I listened to some discussion about staff in 'ordinary' jobs at Premier League clubs the other day. Only Chelsea and Everton guarantee that cleaners, caterer's etc. get the living wage. Currently a cleaner at Old Trafford would have to work for 20 years to earn what Pogba does in a week. I can't stand that. I've also thought about the arguments that football clubs are businesses, so they can't be regulated by something like a minimum number of English players in each team. That's rubbish too - we should say at least 5 of the starting 11 should be English for each team, otherwise we just block the progress of young players. The Premier League is a league in England, not an English league. We may as well make it like Formula 1, where a round of games is played each weekend in different countries (USA, China, India, Australia etc.) - it would generate more money, which is what it's all about now anyway. | |