Commentary
“One can buy anything with money, except morality” is a well-known quote of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a Genevan 18th century philosopher. This quote is very apposite to describe the crazed world of European football (or soccer), where money dictates the outcomes of the national leagues’ competitions and the Champions League in a race for permanent sporting glory.
The money spent by billionaires or a consortium of investors in the pursuit of sporting glory is truly staggering. This unrestrained pursuit has recently been on display with the announcement that an obscene amount of money had been paid by an American consortium for Chelsea FC, a prominent football club in London and winner of the prestigious Champions League in 2020/2021.
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