Business decisions that changed Football forever

[@adefusitemiloluwa3648]

I would love to see a video on the worst football business decisions too. I know Barcelona would be there for sure

[@sergiowinter5383]

Expansion of the Champions League should be there too

[@Nayson]

They could just run the West Ham bit again from the perspective of everybody else who didn’t have a board member who sits in the House of Lords.

[@12thMandalorian]

Chelsea handing a new deal to Mourinho only to then sack him a few months later

[@billyblenx]

Borussia Dortmund letting Lewandowski go for free to Bayern München must be included.

[@azlankhan4172]

@@billyblenx They didn't "let" him go, he forced his move to Bayern.

[@deeps2169]

As a Forest fan I can’t believe that you left out the serious of fantastic decisions made by Derby that ended up with them mid table in League One

[@davids8127]

I think they done a separate video when the takeover was happening and Rooney was still there

[@messigoh6061]

Same serious of fantastic decisions made by forest this summer will get them relegated

[@donaldrussell3040]

💀

[@Mlaargaar]

@@messigoh6061 doubt that it'll be with a measly 11 points though👀👀

[@josephbounds6046]

Lad you spent over a hundred million to be in a worse situation than derby 07 hahahaha

[@levidinh29]

Arteta as the thumbnail of best business football decisions. Yes I totally saw this coming.

[@Raheem_925]

WHO know‘s. I’d rate him after the season’s over.

[@millymahinra3900]

I hadn't even noticed that

[@greatwhite3614]

Thought it was Nasser

[@amakky1989]

@@Raheem_925 I rate him before. He succeeded in getting a young team playing exciting football and more importantly he bridged the gap between the club and the fans. Don’t underestimate those achievements. Not everything is points and trophies (obviously they are a metric but not the only metric)

[@cawaalekulmiye9883]

@@amakky1989 He is a pragmatic coach like Ancelotti, this type of coach lasts a long time

[@starsky8614]

Can you do a video on Forlan's time in England and why it didn't quite work out for him? Or maybe Veron? Alternatively, a video on United's flops that have found success elsewhere would be good!

[@davidlean1060]

Both were loved by United fans, even though they didn't quiet work out in Manchester. Forlan, we all know what he went on to do. I also remember seeing Veron play for Estudiantes in a Copa Libertadores final in 2009 (it was being shown on British tv) and he was magnificent. You could see what he would have brought to United, if they didn't already have one of the great midfield generals in Roy Keane.

[@kiranpandiyan159]

For the past 3 years, KSE has really made a difference after all these years. Especially spending 150 mil last summer window which changed our entire squad. Players like Tomi really look like a bargain ❤️

[@yuhin4694]

They still aren't going to win the PL in 20 years tho lmao

[@kiranpandiyan159]

@@yuhin4694 Oh let's see it then.

[@reeveswongpiano]

Maguire for 80m is an absolutely bargain. 🎉

[@LeeTrundlesLeftFoot]

Hilarious I agree , but didn’t change football

[@reeveswongpiano]

@@LeeTrundlesLeftFoot it did. Football went from sports to sports-comedy

[@infamouscfc793]

Better than 70m for Van Disney

[@playoffsandpractice]

To spend £80m to the great benefit of 19 PL clubs is the GOAT of business decisions

[@sushipizza4439]

@@infamouscfc793 van disney somehow won some trophies. Maguire won meme trophies

[@SamButler22]

Less "changed football forever" and more good business for the specific club. Like, Bosman's decision to sue Liege actually changed football forever

[@AdarshKumar-nj7rp]

Or an a smaller scale, Neymar's transfer to PSG.

[@ulaytube9953]

Yes but that doesn't involve the Premier League so Tifo don't care

[@SamButler22]

@@ulaytube9953 name a PL club that has never had a player leave on a Bosman

[@attela3905]

I wonder how West Ham moving to a new stadium changed football forever hahaha! Pathetic headline.

[@AdarshKumar-nj7rp]

@@attela3905 a better headline would've been, "moves that defined clubs' future".

[@benedictharrison2819]

it is pretty insane that West Ham as a football club can get away with not buying the stadium and paying a pittance for it. A stadium which was largely paid for by the taxed public and is now being used by West Ham to make huge profits. It would be worse if it was a bigger and greedier club than West ham but it's still not exactly fair is it.

[@Kanbei11]

Yep, just another way we're paying for the rich to get richer

[@kvineet631]

You guys missed the "lever business model". Arguably the most brilliant business model ever.

[@variant2544]

The video didn't have to be this short... It's so entertaining.

[@stefanusunicorn7483]

Barcelona who sold some of their long-term assets to fund their transfer moves this season: "Heh."

