[ITA] Serie A 2010/2011 (56 Viewers)

[JuveJay]

So what we need is a €500m loan that can be paid back indefinitely, 4 or 5 marquee signings and we will be back at the pinnacle

 

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[Fred]

You'd need a lot more than that to equal Madrid's prestige :eyebrows:

 

[JuveJay]

So most presitige + lots of money = pinnacle
top 5 prestige + little money = off the radar
top 5 prestige + lots of money = ?

 

[Fred]

I don't think there are any definite formula's in football.

But like i said, football fans are fickle, if you come back in 4 years time, for all you know, people might not even consider Barca prestigious then.

 

[Martin]

I don't think there are any definite formula's in football.

But like i said, football fans are fickle, if you come back in 4 years time, for all you know, people might not even consider Barca prestigious then.

you are, that's for sure

 

[JuveJay]

Who cares about fans anyway, we need to be attractive to players. Some guy in Cambodia who pays $1 for a Juve shirt with Betklik on the front is not contributing to the club.

 

[Fred]

I never said that i thought Real and Barcelona were the two biggest teams. I was being descriptive of the situation right now. Which is that players are attracted to Barcelona and Real more than any other club. So are most football fans.

Edit: @Juvejay, players think the same way as fans, most of the time.

 

[JuveJay]

Scary thought, although I'm not sure it is completely true.

 

[Fred]

Why would Ronaldo move to Real then? Do you really think the only motivation is money? I think United would have given him a pay rise, if thats all he wanted. Players, especially latin players, always want to play for Real or Barca at some point in their careers.

 

[JuveJay]

Right now I'd say that was true, but not particularly in the last 30 years regardless of 'prestige'

 

[Fred]

Woah, i wasn't talking about the last 30 years at all. I'm talking about the present state. Like i said, the nature of football is that its fickle, in a few years time, the situation may change completely.

 

[JuveJay]

Well if Madrid gained prestige from having a glorious history, then what is the difference between their prestige 20-30 years ago and it now? Some extra titles? Or a lot of money and a very strong team?

 

[Fred]

I think their marketing has as much if not more to do with their current "attractability" as their history.

 

[JuveJay]

We are getting somewhere

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Italy's attendances are pretty crap, but theres a lot of valid reasons for that.

Still a 25,000 average for Serie A isnt bad when you consider the absolute fucking trash the stadiums are.

 

[blondu]

we will be the 1st to see how a new stadium will get fans...

 

[only-juve]

Why the hell would someone leave Barcelona for Inter?

Ronaldo (barca) ====> Inter

If the offer is right and the club wants to sell then moving from one big club to another isn't a problem.

Inter were in a much worse state than they are right now back in the 90's yet Ronaldo left Barca to join them. It's all about :money: ....

 

[Fred]

You didn't read my other posts. I already said football is a constantly changing environment, right now no Barca star would leave Barcelona for Inter willingly. Unless he has personal problems or something like that with the club. 14 years ago however was a different case. At that time Juventus was a much more prestigious club than Barcelona for example.

 

[Nicholas]

Ibra left for Milan and he was a Barca star.

 

[Fred]

He was a Barca flop, come on Nick.

Guardiola didn't want him anymore anyway, which is why they went for Villa.