E175: Miguel Delaney on Barca's summer spending & competing with state-owned clubs
Added 2022-07-25 18:00:05 +0000 UTCA lot has been said and written about Barcelona's summer of spending, so Sam and Rik decided to speak to Miguel Delaney about the view from afar on Barça's decision to sell TV rights to invest in their squad. Miguel is the chief football writer for the Independent and wrote this article on Barça last week: link here.
Miguel has written about European football for over a decade and his piece on Barça is more balanced than many things that have been said, shared or written elsewhere. However, there will undoubtedly be some points you may disagree with. The podcast covers Barca's summer but also explores the issues they face in competing with state-owned clubs.
Comments
Thanks for the comments, guys. Was difficult over just audio with time restrictions and Miguel’s long answers to get into it as we would have liked, but we will do a follow-up alone at some point where we lay out the other side with your valid points! (Some good comments on Discord as well if you're not on there) -- SM
Siempre Positivo
2022-07-26 12:06:53 +0000 UTCEnglish bias... english language commentators, you can tell who did their homework on the teams they are commenting on. They sold TV rights to raise funds. Nothing complicated with that. Risky? Yes, always risks. For the players owed money on the back end, it will happen. They have a plan / framework of what they want to do and announce. All will work out.
Monchito
2022-07-25 22:32:43 +0000 UTCEspecially when the Premier League is all outside money. At least someone like Bayern or so can come from a point where the german clubs truly have to save and spend money wisely - ebglish ones get record money from the TV deals all the time. But if Barca manages these sums how they believe is best they are the bad guys?
Jakob
2022-07-25 20:51:07 +0000 UTCThis guy has no idea how finances work and how barca being competitive in la liga and champions league again will bring in more money the interest alone in the transfer market will be bring in more money. This english bias is ridiculous look at how much the premier league top teams spend and This guys has no facts everything he spoke about is all gossip
Wesley Hartman
2022-07-25 19:09:39 +0000 UTC
