all, compared to other clubs.
who owns manchester city at the moment?