Football Quotes by Simon Kuper

14 Football quotes by Simon Kuper

Simon Kuper’s 14 lines blend a journalist’s curiosity with a fan’s passion. This short set offers a clear snapshot of his observations, giving readers a concise yet insightful view of football’s cultural and tactical layers.

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“you are brought face to face with the great question about the soccer coach: Does he really matter? It turns out that…

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“the Finnish financial analyst Matias Möttölä calculates that in terms of revenue, Real Madrid would still only be the 120th largest company…

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“Entrepreneurs who dip into soccer also keep making the same mistakes. They buy clubs promising to run them “like a business” and…

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Chelsea's players, coaches and agents are now football's wealthiest millionaires. Surely the billions taken from the Russian people by an oligarch in…

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It seems that soccer tournaments create those relationships: people gathered together in pubs and living rooms, a whole country suddenly caring about…

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“Aulas spotted early that most soccer fans everywhere are much more like shoppers than like religious believers: if they can get a…

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Football is not merely a small business, it's also a bad one. Anyone who spends any time inside football soon discovers that…

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I remember World Cups in 1982 and 1986 when we weren't there and we'd support Belgium or Denmark, .. They had some…

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“Arsenal hasn’t been a great soccer club lately, but it has been a good business. This is what a soccer club run…

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“Though most fans would probably deny it, a love of soccer is often intertwined with a love of numbers. There are the…

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“But there isn’t much else most club managers can do to push their teams up the table. After all, players matter much…

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Even before 2007, this half of a small island was the richest football country on earth. In 2005-2006 the Premiership's total revenue…

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“It’s sad to say, but it is much easier selling, for example, a crap Brazilian than a brilliant Mexican. The Brazilian gets…

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“Stars of Recent World Cups, or European Championships Are Overvalued The worst time to buy a player is in the summer when…

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It seems that soccer tournaments create those relationships: people gathered together in pubs and living rooms, a whole country suddenly caring about the same…

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“Aulas spotted early that most soccer fans everywhere are much more like shoppers than like religious believers: if they can get a better experience…

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“Apparently the Germans had a database of 13,000 kicks.”

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“you are brought face to face with the great question about the soccer coach: Does he really matter? It turns out that coaches or…

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“The club is not a business. It's a populist democracy.”

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“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…

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“Because soccer clubs are the only businesses that get daily publicity without trying to, they treat journalists as humble supplicants instead of as unpaid…

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“You don't have to be charming to be a fan among fans.”

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Other than sports, only war and catastrophe can create this sort of national unity.

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