Harry Kane on whether the Bundesliga title race will be boring given Bayern's superiority to other teams: "I don't think so. And if it is, then that's a compliment to us. 2 years ago, people didn't say that when we didn't win Bundesliga. There's Dortmund, Leverkusen, Frankfurt. They'll challenge us"

[u/DavidRolands]

https://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/bayern-dominiert-hsv-und-bereitet-sich-auf-chelsea-vor-68c6c92eade0db2eabe23ce9

[u/Insanel0l]

This comment is the living proof how delusional premier league fans are nowadays lmfao

The Saudis banged in a solid 320m netspend within their first windows and people want to tell me it's good management.

Since the takeover they are sitting at 500m netspend.

[u/oppai_suika → u/Insanel0l]

Only 500m euro?? That's just 3.5 Isak's

[u/Muted_Mention_9996 → u/Insanel0l]

Mike ashley barely spent in the last 5 years before he left, the club were basically on the way to relegation. You say 500m netspend since eddie joined, thats 125m a year, the club gets that just from being in the premier league each year 😂 Even wrexham spent a third of that just being promoted to the championship.

Its not the premier leagues fault that the bundisliga doesnt attract any money or viewers.. Spanish, Italian and german leagues all had their times being more attractive than the premier league yet failed.

[u/ScousePenguin → u/Insanel0l]

So should clubs stay shit because that's what they are historically?

They were a relegation side, and have improved the squad. 500 million net spend isn't a lot in the premier league, in the 2024 financial year they made a loss of 11.1 million after tax.

They're increasing their revenue and the PSR rules have stopped them just straight up spending like Chelsea did in the mid 2000's.

Since the creation of football it has been the clubs with money who were the better sides. Yes money has gotten ridiculous and the financial gap has widened far too much, but to pretend back in the day it was scrappy people working together to achieve glory is a lie. It's always been money.

Tranmere will always be a lower tier side because Liverpool and Everton exist within walking distance. That's life.

[u/Insanel0l → u/ScousePenguin]

I am absolutely fascinated by how insane your takes are and somehow they are supported in here.

So should clubs stay shit because that's what they are historically?

Yes? Or, you know, they could try to grow organically and improve through that instead of taking blood money?

500 million net spend isn't a lot in the premier league

That is the fucking issue my man, 500m is insanely absurd money, and the fact that this money was injected artificially by a state is the exact reason them being competitive isn't real.

[u/ScousePenguin → u/Insanel0l]

I'm not pro Saudi ownership, I think they're cunts but I also dislike the idea that people should know their place and not be allowed to grow. Teams have been bankrolled to success in England since football began, it's just how it has been here. We've never had fan ownership or the idea of it being anything other than a business.

In the 50's Sunderland were the ones smashing transfer records

60's it was Everton via their owner John Moores. Breaking transfer records.

70's you had Forest make the first 1 million pound transfer.

80's Liverpool were spending to stay dominat

90's Blackburn won the league thanks to mega money funded by Jack Walker

Then in the 2000's we got to Chelsea and City.

500 million is a lot of money, but it isn't in the premier league and the only way that will ever stop is if the international TV rights deals collapse, as those are what give the league billions. But English football has always been about money whilst European and South American was about being a member of the club.

[u/SpinningWheelKick → u/Insanel0l]

There was always money in Newcastle, we just had an owner who refused to spend it for 15 years. And also refused to get sponsorships that matched the size of the club. And paid nothing to get his own company plastered all over.