So Man City are the latest club to be bought over by people with more money than they know what to do with.  Following in the footsteps of the likes of Chelsea, the Manchester club has been bought over by the Abu Dhabi United Group which, it seems, has more money than even Abramovich.

They have promised to make the club bigger than Real Madrid and the clubs biggest rivals Manchester United.  However, I fear what this means for the game.  It’s getting that if you don’t sell out you just have no chance of getting anywhere.  Last year the Arsenal board fought hard to keep a Russian millionaire called Usmanov from taking over the club.  They had the fans support and so far they have been successful.  I’m delighted we haven’t sold out but it’s getting to the point that everyone is and if you don’t you have no chance!

The signing of Robinho from Madrid is surely only the first step.  Who can blame the fans?  Let’s face it the City fans are great, they stuck by their team through many relegations and hard times and I have nothing but respect for them.  I can’t give out that they’re over the moon at the money coming in to the club – but where does it end?  Will it become a league with three or four teams with money so far ahead of the rest of us that there’s no chance?  Arsenal are only where we are because of Wenger’s amazing ability in the transfer market (not that he’s bought anyone of note for a while), other teams like Spurs are coming good due to good management too but will all this be undone by a millionaire’s signiture?

I think the FA have to look into all of these club sales and see if there’s anything they can do to save the game from becoming even more cheapened by clubs allowing the pound to rule.

So I have to ask the question – would you want your club to be bought out by such a group?

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