Andy Hamilton interview: ‘Chelsea are the poster boys for where football has gone wrong’
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Exclusive: Acclaimed writer was once a devoted Chelsea fan, but a growing disconnect has seen him give up his season ticket
  • irsw@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    for players its fantastic, their future is secured for a long time and they are in a (hopefully) stable environment. For the club its a massive risk to make such long commitments

  • Opposite-Mediocre@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Thats exactly how washing money works. He will have lost some but has cleaned through legit money now. It also opens up loads of opportunities with legitimate business with the west.

    Don’t worry he will get his money. Even if he doesn’t the intent to sportswash was still there.

  • caclo@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Barca literally sold their future income and merchandise rights for quick money. The gambled on short term success.

  • qu1x0t1cZ@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Roman got a weird free pass in the press for his role in helping a dictator take power.

  • SeekersWorkAccount@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    How so? It seems more stable from the players perspective, they have these nice long contracts so they know they’re still a part of Chelsea despite being bounced from club to club and country to country on expiring contracts.

  • cammyg@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Roman was just as scummy as they are

    sorry, no matter how you dress it up an Oligarch isn’t as scummy as a state that has executed hundreds of people, commits human rights abuses, and creates humanitarian disasters in other countries

  • Opposite-Mediocre@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Didn’t need to. Sports washing worked perfectly. Cleaned through billions of money in Chelsea. Along with that probably opened up many legit business opportunities. Cherry on the cake has thousands of people now like him.

  • Fuzzy-Topic-2684@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Let’s be realistic, where would all that money Chelsea spent on players go if they didn’t spend it? To the fans? To the community? No. It would still be in the bank account of a billionaire. If they want to splash £100m on a single player from a club deemed smaller, then I don’t see the issue. A club like Brighton can easily spend that £100m on a decent replacement and then some. Also doesn’t guarantee Chelsea trophies and doesn’t wreck a club like Brighton. Brighton also seem to spend that £100m on obscure but high potential players from much smaller clubs abroad, which helps those clubs.

  • RuySan@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    No, Chelsea is the proof of football going right. Thinking they could buy quick success and end up in failures.

    City are the true poster boys for where football has gone wrong.

  • Jiminyfingers@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Holier-than-thou? Andy Hamilton is a Chelsea season ticket holder, or at least was until last year. He is one of your own saying this, its not rival fans trying to banter you, or the media getting their knives out for the club.

    • Extremiel@alien.topBEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I wrote my comment in response to the people in this thread, most of which have clearly not even read the article posted but just used the oppertunity to blame Chelsea for everything.

      Should have clarified that, my bad.