Clrnc Yeah, the SPL seems a fresh strategic direction for Saudi capture of elite football, I can't see it as merely a very, very inefficient operation aimed at wrecking FFP for Newcastle's benefit.
I don't think the Saudi league will prove to be durable, however. We all complain football has become infested by money, but in the end few people will want to support a league over time where complaints like that make no sense, because there's nothing bar the money: not much history, no generational fans, few legible rivalries or affiliations, no academy products, and so on.
