You have a lot of experience on large scale construction?
I said nothing about cash. ENIC is an investment company, not a cash trader. It acquires assets, increases the value over a period of years and then sells for a capital gain.
As I've said reading up on what they have done rather than what they haven't shows they have been changing and evolving over the last 20-25 years or so. Again it's not easy to change generations of thinking over night and just passing a few laws isn't the answer. As we can see in Iran right now it's the peoples thinking that needs to change as that's what really matters. The laws will follow once the people are more accepting of the changes, and gradually that is happening.
The latter most likely. Even if they gave Levy a transfer war chest he'd interfere in how it would (or wouldn't) be spent. As I said earlier DL is the problem you could throw unlimited money at him and he'd still act the same way.
Exactly this, as long as Levy is in charge we aren't going to start spending like Chelsea etc regardless how big our warchest is. Not that Chelsea is a model we want to follow as they look like they have no fucking clue what they are doing, but purely in regards to the amount of money they spend on players. Personally i'm still not convinced we will even have a bigger budget after all the money will still have to come from Lewis/Enic one would assume considering they are the primary owners and QSI will be funding PSG's transfers and contracts etc. Aside from the initial buy in, which we probably wont see any of as it will no doubt largely go into Lewis and Levy's pockets, i don't see how QSI could or would help us in the transfer market. Not that i actually know.
I'm sure if they did invest that not much will be invested into the playing squad. If levy has his way maybe another hotel or appartments.
This soooooo boring reading a comment like this on every page ?
I totally agree, though I think Oman is probably the most moderate gulf state. The reality is that they are all changing. My parents worked in Saudi in the late 90s and it is an extremely different place now. I spent the last 3 years working in Oman and during those three years the requirement for an NOC (modern slavery) to change jobs was removed. Systemic change takes time and unfortunately it is very easy to buy into the narrative that middle east = bad because it is different. I am 100% not saying that everything is great there, I personally found it extremely difficult culturally and my children hated it, but there is positive change happening in these countries.
I agree, It's fine to criticise Levy but I think you have to stick to the facts. He has always reinvested everything back into the club and this is a pretty tired narrative that he's using club money to do other stuff.
If we want Qatar to change, we shouldn't accept this money. There's a reason they throw money around - to prop up their regime. It's called sport washing. Accepting their cash does not help make them more liberal, despite what the likes of FIFA like to claim.
Would assume it would benefit ENIC as they would be selling part of their stake in the club, whether anyone would be appointed to the board from QSI is another matter. You have to hand it to Levy & ENIC though , anyone who can get a boxing promoter to promote a sell out boxing event in the open air in a British winter in December deserves applause.
Completely agree
I never said it was, I said they are changing regardless of the sports washing, but these things take time.
