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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
re: the bayern dominance, etc. it's not that simple, and the petrodollar patrons ruin things because in order to make money (they always do) they fuck the fans.
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Many of the richest oligarchs treat the clubs they own like vanity projects more than businesses. This new Fair Play scheme will insist clubs now turn a profit but most of the big oligarch owned sides never showed any genuine interest in making money until it started to become an issue with FIFA. For the most part the owners we're talking about are just bored glory hunting playboys, rich enough to effectively run their clubs like charities, whilst making their real money elsewhere. It's philanthropy that's fucking English football more than any kind of quest for profit.
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as for the future of bayern, i gotta say, i fear guardiola.
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I would too. As you say, it'll feel like a step backwards for Bayern if he tries to turn them into another Barcelona. And there's nothing to say he's capable of doing anything else. Last year it still made sense. Bayern seemed to be on the verge of something but maybe needing an extra something, and Barcelona's style was still seen as the way forward. That's obviously not the case now. Any manager would struggle to replace Heynckes at this point but Guardiola seems like an especially big risk.
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