by Zedie » Sat Jun 08, 2019 10:51 am
Real are bankrolled by the Spanish state ie tax payers through loans they dont pay back.
Chelsea acquired a f**k load of high end prime aged assets way back via Russian oil money, didnt play 95% of them and sold them on continuously.
We've never really been in a position to emulate either of those models and even when we did have assets to sell (Sanchez, Ramsey etc) we f***ked up and let then walk away for free, thus losing out on probably just under 100m to reinvest.
Not only that, we've managed to make it uniquely worse for ourselves by taking on a declining 30 year old on massive wages and no resale value.
Gazidis was incompetent compared to Abramovich and in hindsight it's a good thing that he left.
As for real, keep dreaming. Them and city are the only clubs that are financially backed by a country other than Erdogans team and Turkey and they arent really in a league where they can attract the best.