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UEFA is sleeping in a big problem: why multi-club ownership is a threat to international football

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Multi-club ownership: “The consequences are as big as the Bosman verdict”

“In the medium term, the consequences of multi-club ownership are just as great as those of the Bosman ruling,” FC St. Pauli’s Andreas Bornmann commented on the developments. 11 Friends: “And I would answer the question of whether it’s good for football with a categorical ‘no’.”

It is no wonder that Max Eberl, of all people, who represents German industry leader FC Bayern, takes a different tone: “At the end of the day, it is still the player who makes the decision.” After all, it cannot be forced. The Munich men are not mere spectators of developments. There is a joint venture between Bayern and the Los Angeles Football Club, which in turn is the majority shareholder of Racing de Montevideo.

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Under the name “Red and Gold Football” it was announced in December 2023 that they are joining forces with a football club in Uruguay. It remains to be seen what specific goals will be pursued. So far the Munich people have commented little on this. There was opposition from their own fans, who described the project as “grasshoppers”.

One thing is clear: this construction does not yet come close to the excesses of City Football Group. But Germany has already achieved this development long ago. Whether it is the private equity company 777, which, among other things, acquired 78.8 percent of the shares in Hertha BSC GmbH & Co. KGaA, which is the professional division, or David Blitzer, who acquired shares in FC Augsburg and at the same time owns several clubs in different sports – including Crystal Palace.

1. FC Kaiserslautern is also part of the development. In 2022, the “Red Devils” sell about ten percent of their shares to Pacific Media Group, which owns several European football clubs – including FC Thun from Switzerland and AS Nancy from France.

If FIFA and UEFA do not address this issue soon, more and more clubs in Europe will turn into farm teams, whose main purpose is to make the talent market more accessible to specific clubs again and fill the owners’ coffers accordingly. The capitalist undesirable development that has been distorting competition for several decades is reaching its peak here.

However, the more than 250 clubs around the world that are part of these networks are just the beginning. Those responsible are not interested in strict regulations at the moment.

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