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I hope Spurs smash them just for those quotes.

Don’t think anyone knows what the future financial landscape can end up as trends change. But say Man Utd don’t challenge Premier League in next 10 years, their finances may stay high, but everyone else will close in and overtake and theirs could be like 6th highest in Prem. Only way they mess up financially and do harm long term, is they have more seasons of wrong investment than have to take on a sizeable chunk of stadium debt. Ratcliffe won’t be there long term, and football clubs to be bought for say £3bn are not logical investments because of how much they cost to run to be competitive. So it’s then all the debt repayments needed to various people which if there’s an average billionaire in charge, would find very challenging.

Spurs will win 2-1 at home and then lose 3-0 away. Spurs are absolute trash, as are you guys. Bilbao would wreck Glimt beyond recognition, though.

Consistently stays like that for a bit, every chance the 18 Prem league may get voted through (with two down), because more sides will fancy their chances of never going down due to gulf in finances, and 18 sides means more wealth for them as there’s 2 less sides to give money too.

The dude who was main footy kit designer for Nike 5-10 years ago is a Geordie and loves the toon. We’ve been pals since school When he was there he always said he would love to design our kit, but alas, twas not to be

Vardy and Jota were good finishers, but it doesn't look like it anymore. DCL is way below the line, which raises all kinds of alarms. Its easier to forgive Nico Jackson, because his pace/power will be creating some of the many opportunities he's had. Above the line, Wood and Welbeck are having great seasons in spite of their historic finishing abilities. Is the circle size minutes played?

Spurs will batter them though.

No malo.

He’s actually good too.

Can't go into a season in Europe with Isak, Wilson, and Osula. Isak goes down and the club are done in Europe, the cups, and the league. Just foolish. Don't think Howe is a fool.

Watch Adam Pearson be the "influencer".

The question would be 'where are the buyers?'. We're already at the point of nation states buying clubs. Who is going to pay 4bn for Chelsea? The club that Abramovich sold was English football's most successful club of the century to date, but they aren't Man Utd. 4bn is the purchase cost + what Boehly and co. has poured in to date. I'm just not seeing that happen - football clubs have tiny revenue streams (and profit potential) against their 'value'. Football clubs are not good investments at all.

In a daft way I think a new Wilson deal must mean Howe has huge faith in Osula, no new striker to bring in and more cash to spend on RW CD and GK

Spurs' income was over 200m more than ours when we had CL football and they didn't. The gulf is absolutely massive - and yes, they're losing money, in Spurs' case in part due to stadium costs. Man Utd are going absolutely nowhere when it comes to income - I think some are genuinely deluded if they think that Man Utd are going to suffer significant financial harm in the long run. They're a monster of a club, they have huge global reach - they'll be England's biggest club in 50 years time, never mind right now. Man Utd and Spurs are absolutely not dependent on European football - they aren't Leeds c.2002

They're billionaires, so obviously they've got better vision than me. I'm sure they know what they're doing. Will it help Chelsea? Maybe not. But I bet they'll make a ton of money off it.

Yeah I get all of that, the issue is the amount they've spent already and the amount they will spend in the future. I don't see how they make money in the long run especially considering the opportunity cost.

So being a fund and all, the plan's to boost the team's worth, simples. New stadium, better facilities etc, a young hotshot team to rake in cash for years through player trading and sponsorship etc, then sell the club for a profit. Classic American investor model. The Glazers' primary motivation for acquiring Manchester United was likely financial gain. Their subsequent success in this endeavor is evident. copy and paste that to Clearlake

Inter without Pirelli sponsor will never look right to me.

Chelsea have gamed the system so well. They actually have a lot of ffp headroom and clear lake show signs of stopping. Given they are an investment fund I'd love to know how the plan on making actually money out of this.

That's wrong, some of those clubs' income depends on European football. Missing two CL seasons would really hurt them. But the main thing you're overlooking is the difference between FFP wiggle room and actual cash. Spurs and Man U are losing money. Forget FFP for a sec – they're in the red, huge debts. Spurs are finding this out now. You can have FFP headroom, but you also need owners willing to keep funding it because the club itself isn't making money. It's losing money. So yeah, if the Glazers/Sir Jim or the Lewis trust/Levy are willing to keep funding them for years, fine, but I seriously doubt that. Multiple seasons without CL would be a disaster for either team. If Chelsea miss the Champions League this season and next season, it'll really hurt them (include spurs and man u). Because while they're struggling, we and Villa are just getting stronger.

Nike are utter dog these days. Like how the stripes on the inter kit actually say inter though, that's a cool touch.

B&W with gold trim is just pure taste.

Strip him down for parts.

If there’s no solid basis to ‘write off’ a perennially injured 33-year-old goalscorer who hasn’t scored a league goal in a year, I’m not sure there’s ever grounds to doubt anyone ever. Especially in the context of the club we’re trying to be now. Even if his legs come back (not likely in the real world) we need better and far more reliable than Callum Wilson.