The new challenges it presents to the future of world football were debated at a colloquium organized by Sports Culture Barcelona in it College of Economists of Catalonia who was a guest Fernando CarroCEO of Bayer Leverkusen, Xavi Asensico-President of Inter Miami CF and Arturo CanalesPresident and founder of AC Talent Sports & Entertainment. Tatxo Benet, Esteve Calzada (CEO of Al Hilal) and Ferran Soriano (CEO of Manchester City) also participated.
Ownership models, the management of economic resources, the saturation of the calendar with new competitions, the rise of the Saudi Arabian league and the MLS or the actors who control world football are some of the topics discussed in an event with personalities like Joan Gaspart, Víctor Font, Toni Freixa, Santi Nolla, Joan Camprubí or Ramón Ajenjo.
“Football is sport, spectacle and business. Clubs are big companies and need to be managed as such, with professionals ready to improve every area,” he said. Fernando Carroarchitect of the growth of Bayer Leverkusen since he came in 2018 to the aspirin club.
In his speech, Ferran Soriano pointed out that the management of clubs depends on the idiosyncrasy or ownership model of each entity. “Clubs are not just companies, they are part of the social fabric. In our case, City in 12 years has gone from being an average club to Premier League to be one of the best in the world and here the fans do not question the club’s ownership system. The owner is private but the club is still owned by the fans. The owner has been the custodian of the club for some time and respects its history and essence,” he added.
Xavier Asensifor his part, said that “there are things that money cannot buy, like history, a sense of belonging or glory in sports. An example of this is PSG, which spent all the money in the world to win in the Champions League and he didn’t reach it.” “Football generates money and money attracts power, that’s why Chinese football grew so much ten years ago although then it deflated. That won’t happen in Saudi Arabia. They are here to stay, ” he declared.
The Saudi threat
Esteve CalzadaCEO of Al Hilalpointed out that the goal of the Saudi league is not to sign stars in the final stage of their career but to bet on full-fledged footballers. “Now we sign players in their prime Neves, Mitrovic or Milinkovic-Savic. We are not looking for the player who is about to retire but the immediate performance,” he stated. Road. “The Arab league is part of the football world, we are not concerned. They can be competition or clients to sell footballers. Some European clubs have turned to them,” said Carro.
The MLS has a different perspective as an emerging league, he indicated Asensi. “We see ourselves as something complementary. Young players from Europe either South America They can go and train and then jump back to Europe. We will not compete Europe“, he hinted Asensi before discussing the impact of Messi’s arrival at Inter Miami.
“For MLS there is before and after Messi. Everything has changed. People can be from any team, but they come to the field to see Messi. He is the only example that can be compared to Jordan,” explained the co-president of the club.
Source: La Verdad
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