Why can't the Manchester City dynasty be overthrown, and the left winger hoards up to £200 million in one position
On February 10, it was reported that the Manchester City dynasty looks like it can't be overthrown, and who knows how many top talents they have quietly hoarded in each position?
Take the left winger position as an example, Manchester City are actually worth £200 million in talent. Not to mention the B seat that can make a cameo, Foden, and the youngsters Bob and Hamilton. It turned out that the position was for Mr. Grealish at £100 million, and this season another Doku came for a transfer fee of £60 million. And Doku is actually not sure, because there is a 19-year-old Brazilian genius Savio behind him!
Manchester City's parent company, City Football Group, controls more than 10 clubs globally, with Savio moving from Atletico Mineiro to Troyes before moving on loan to Girona in La Liga this season. So far, Savio has five goals and seven assists in 23 games. Savio is now worth close to £30 million in the market, but if he sells it to a local tycoon like Chelsea in the summer, he can sell it for £50 million.
Originally, Savio was going to transfer to Manchester City in the winter window, and then Manchester City was loaned back to Troyes, but because of the restrictions of the "related party transaction" rule, this transfer was not completed. Savio extended his loan period and continued to play for Girona.
All of these clubs are owned by City Football Group, and Atletico Mineiro is also in the process of being acquired.
In recent years, we have only feared that City will receive over-sponsorship from an Abu Dhabi consortium affiliate, and City have not been able to bring in players from sister clubs.
But Savio may have opened Pandora's box.
It is conceivable that with a huge global talent development system, the best teenagers enter the local clubs, and the best of them go to Ligue 1, La Liga, and then Manchester City in the Premier League.
A left winger position is actually secretly hoarding talent worth £200 million, not to mention the sum of other positions!
The invincible Manchester City, isn't it undefeated in the East, and it will be for generations!
Fortunately, the Premier League has long been alert to this kind of "related party transaction" and has formulated relevant rules.
In fact, the last time the rules were further tightened was in 2021, due to the acquisition of Newcastle by Saudi PIF, and there are concerns about the Saudi Public Investment Fund. As it turned out, Newcastle was relatively honest and conservative under the dual rules of fiscal fair play (FFP) and related party transactions (APT).
The 20 Premier League clubs recently met again in London, this time to further strengthen the control of related party transactions, including the ban on player loans between linked clubs in the January winter window.
Twelve voted in favor, two abstained and six voted against the further tightening of the rules.
In fact, the club that voted against it is easy to guess.
Manchester City are certainly the loudest opponents.
Newcastle owner PIF owns four clubs in Saudi Arabia and has previously been most concerned about the deal between them.
Chelsea owner Boehly actually owns Strasbourg in Ligue 1.
Nottingham Forest boss Marinakis owns AEK Athens in his home country and is also in talks to buy Rio Ave in the Portuguese Super League.
If Everton completes the equity transaction, the 777 Group also owns a number of clubs in Europe and South America.
Ratcliffe has bought a 25% stake in Manchester United, and his INEOS group also owns Nice in Ligue 1 and Lausanne in Switzerland.
Multi-club operating models are becoming more common, with UEFA and the Premier League struggling to plug loopholes in the rules.
One of the conundrum for UEFA is whether Manchester City and Girona will be allowed to play next season if they both qualify for the Champions League? Under the existing rules, multiple clubs owned by the same owner cannot participate in the same UEFA competition. City Soccer Group's solution to this dilemma may be to turn itself into a minority shareholder with less than 49% of the shares.
Professional football is a war, and many battlefields such as club management, player transfer transactions, and the implementation of the manager's strategy are filled with gunsmoke at the same time.
In many cases, there is no such thing as fair play.
Professional football may ultimately compete with financial resources, and the rich Manchester City can invite the best lawyer team in the UK and even Europe to fight against the Premier League and UEFA, and the lawsuit can often be won!
Everton, who had no money, could only stretch their necks and be cut off points, and could do nothing but the angry protests of the fans.
If Manchester City had won four consecutive Premier League titles this season, I would have been rebellious against the Premier League and might not have watched it.