Post by account_disabled on Feb 20, 2024 4:10:09 GMT -5
Football is not only a mass spectacle and, as such, an occasional focus of political attention and a permanent breeding ground for media spectacle. It is also a faithful reflection of economic globalization and the brutal predominance of capitalism over any manifestation of culture, leisure and recreation in practically the entire world. The frustrated signing of the French star Kylian Mbappé for Real Madrid has caused an immense current of disappointment among the fans of the current champion of the Spanish League, who already saw him “dressed in white” next season, as the main guarantor of hegemony planetary football that the club's president, the powerful businessman and real estate developer, Florentino Pérez, has been pursuing for decades. Mbappé was to be the emblem of a new era that will take place in a stadium renovated to the level of the best in the world, in one of the most elegant and expensive neighborhoods of the capital. But beyond the sporting disappointment, the dominant feeling has been “outrage. Both in the masses of followers and in the media that is increasingly distanced from its social function and converted into fans of the clubs. Some political leaders have participated in the round of grievances, although more cautiously. Football, banking and ethics The anger is motivated first of all by the alleged "betrayal" of the footballer, to whom these media had attributed for months his commitment to join Real Madrid, the "team of his childhood dreams", as has been said and written profusely.
Some of these fanatical commentators have even written that Mbappé will be a “loser” from now on, for having planted Real Madrid, the “King of Europe”, a hyperbolic formula to highlight its status as the team with the greatest number of trophies (13) in the competition played every year by the best clubs in the national leagues. But the most severe main Australia Phone Number invectives are directed at Paris St. Germain, where Mbappé plays and will continue to play (at least until 2025). A historically modest club, but it has become an almost undisputed champion, at the stroke of a checkbook since it was acquired by the state of Qatar, one of the very rich petro-monarchies of the Persian Gulf. The club's top leader, Al Jelaifi, is a mere delegate of the emir Al Thani. The Qataris tried unsuccessfully to renew the footballer's contract at the end of last year and systematically rejected Real Madrid's successive upward offers, in a fight that exceeded the economic dimension. The healthy situation of the Spanish club could not break the owners of PSG. For the Qatari royal family it was unbearable that Messi's successor at the scepter of world football slammed the door on them. The amount that has kept the player in Paris, in addition to other royalties, is still unknown. The own goal of oligosoccer The moment was sportingly key.
This year the World Cup will be held in Qatar . The allocation of the World Cup venue was controversial at the time, due to the emirate's negligible weight in the football world. Granting Qatar the organization of the most prestigious championship in international sport meant, among other transfers and adaptations, modifying the competition calendar from summer to autumn (November and December), due to the climate imperative, which will mean no less interruption of the national leagues in Europe. The money that Qatar put into FIFA's offices turned out to be an impossible offer to refuse. Some critics also highlighted the absolutist nature of the Qatari regime or its disregard for human rights, particularly those of women. Of course, the Spanish Federation did the same with the Super Cup competition, awarded to Saudi Arabia. Moral considerations were never taken into account. In the hypercapitalist sport of football, only money sets the standards. Football continues to be a factor that mobilizes national, or rather nationalist, passions, with a fervor worthy of better causes. Despite this, football continues to be a factor that mobilizes national, or rather nationalist, passions, with a fervor worthy of better causes. In few recreational-social phenomena, such flagrant contradictions are generated. In the clubs, private entities, many of them owned by large magnates, usually foreigners, the majority of the starting players do not belong to the country in which they play (much less to the city in which they live). Russian oligarchs, Arab sheikhs or large American capitalists dominate the Premiere (English League), the richest and most powerful in Europe.
Some of these fanatical commentators have even written that Mbappé will be a “loser” from now on, for having planted Real Madrid, the “King of Europe”, a hyperbolic formula to highlight its status as the team with the greatest number of trophies (13) in the competition played every year by the best clubs in the national leagues. But the most severe main Australia Phone Number invectives are directed at Paris St. Germain, where Mbappé plays and will continue to play (at least until 2025). A historically modest club, but it has become an almost undisputed champion, at the stroke of a checkbook since it was acquired by the state of Qatar, one of the very rich petro-monarchies of the Persian Gulf. The club's top leader, Al Jelaifi, is a mere delegate of the emir Al Thani. The Qataris tried unsuccessfully to renew the footballer's contract at the end of last year and systematically rejected Real Madrid's successive upward offers, in a fight that exceeded the economic dimension. The healthy situation of the Spanish club could not break the owners of PSG. For the Qatari royal family it was unbearable that Messi's successor at the scepter of world football slammed the door on them. The amount that has kept the player in Paris, in addition to other royalties, is still unknown. The own goal of oligosoccer The moment was sportingly key.
This year the World Cup will be held in Qatar . The allocation of the World Cup venue was controversial at the time, due to the emirate's negligible weight in the football world. Granting Qatar the organization of the most prestigious championship in international sport meant, among other transfers and adaptations, modifying the competition calendar from summer to autumn (November and December), due to the climate imperative, which will mean no less interruption of the national leagues in Europe. The money that Qatar put into FIFA's offices turned out to be an impossible offer to refuse. Some critics also highlighted the absolutist nature of the Qatari regime or its disregard for human rights, particularly those of women. Of course, the Spanish Federation did the same with the Super Cup competition, awarded to Saudi Arabia. Moral considerations were never taken into account. In the hypercapitalist sport of football, only money sets the standards. Football continues to be a factor that mobilizes national, or rather nationalist, passions, with a fervor worthy of better causes. Despite this, football continues to be a factor that mobilizes national, or rather nationalist, passions, with a fervor worthy of better causes. In few recreational-social phenomena, such flagrant contradictions are generated. In the clubs, private entities, many of them owned by large magnates, usually foreigners, the majority of the starting players do not belong to the country in which they play (much less to the city in which they live). Russian oligarchs, Arab sheikhs or large American capitalists dominate the Premiere (English League), the richest and most powerful in Europe.