Redarmy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 7:59 amLove the description of the modern game and the fans that follow itDB10GOONER wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:36 pmFuck that. Speak for yourself. I despise this modern mercenary game. Football is fucked. I watch less football now than at any time in my life. The game has become a soft sanitised pc exercise at one end and a fucking hobby for filthy rich gangstas and sheikhs played by rich wannabe rappers at the other and watched by pc obsessed twats that think buying merchandising makes you a superfan.Rian1 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 7:48 pmThis, 100%. The Consortium couldn't give two shits on ROT at the moment whereas Norway's investment fund actually operates in a sustainable way where they yield the ROT and make better things happen within the country.Gunnerz4life wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 3:02 pmThis is a state backed takeover, I doubt they care much about getting a return on investment. For Qatar and Abu Dhabi it was all about brand expansion. For the Saudis it is all about image cleansing and brand building. They are just going for the next 'big' club that is available for sale. If Arsenal was put up for sale tomorrow, I am absolutely certain there will be interest from the middle East.nut flush gooner wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:45 am
The term consortium is a very vaguely used word in the UK media, the reality is the funds are coming from a state backed sovereign wealth fund.
The Saudis are not doing this out of the kindness of their hearts, Newcastle at £300m is a snip for a PL club with a big fanbase. They can throw hundreds of millions at the club in the same way as City/Chelski did and get a very good return on their investment.
Thats why Arsenal would never appeal to these people. At £2bn we are pretty much fully valued with no a lot of upside.
MEA-backed funds and consortium are all about brand exposure, attracting avenues for sponsors and opportunities which benefits their State. The Prince can easily dish out 500M on a whole new team and it won't even ring alarm bells for him/them.
People don't realise there is a billionaire rich and then there is Sheikh Mansour, Roman Abramovich and Prince Bin Salman rich. The latter lot won't care much if couple hundred million pound go to waste if it benefits their overall agenda.
Who the fuck cares if they call Arsenal pimped and whatnot, we all would be over the moon to get a takeover like that because it means guaranteed influx of transfers and the club becomes that much more appealing. Lets not all act high and mighty about 'football is ruined bla bla' bullshit. Only moaning because it's not happening to us.
The fucking Internet has bred this attitude of "we're all the same, we'd all love it if x happened to us". That is sheep mentality. I don't want Arsenal to be some rich murdererous cûnt's plaything, never have, never will, so don't speak for me.
This club used to have a tribal mentality on the NB and the CE and away in England and Europe. Now most of our fans are fucking celebidee obsessed dicktards that have "second clubs" and love "Christiano" because of their need to feel included. You see these cùnts having a laugh after a humiliating defeat or losing a cup final because it means nothing to them.
The game is fucking dead. Fuck it.
EDIT: Not having a dig at you here Rian1, just a rant in general!
Unfortunately it's pretty accurate....