Barclays Premier League

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Barclays Premier League 2008/09  

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  1. 1. Who will win the Barclays Premier League 2008/09?

    • Arsenal
      25
    • Aston Villa
      8
    • Chelsea
      15
    • Everton
      9
    • Liverpool
      22
    • Manchester City
      8
    • Manchester United
      55
    • Portsmouth
      0
    • Tottenham Hotspur
      2
    • Other
      5

  2. 2. Who be relegated from the Barclays Premier League 2008/09 (select 3)?

    • Blackburn Rovers
      15
    • Bolton Wanderers
      23
    • Fulham
      22
    • Hull City
      53
    • Middlesbrough
      26
    • Stoke City
      66
    • Sunderland
      31
    • West Bromwich Albian
      71
    • Wigan Athletic
      29
    • Other
      39

  3. 3. Who will be top scorer in the Barclays Premier League 2008/09?

    • Benjani
      3
    • Cesc Fabregas
      1
    • Cristiano Ronaldo
      37
    • Didier Drogba
      4
    • Emmanuel Adebayor
      8
    • Fernando Torres
      43
    • Frank Lampard
      8
    • Wayne Rooney
      12
    • Roque Santa Cruz
      0
    • Other
      33

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Martyn

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Where do you think the money comes from?

The fans and the players. Work it out. That is how a football club should be run.

Do you disagree mail? I know you don't agree with anything I say, I don't forget, but if you are disagreeing with me here then you are going against the sentiments of Bill Shankly, a better man than you.

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The fans and the players. Work it out. That is how a football club should be run.

Do you disagree mail? I know you don't agree with anything I say, I don't forget, but if you are disagreeing with me here then you are going against the sentiments of Bill Shankly, a better man than you.

Doesn't matter how much of a man he is, if he doesn't know basic accounting. Good luck with getting the players to pay to play and also good luck with running a club with just ticket sales.

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Its not just tickets.. its also merchandise.. as Wenger once said.. managers, players and management staff all come and go.. but fans stay forever.. it is for them that the clubs play.. I dont agree with much Wenger has said or done this season.. but I certainly do agree with him on this.

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The Abramovich era is almost at an end at Chelsea??

ROMAN Abramovich, the Russian billionaire, has been taking soundings over selling Chelsea football club to Gulf Arabs.

Representatives of the oligarch have travelled to Saudi Arabia and Dubai to elicit interest in the club, Gulf sources have told The Sunday Times.

At least one of the meetings was with members of the Saudi royal family. There has been no evidence so far of a potential buyer.

The Middle East has become the cash cow for British football teams. Sheikh Mansour of Abu Dhabi, the owner of Manchester City, hopes to sign the Brazilian star Kaka from AC Milan in a deal that could cost up to ?243m in payments and salary.

One source said: “Abramovich’s team have been out in the Middle East sounding out what interest there is in buying the club.” Chelsea insisted last night that Abramovich was still fully committed to the club on which he has lavished hundreds of millions of pounds. A Chelsea spokesman said it was “total nonsense” that the Russian was willing to sell the club.

He bought Chelsea for about ?60m in 2003, taking over ?80m in debts, and has since provided at least ?500m in loans to buy new players. Sources say that if Abramovich can recoup his money, he might now be ready to sell after five years in which he turned Chelsea into a Champions League side that has twice won the English Premier League.

...

Yesterday he left his seat at Stamford Bridge with 15 minutes of the game remaining with Chelsea losing 1-0 at home to lowly Stoke. It took two late goals to secure victory.

City sources believe it would cost at least ?800m to buy out Abramovich when the “going rate” for a Champions League side is about ?500m. Mansour was able to snap up Manchester City for about ?200m.

Abramovich’s wealth has fallen sharply in the down-turn. Philip Beresford, who compiles The Sunday Times Rich List, conservatively estimates that Abramovich has lost ?3 billion from his ?11.7 billion fortune.

City experts question whether he may have a short-term problem with liquidity and needs cash. Some of Chelsea’s superstars are paid ?120,000 a week.

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Forbes recently released a list of the worlds 10 most valuable sports teams...

1. Man Utd (Prem) $1.8bn

2. Dallas Cowboys (NFL) $1.6bn

3. Washington Redskins (NFL) $1.5bn

4. New England Patriots (NFL) $1.32bn

5. New York Yankees (MLB) $1.3bn

6. Real Madrid (La Liga) $1.29bn

7. Arsenal (Prem) $1.2bn

8. New York Giants (NFL) $1.18bn

9. New York Jets (NFL) $1.17bn

10. Houston Texans (NFL) $1.17bn

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