01-02-2015, 02:09 PM
As I often do, I thought it would be worth sharing an article by Jonathan Wilson about the transfer market:
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog...han-wilson
I found it really interesting as it points out a lot of the issues I have with football in modern times, particularly how teams are rarely built with a clear philosophy and even when they are, clubs often lose sight of what brought them success and look to build the brand with big signings. An example imo is Barca, who are no longer identifiable as the side that Guardiola built and with every passing year seem to be less and less focused on building around their own talents, instead buying big newsworthy players.
I thought the idea in the final few paragraphs was very interesting, as it's very closely related to the ideas I've been suggesting Milan need to take for the future. The article says how smaller clubs who adopt this approach might struggle to keep their players, but I would hope that Milan are big enough to be an exception.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog...han-wilson
I found it really interesting as it points out a lot of the issues I have with football in modern times, particularly how teams are rarely built with a clear philosophy and even when they are, clubs often lose sight of what brought them success and look to build the brand with big signings. An example imo is Barca, who are no longer identifiable as the side that Guardiola built and with every passing year seem to be less and less focused on building around their own talents, instead buying big newsworthy players.
I thought the idea in the final few paragraphs was very interesting, as it's very closely related to the ideas I've been suggesting Milan need to take for the future. The article says how smaller clubs who adopt this approach might struggle to keep their players, but I would hope that Milan are big enough to be an exception.