ChungaHungry
Club Supporter
Amidst all the bids from China and ensuing transfers, the issue that got to me was hearing about Conte calling the Cristiano Ronaldo offer 'not right': "I don't want to trust in this. I don't want to believe in this, because, I think, we are talking about an amount of money which is not right.''
It's all absurd amounts of money relative to what we're used to so far in football, but supply and demand determine valuation. His comment simply hinted at colonial entitlement. After all, it's a century of colonially acquired money being consistently pumped into football that has made Europe, and its competitions, the world's footballing epicenter. Does he think that footballers from around the world want to move to Europe and not, say, South Africa, because the pay packet is the same?
What are your the thoughts on the Chinese Super League? Is the European centric view of the footballing world under threat? Would it be a good thing if the CSL, MLS, etc. are a genuine option in 10 or so years' time?
It's all absurd amounts of money relative to what we're used to so far in football, but supply and demand determine valuation. His comment simply hinted at colonial entitlement. After all, it's a century of colonially acquired money being consistently pumped into football that has made Europe, and its competitions, the world's footballing epicenter. Does he think that footballers from around the world want to move to Europe and not, say, South Africa, because the pay packet is the same?
What are your the thoughts on the Chinese Super League? Is the European centric view of the footballing world under threat? Would it be a good thing if the CSL, MLS, etc. are a genuine option in 10 or so years' time?