[@BlackChrishi]

Totally unrelated but there's been a lot of research esp recently on footballers' mental health and abuse both online and irl. Last year's Euro finale and last season with Ronaldo and Alli piqued my interest in the subject. The BBC report from August made me wonder if you guys had ever done a video on that considering the variety of football topics you cover and I was surprised to find out you hadn't. It'd be interesting to see one on such a topic and things like the relationship between abuse, mental fortitude and player performance. How much of a factor is it to set the likes of Ronaldo and Messi apart from some of the greatest talents that have walked the earth. It seems a broad and significant enough topic and I'd love to see this channel's perspective

[@mightymoeish]

Real Madrid might've made some money off of Beckham, but I don't think any fan of football would've picked him over Ronaldinho, which was the choice at the time.

[@imconfused1237]

Yeah, but Ronaldinho was no model 😬

[@benedictjajo]

I mean they play different roles and completely different types of players. Why are you even comparing? Beckham was "the" face of football, marketing wise, during that time. It's totally justified to choose Beckham over Ronaldinho for Madrid. And trust me, it's not just "some" money, it was a lot. Ronaldinho wasn't a good role model either though he was more skillful.

[@ashleynewman3360]

Ronaldinho who only turned up for big games and never turned up for training.....

[@Kakhmirindihos]

@@benedictjajo yeah. Never saw a kicking Like Ronaldinho movie 😎😎

[@dude99844]

back then beckham was the face of english national team and manu whilst ronaldinho was still relatively unheard off as he was playing in ligue 1.

[@muhammedgamal5871]

Great one with some new information, westham's deal in particular is so great

[@SilliusSodus]

Chelsea bringing Thiago Silva on a free. One of the best kicking about.

[@Dazza768]

Excellent video and very informative I didn’t know that Brentford b team model

[@resurrectionist1]

As amazing as the Brentford B-Team model is, I think Liverpool's hiring of Klopp and Michael Edwards merited a mention considering how they made Liverpool's transfer business one of the most airtight out of the major clubs

[@chelseafootballc]

1 title in 7 years under Klopp lol

[@resurrectionist1]

@@chelseafootballc Wait...isn't that Chelsea's record too? 1 Title in last 7 years? And only 6 trophies in total? Compared to Liverpool's 7 under Klopp? THAT TOO WITH ABRAMOVICH AND HIS OIL MONEY?! In short, before making fun of someone's success, make sure your team is more successful than them lmao...also we don't have a 100 million pound flop on our books in the last 7 years either

[@yozzu5101]

Wow that brentford information is really interesting...i don't know brentford shut down their own academy.

[@musikdrengen02]

Its understandable since so many clubs exist in London…

[@dr.umkit.444u]

i'd be interested to see a video on how it's possible for premier league refs and var to make so many mistakes 'unintentionally'

[@dominicnathan5111]

Liverpool fan?

[@MrPancake777]

@@dominicnathan5111 no. But let’s be honest. That should have been given

[@man4437]

There's a ton of vagueness to the rules and a lot more misunderstanding. I genuinely think the call in the United game to disallow Rashford's goal (Everton fan for the record) and Gabriel not giving a pen are correct. Antonio might have handled it but it looked like his hand was on his body anyway so that's up in the air, but Rashford, even if it was accidental, controlled the ball with his hand to score. For Arsenal, the situation was so high speed and at such close range there wasn't time to react, so I think the provision of giving leeway for close range shots into the arm was applied correctly

[@MrChocahollica]

Defo a Liverpool fan crying again. You’ve literally had VAR on your side since it came in. It’s the first game you’ve actually had decisions go against you an you’re crying your eyes out. Not too long ago you had ricky lambert as your main striker. Be humble and appreciate what you’ve got.

[@isboredandonline]

@@MrPancake777 Rules say you should take proximity and speed into account. I think not giving that is totally correct. The issue isn't that not being given, it's that they're inconsistent and have given those on other days. I don't think any football fan should really want those ever given though... Two wrongs don't make a right.

[@alexknight6470]

Surprised you didn’t mention Man City’s restructuring around Pep before he even arrived. And their empire of City Group clubs across the world. Maybe too obvious?

[@tomralph8540]

Kind of undone by the amount of financial doping the City Group have engaged in during the same period 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@alexknight6470]

@@tomralph8540 yeah... This list must have been really hard to collate if they’re ignoring any club with questionable business practices 😂

[@imconfused1237]

@@alexknight6470 Well, there’s a world of difference between relatively low level malpractice and the systematic abuse of fair play underpinned by aggressively threatening a battalion of lawyers. It’s almost like they’ve got something to hide.

[@the_real_idoit8166]

Pretty sure it was because he had already agreed to sign with the club

[@martytu20]

Nothing like using football clubs for soft power and sponsorship laundering.

[@LordSeth-hf8ew]

Wasn’t expecting our deal with the Olympic stadium to be on here

[@subodhadavadkar7158]

Missed quite a few case studies. Red Bull Group's decision to hand control to Rangnick who helped them build their efficient football empire in Austria, Germany and USA. Coutinho sale to Barcelona. The decision of the big 3 in Portugal (Benfica, Sporting and Porto) to keep strengthening their scouting network in South America and taking advantage of common language (Portuguese, Spanish) to recruit good young talent on cheap, and sell them on for large fees to sustain their clubs. Ajax followed a similar model for the Nordic countries and had / have a plethora of young talent from these countries on the cheap sold on for considerable profits. And lastly, City's smart accounting which helps them keep FFP fines away and laugh at everyone other club's expense (barring PSG)

[@Kanbei11]

I'd have thought the invention of the premier league would have made this list given what the brand has become and how it's affected other leagues.

