2024-04-26 01:05:21
They are already looking for head coaches for the new football year.
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“Barcelona”
The list strictly contains the richest clubs on the planet from the top 20. Barcelona are the current champions of Spain and even won the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals against PSG in Paris. Everything was in the hands of Xavi, who had the full support of the club’s management. As a result, they are 8 points behind Real Madrid in La Liga, and for a long time they could not catch up with Girona, until the Catalan neighbor fell apart. Xavi did not pass PSG and suffered a 1:4 defeat at home. Lost with a similar score in the Spanish Super Cup final to Real Madrid. The Catalans also lost to Athletic Bilbao in the King’s Cup. Laporta is looking for a new coach, but ideally only for a year to lure Klopp in later. Without a mentor of this caliber, not only investors, but also players of Haaland’s caliber will not come to a club with financial problems. The situation is much more complicated than people want to admit.
“Manchester United”
Theoretically, even the powerful neighboring Manchester City could lose the Premier League to Arteta or Klopp. And Guardiola has an FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea on Saturday, and anything can happen in football after a grueling two hours against Real Madrid. But in practice, Josep will have a higher chance of winning the “golden double” than ten Hag will have to continue working at Manchester United. Even if Eric beats Coventry in their cup semi-final on Sunday, he is not favorite later, Pochettino or Guardiola will have arguments against Onana’s defence. Also, Manchester United was left without a place in the Champions League playoffs. And the elimination of English clubs from European competitions hit the Red Devils. Now fifth place in the Premier League will not lead to the Champions League. However, it’s already not easy to get to, Spurs are ten points ahead, and Aston Villa are thirteen, having a game more. Manchester United have been a complete failure this season.
“Chelsea”
You can joke that Chelsea have more cup semi-finals than many Premier League giants. Pochettino’s men lost to Liverpool in the League Cup final and will meet Guardiola in the FA Cup. But the “aristocrats,” when they spent a billion euros on a new squad, not counting personal contracts for seven years with many zeros in the “salary” column, expected to return to the Champions League. Chelsea is the only London club in history to win the European Cup. But for now they are lower in the table than Manchester United. It is clear that there are matches in hand, and the situation can be improved a little in the coming rounds. But even if you imagine Chelsea winning the FA Cup, this does not fundamentally change anything. The “aristocrats” are having a terrible season, one productive Palmer is a beauty. But Mudrik, Fernandez, Caicedo and many other valuable players are not progressing, and Pochettino is looking for excuses by talking about injuries.
“Atletico”
Last December, seniors Miguel Angel Gil Marin and Enrique Cerezo, who have 65% of Atlético’s shares, put their asset up for sale. The club needs about 400 million euros a year to live, so they plan to find a rich investor and a new owner. Possibly from the USA – they offered shares to the owner of the Miami Dolphins American football club, Stephen Ross. And it is clear that in the name of sales, success on the football field and commercial attractiveness were needed. But Atlético lost to Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Spanish Super Cup. Then we performed unsuccessfully in the King’s Cup and did not reach the final. Also in La Liga, Atlético is doing worse than Barcelona, only fourth place, 61 points versus 78 for Real. Although there are Griezmann and a couple of other world champions, Simeone failed to get past Dortmund to boost the stock price with potential success against PSG in the Champions League.
“Napoli”
Here they didn’t mention the Champions League final; they lost to Barcelona. Napoli also has existential problems due to a decline from first place to eighth in Serie A. We need to look for a new coach – as Barcelona and Manchester United will also do, and also prepare for the loss of leaders, like winger Kvaratskhelia and striker Osimhen. Napoli owner De Laurentiis said that the sheikhs recently offered him 2.5 billion euros for the club, but he refused because they don’t sell a “family toy”. Agreed, defeats on the field worsened Napoli’s financial situation. It will be difficult to return to the fight for the title in Serie A, unless they persuade a coach of Conte’s caliber. But it is important that after a couple of months the owner and mentor do not kill each other on emotions, because both instantly turn on, classic Italians. Of course, De Laurentiis could easily come up with a sum of 2.5 billion euros, but now he really will not be hindered by the investment, which is difficult to attract to a team without an international army of fans, like Barcelona or Manchester United.
In each case, the future of a huge project is at stake. Even the Glazers at Manchester United cannot forever take money out of the pockets of fans around the world by increasing the cost of selling television rights – contracts are traded for several seasons. Also, you cannot constantly increase the price of tickets, because this causes protests among fans. Barcelona sold everything they could. The defeat by PSG hints at the potential loss of Yamal. It is possible that the student will be given away for a lot of money to compensate for the lack of resources after losing a ticket to the Club World Championship with huge prize money. Football defeats have consequences, and returning to the championship pool is harder than it seems. Manchester United cannot rise from its knees for more than ten years, having enormous resources. And even the sale of part of the club’s shares to a new billionaire is not a guarantee of big titles.
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