I struggle to see how this gets over the line.. to give you a perspective of how things in Argentina football work, all the clubs are owned by the fans “socios” and none are privately owned.. small clubs are funded by fans paying membership fees and all the big money that a club makes is through player sales, and some through continental qualification. For a club like River Plate or Boca to agree to this, there is a whole approval process for it to happen, the high paying socios who get voting rights have to vote on this (a personal example, is my fathers club is called Estudiantes de Plata, when they sold a player to Europe a few years ago, they decided to upgrade their floodlight in the stadium as it needed replacing) and if it is approved, the executive committee and president (Argentina football presidents can be very powerful people in Argentine society depending on the club, we are talking big union bosses, former presidents, big business people), have to agree to it. Like everything else in Argentina, if they can make money they will do it, but they got to be sure of it, and with the current economy very few clubs except two or three have funds and so every cent is counted.. so unless Foley pays for it, and say Boca keep match fees, it will be hard to get over the line.. The current football environment in Argentina is a mess, 30 clubs in yhe top league, which changed format, and the president of AFA, Claudio Tapia is the president of one of them, Barracas Central.. who got magically promoted from the 4th league to the top league… when they asked him how do you explain the format, he goes “Dont try to understand, just enjoy it”.. Que viva el futbol
I struggle to see how this gets over the line.. to give you a perspective of how things in Argentina football work, all the clubs are owned by the fans “socios” and none are privately owned.. small clubs are funded by fans paying membership fees and all the big money that a club makes is through player sales, and some through continental qualification. For a club like River Plate or Boca to agree to this, there is a whole approval process for it to happen, the high paying socios who get voting rights have to vote on this, and if it is approved, the executive committee and president (Argentina football presidents can be very powerful people in Argentine society depending on the club, we are talking big union bosses, former presidents, big business people), have to agree to it. Like everything else in Argentina, if they can make money they will do it, but they got to be sure of it, and with the current economy very few clubs except two or three have funds and so every cent is counted.. so unless Foley pays for it, and say Boca keep match fees, it will be hard to get over the line.. The current football environment in Argentina is a mess, 30 clubs in yhe top league, which changed format, and the president of AFA, Claudio Tapia is the president of one of them, Barracas Central.. who got magically promoted from the 4th league to the top league… when they asked him how do you explain the format, he goes “Dont try to understand, just enjoy it”.. Que viva el futbol