Tylluan Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67509606 Decent read on how it went from boom to bust. Possible Wednesday angle is some of the clubs were owned by Chinese property developers and builders who ran into cash flow problems. If Chansiri does run a couple of construction businesses then he could have also been hit. Isn't the Hong Kong arm of his business the construction umbrella? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaconowl Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Could the Saudi league go the same way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BraddersTim Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, Beaconowl said: Could the Saudi league go the same way? No. Saudis make money every way possible. Expanding oil/gas sales to Africa while at same time pushing their green initiatives elsewhere being just one example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 @KrolMongcheck which Chinese side is mentioned and does it ring any bells...😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skamp Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 15 hours ago, BraddersTim said: No. Saudis make money every way possible. Expanding oil/gas sales to Africa while at same time pushing their green initiatives elsewhere being just one example. So does China. Huge infrastructure investment helps buy the receiving country's loyalty to its consumer products and government 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl71 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 On 29/11/2023 at 16:37, Beaconowl said: Could the Saudi league go the same way? Yes. They are both authoritarian regimes. If a small number of powerful people come to the conclusion that sports washing is a waste of time, and/or start to disapprove of the crazy money being paid to a handful of superstar imports…then yes. Could happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/24890188/abandoned-stadium-china-gareth-bale-jiangsu/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrolMong Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 On 03/12/2023 at 21:38, owl71 said: Yes. They are both authoritarian regimes. If a small number of powerful people come to the conclusion that sports washing is a waste of time, and/or start to disapprove of the crazy money being paid to a handful of superstar imports…then yes. Could happen. Agreed. I’ll go as far as saying that it will happen. There’s already reports of clubs in Saudi having financial issues and it’s not generating any where near the interest as they thought, especially sponsorship wise. I see a scenario that they’ll lose interest within 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BraddersTim Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 1 hour ago, KrolMong said: Agreed. I’ll go as far as saying that it will happen. There’s already reports of clubs in Saudi having financial issues and it’s not generating any where near the interest as they thought, especially sponsorship wise. I see a scenario that they’ll lose interest within 5 years. I see it going the other way, within 5 years they'll have total control of FIFA, UEFA and teams in the CL. They're well on the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBO Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 I went to a Chinese game but was disappointed to see the star striker was Lim Ping 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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