Quote from: temple on February 20, 2024, 09:42:33 PM

Quote from: KTChampions on February 20, 2024, 07:15:05 PM

I am more impressed that the first three places are occupied by clubs from the Premier League, in the top ten there are 6 clubs from the Premier League, and in the top twenty there are 9. It turns out that the 9th club in the Premier League has more money than most other teams in the world! The Premier League is a real Super League now.
That is why other clubs who are thinking about the future are trying to organize their own Super League, because otherwise the Premier League will simply destroy everyone.

I thought this for a while now because the Premier League has financially been the strongest for many years, haven't they? I think so. But it is not the case that their financial power reflects their success in European competitions. If I am not mistaken here it is still the Spanish league that leads by far at least for the last decade or so. Some clubs from other leagues will still have a word to say, but yes there is no doubt about what you said. The Premier League clubs are all rich due to their broadcasting contracts. But it doesn't feel like they would always have the upper hand.

But maybe this could snowball at some point although it may be balanced out by external investors. There is value in building another league when one league is already dominating the European and the global market. See Girona as an example. I guess that's a club in the making by the City Football Group.

I am surprised though that there is not yet another financial heavy weight in Ligue 1 although Monaco isn't exactly poor. Wink

The problem with the Premier League is that with all their machinations, the clubs spend more than they earn (plus the Saudis had a strong influence, who blew up the transfer market). Roughly speaking, there are too many rich clubs, but there are few places at the top (and there are also only 4 tickets to the Champions League). Clubs are forced to spend more in order not to fall, but others are also forced to spend more. As a result, spending has nothing to do with income, it’s just a death race when in the end everything will burst.