I actually really love that the biggest football club in the world is fan owned. It's why I'll always root for them when they're going against English clubs and others like them.
I know. The club I support (FC Porto) is fan owned but we've also had a few problems in recent years due to our president getting very old (he's 84 now and has been president for 40 years) but because it was him that basically transformed our club it's hard for fans to see that he's destroying a bit of his legacy. Overall though I'd rather it be this way than it being like the English clubs that feel soulless, even Liverpool aren't the same as they once were and if my club was ever sold I think I'd stop supporting them.
Edit: Also the Bundesliga has a few exceptions like Wolfsburg (Volkswagen), Leverkusen (Bayer), Hoffenheim (Dietmar Hopp) and Leipzig (Red Bull) and they're all hated by other teams.
I've been watching Bundesliga for the last two years. They have great support up and down the table. If I ever have enough money, I'd love to go watch a Dortmund or Koln match.
Yeah, Madrid is owned by socios (members of the club) of which there are 60,000. Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao, and. Osasuna are also supporter owned as far as Spain goes. In the German top division, all clubs are fan owned except for a select few that were founded by workers of certain uh companies ie Bayer Leverkusen (of Bayer Pharma) and Wolfsburg (of Volkswagen); there are two who are straight up owned by a mega corp (Red Bull Leipzig) and a billionaire (Hoffenheim).
England and Italy have no fan owned club in their top division. :england-cool: :anti-italian-action:
I actually really love that the biggest football club in the world is fan owned. It's why I'll always root for them when they're going against English clubs and others like them.
All Bundesliga clubs are fan owned, btw!
La Liga has a good theoretical model of fan ownership, but their are some problems with it in practice (see Barcelona).
I know. The club I support (FC Porto) is fan owned but we've also had a few problems in recent years due to our president getting very old (he's 84 now and has been president for 40 years) but because it was him that basically transformed our club it's hard for fans to see that he's destroying a bit of his legacy. Overall though I'd rather it be this way than it being like the English clubs that feel soulless, even Liverpool aren't the same as they once were and if my club was ever sold I think I'd stop supporting them.
Edit: Also the Bundesliga has a few exceptions like Wolfsburg (Volkswagen), Leverkusen (Bayer), Hoffenheim (Dietmar Hopp) and Leipzig (Red Bull) and they're all hated by other teams.
I've been watching Bundesliga for the last two years. They have great support up and down the table. If I ever have enough money, I'd love to go watch a Dortmund or Koln match.
Oh fuck that's awesome.
Will they do Galacticos V2 now?
The world isn't ready for that lol
Real is fan owned?
Yeah, Madrid is owned by socios (members of the club) of which there are 60,000. Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao, and. Osasuna are also supporter owned as far as Spain goes. In the German top division, all clubs are fan owned except for a select few that were founded by workers of certain uh companies ie Bayer Leverkusen (of Bayer Pharma) and Wolfsburg (of Volkswagen); there are two who are straight up owned by a mega corp (Red Bull Leipzig) and a billionaire (Hoffenheim).
England and Italy have no fan owned club in their top division. :england-cool: :anti-italian-action:
I remembered i read something else somewhere so i looked it up and it really is fan owned, good to know
Though this says that Perez wrote in a clause that ensures he is nearly impossible to be removed