Football is not merely a small business, it's also a bad one. Anyone who spends any time inside football soon discovers that… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
I remember World Cups in 1982 and 1986 when we weren't there and we'd support Belgium or Denmark, .. They had some… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
“It’s sad to say, but it is much easier selling, for example, a crap Brazilian than a brilliant Mexican. The Brazilian gets… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
“Stars of Recent World Cups, or European Championships Are Overvalued The worst time to buy a player is in the summer when… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
“the Finnish financial analyst Matias Möttölä calculates that in terms of revenue, Real Madrid would still only be the 120th largest company… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
“you are brought face to face with the great question about the soccer coach: Does he really matter? It turns out that… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
Chelsea's players, coaches and agents are now football's wealthiest millionaires. Surely the billions taken from the Russian people by an oligarch in… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
“Entrepreneurs who dip into soccer also keep making the same mistakes. They buy clubs promising to run them “like a business” and… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
Even before 2007, this half of a small island was the richest football country on earth. In 2005-2006 the Premiership's total revenue… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
“Arsenal hasn’t been a great soccer club lately, but it has been a good business. This is what a soccer club run… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
“But there isn’t much else most club managers can do to push their teams up the table. After all, players matter much… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
“Though most fans would probably deny it, a love of soccer is often intertwined with a love of numbers. There are the… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
It seems that soccer tournaments create those relationships: people gathered together in pubs and living rooms, a whole country suddenly caring about… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
“Aulas spotted early that most soccer fans everywhere are much more like shoppers than like religious believers: if they can get a… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
“The theory of the “wisdom of crowds” says that if you aggregate many different opinions from a diverse group of people, you are much… — Simon Kuper Copy Share
Even before 2007, this half of a small island was the richest football country on earth. In 2005-2006 the Premiership's total revenue was about… — Simon Kuper Copy Share
“It’s sad to say, but it is much easier selling, for example, a crap Brazilian than a brilliant Mexican. The Brazilian gets across the… — Simon Kuper Copy Share
“Entrepreneurs who dip into soccer also keep making the same mistakes. They buy clubs promising to run them “like a business” and disappear a… — Simon Kuper Copy Share
Football is not merely a small business, it's also a bad one. Anyone who spends any time inside football soon discovers that just as… — Simon Kuper Copy Share
Chelsea's players, coaches and agents are now football's wealthiest millionaires. Surely the billions taken from the Russian people by an oligarch in questionable privatisations… — Simon Kuper Copy Share
It seems that soccer tournaments create those relationships: people gathered together in pubs and living rooms, a whole country suddenly caring about the same… — Simon Kuper Copy Share
“Aulas spotted early that most soccer fans everywhere are much more like shoppers than like religious believers: if they can get a better experience… — Simon Kuper Copy Share
“you are brought face to face with the great question about the soccer coach: Does he really matter? It turns out that coaches or… — Simon Kuper Copy Share
“Stars of Recent World Cups, or European Championships Are Overvalued The worst time to buy a player is in the summer when he’s just… — Simon Kuper Copy Share
“Because soccer clubs are the only businesses that get daily publicity without trying to, they treat journalists as humble supplicants instead of as unpaid… — Simon Kuper Copy Share
Other than sports, only war and catastrophe can create this sort of national unity. — Simon Kuper Copy Share
