Interpreting the future European football pattern: oil daddy vs American capital! Who can be the winner?
The biggest winner of this past European season was Manchester City. The achievement of the treble allowed them to surpass Chelsea and achieve a new peak of "Golden Dollar Football".
Even with Newcastle reaching the last four of the Premier League, they represent the rise of oil capital's status in European football along with Manchester City. The future of European football will obviously be a confrontation between American capital and them.
01. Manchester City and Newcastle's success: The layout of the oil dad is well deserved
a. Behind Manchester City's treble glory: is the global layout of the city group
When it comes to oil capital, many fans have three words in their hearts "buy, buy, buy". But when it comes to the success of Manchester City and Newcastle, we have to look at their overall layout and long-term plans.
Manchester City in the Premier League is only one of the most well-known big IPs, in addition to the city's related teams covering the five major leagues of Ligue 1, Ligue B, Serie B and La Liga, as well as branches in Uruguay, Belgium, MLS and Japan and Australia.
The huge football framework has built a huge scouting network. Football talents of different ages and cultures can grow up in different teams.
At the same time, Manchester City's commercial value and income are also rising, and Manchester City has ranked first in the latest issue of the team income list (Newcastle without European competition came to 20th place, and in the future into the Champions League, their income exceeded 300 million, and it is foreseeable to enter the top 15 of global football clubs).
Manchester City's treble win is also the result of a long accumulation, on the one hand, the creation of a global framework, on the other hand, absolute trust and support for Guardiola.
The total value of the team continues to rise, and the investment in signings continues to increase, and Guardiola finally spent 7 years to create the most idealized new peak in his heart.
b. Newcastle boss is rich: the team's road to success is on a solid track
After Newcastle was acquired, fans around the world knew one thing: the owner of this team was super rich (14 times as valuable as Manchester City's owner).
But if you look back at Newcastle in the past year and a half, from the bottom of the Premier League, in a blink of an eye, they have reached the Champions League.
It is not entirely "banknote ability", but the team's excellent management and all-round improvement. From the appointment of the manager to the shot in the transfer market, it can be called "rational and efficient".
In some ways, Newcastle's success has certain similarities with Manchester City. Choose a coach they think is right, build the team according to his ideas, execute his ideal tactical system, and keep investing in the transfer market.
As a result, Manchester City and Newcastle have been deeply branded as managers, and at the same time, they have played better and better on the field, and have been loved by more fans.
For Eddie Howe, playing on the two fronts after entering the Champions League next season will be a test. The first step in bringing Newcastle from the relegation zone to the Champions League was much faster than expected.
However, there is still a lot of work to be done to secure the top four qualification in the Premier League and step into the knockout stages in the Champions League.
02. Teams under American Capital: Bloodsucking and Extreme Rational Polarization
Successful representatives of U.S. capital: Liverpool and Rome
When a new owner takes over the team, he usually increases investment in recruitment and construction in a short period of time, and forms a new business philosophy.
Investors, whether from oil-producing countries or the United States, are essentially looking to find returns in the soccer industry. It's just that oil-producing countries can wait longer for revenue (they hope that after the oil is finished, the sports industry can become a new gold mine, so there is no rush to harvest in the short term).
Among the representatives of oil teams, Manchester City, Newcastle and Paris bear the brunt, while the US teams are mainly Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United in the Premier League and Rome and AC Milan in Serie A.
When it comes to the successful integration of the management philosophy of American capital into European football, Liverpool owner Fenway can be called the best. Also selecting a good coach, Klopp's impact on the team is profound.
It is also under Fenway that Liverpool have won a number of heavyweight trophies in recent years, which is arguably the most glorious stage of the team's 21st century.
Roma, which has a "sister" relationship with Liverpool and also has Fenway Group investment, is also on a similar path.
It is a pity that Mourinho did not win the Europa League final, but the joy that has brought Roma fans in the past two years is still obvious to all.
b. Rational team building is not welcome & "vampires" are even more disgusting
Although the team has a good record, there are many Liverpool fans who will scold Fenway for slamming the goal.
After all, in the eyes of many people, oil capital is more willing to spend money and more popular, although at some point in the future, they will also reduce spending and let the chicken lay the golden egg.
The more notorious Glazer family has become synonymous with "football vampires". Manchester United fans dream they will sell their squad as soon as possible and wait for a new owner.
The purpose of American businessmen is to make money, and this is clear on their first day in the team. The difference is only in how to make money more rationally, whether it is a win-win or a one-sided "blood sucking".
Before the Glazer family, Liverpool's former bosses, Hicks and Gillette, were known as "dog-blooded twins". In contrast, the "door-picking" Fenway is already very trustworthy.
03. Future changes: who will Manchester United spend on the capital behind Real Madrid and Barca?
A. Western Super League and European Super League: The driving force behind US capital?
Some people say that Barça and Real Madrid are the last positions of the traditional forces of European football, because he is the representative work of European capital (national and regional capital).
However, in recent years, more and more information shows that Real Madrid and Barça are gradually transforming, they are no longer representing European countries or regions, and there is an increasingly strong shadow of American capital behind them.
Barça and Real Madrid have always been staunch supporters and promoters of the European Premier League, not just because they are hungry for change, but because the capital advantage of membership-based clubs is less evident in this era.
Originally, the membership system did not require dividends because there was no boss, and while charging a fixed membership fee every year, all income could be invested in operation. Coupled with the potential support of Real Madrid and Barça from the state and local governments, they have been facilitated in terms of borrowing and land use, which has led to rapid development.
However, after oil capital and American billionaires extended their hands to Europe's top football circles, the hundreds of millions of dollars in recruitment have long been not supported by the operational ideas of 10 years ago.
Not only the European Super League, Real Madrid and Barça are commercially highly bound to the capital from the United States, --- Sixth Street, which is also a signal.
Even in the process of leverage, Barça has a large piece of assets that needs to be bought back later to regain full sovereignty.
Former Barça presidential candidate Fonte slammed Laporta for losing 1 billion euros in two and a half years, leading to Barca's huge economic hole. The latter has also begun to get in touch with Qatari capital, and there is a possibility that Barça will end membership and sell to private capital in the future.
After all, when Barca's debt exceeds the team's market value, selling the team may be the last and only option.
b. Who does Manchester United go to? This is a signal
There is also a notable event of who will end up being United's new owner. Right now, Jassim from Qatar is the most hopeful.
If he beats Sir Ratcliffe and the American capital behind him, it could also lead to the future European football landscape tilting further towards Papa Oil.
After all, not only Manchester United, Barca and AC Milan also have the possibility of leading to Qatar. There is news that the Qatari fund plans to buy the Rossoneri for 1.4 billion euros.
This veteran giant, under the leadership of Elliott and the Red Jay, although there has been an improvement and a rebound, but it is almost hot after all.
Conclusion:
Football at the top has become more and more like a business. Only the most successful operations, and the most cost-effective investment, can win the highest glory.
The next 20 years of European football will be a gladiatorial arena between Middle Eastern oil capital and wealthy American businessmen. No matter who the winner is, as long as it is willing to spend money and attractive, the fans will enjoy it.