[@farhadhafeznezami8101]

I believe you missed a lot. like liverpool's financial decisions since they hired Jorgen Klopp, but the way you look at football industry is always interesting. We have a Football academy in Istanbul-Turkey and always love to discuss economy of football. Cheers

[@Youeube]

4:13 man I'm too high for them wiggling numbers. Had to pause to make sure it wasn't just me 😭

[@adhynugroho9424]

Damn.... West Ham get a great stadium for freakin' pennies man. With NO OPERATING COSTS. Calling it a steal would be an understatement.

[@martytu20]

Even better, West Ham offered to buy the stadium outright and they refused.

[@imconfused1237]

@@martytu20 The refusal was on political grounds; the optics of conceding that athletics is a sport of minor interest doesn’t fit well with the £Billions wasted on 2012.

[@hardikgosar2908]

No mention of Daniel Levy or Tottenham? I am shocked.

[@sviju16]

You missed out on the genius of Barcelona who activated their "economic levers" to play in Europa League

[@indigox47cfc99]

😂😂

[@2rude307]

Just here to say COYG

[@randommage1]

the title race has begun 🔴⚪️

[@abhinavkumarsingh_0365]

@@randommage1 not yet imo 😂

[@prasannabalaji1886]

Coyg

[@exotic3755]

@@abhinavkumarsingh_0365 deffo has

[@CubeUP049]

Bottle jobs

[@MamabrosFootballandmore]

what does it mean to share image rights?

[@timmemmo4051]

I noticed a lack of Everton in this video... woulda been shocked otherwise haha big rip

[@akrawchuk8]

oil money rules everything around me

[@TheThemillions]

What was the background music used in this video please?

[@PincheBrayan101]

It’s so funny when you post, I live on the west coast of the U.S and it’s currently 12am in the morning but you are posting in UK Time so it’s probably morning over there! I have a hard time sleeping and watching a video of yours helps make my night!

[@RazzySensei]

Is this a compliment. I interpret this comment as this video helped you fall asleep haha

[@Arban19]

His voice is so soothing

[@Random17Game]

Portuguese and Spanish teams are the true creators of the B team model

[@84Victorious]

I would love this guy to provide the voice over to the limited highlights of my life so far

[@jimbojimbo6873]

West Hams lease of the London stadium is a complete shambles

[@imconfused1237]

It would seem Tifo has never heard of restructuring finance. It literally happens ALL the time 😂 A better example of a debt-related business decision, would be the leveraged buy-out of Man Utd.

[@alexknight6470]

I think they would get a lot of hate in the comments for saying that’s a good thing. The long-term implications haven’t been great, which is further demonstrated by the fact they’re looking for another investor to join to invest more funds… buying a club when you don’t have the money is never a good idea. I think the premier league have now banned this style of takeover.

[@gauravsheregar5505]

That decision was good for the owners but not necessarily good for the club.

[@peanutbutterchocolatecake6182]

If everything goes right, hopefully Todd Boehlys story ends up here

[@RorschDG-2]

The fact that West Ham offered to buy it and all, and the owners rejected it is wild

[@rohitsarathy7080]

Joe: D E C I S I O N S

[@christiang6960]

You should add in the title or description that you are only looking at brit clubs

[@brierestjean1977]

Thanks very much

[@hmules130]

Can you do a video on the Chelsea Striker curse

[@marcelanoryadi9110]

U mean the no.9 shirt curse ? Auba wears no.9 this season 🙄

[@hmules130]

@@marcelanoryadi9110 I’m including Shevchenko and crespo and Werner so not all of them wore 9

[@jediknight5600]

What about Brighton?

[@nelsondebbarma424]

We need part 2

[@shah1668]

Brentford B team is interesting idea, but not new. England should practice the same way,. they successfully did it at Spain, Holland, Portugal and Germany.

[@davids8127]

Arsenal refinancing nothing compare what the Glazers did, putting their personal loan which they used to buy the club into united's. United paid like half a billion interest since they took over and I'd love to see breakdown of their shenanigans especially now when we can have a chance to get rid of them.

[@dafunkyshit]

That would be my christmas wish - that they leave.

[@sanket.hande9]

Doubt they would ever sell a cash making team

[@Alfredsson14]

Agree, that was genius!!!!!

[@davids8127]

@@sanket.hande9 the cash cow started to decline even tho they try to spin it to the media that its the players or managers faults. Ragnick and his sacking revealed the incompetence of the upper management which all comes down from the Glazers. We can admit he wasn't a great coach but he supposedly been brought in for his expertise of building/restructuring clubs footballing side and they just ignored it. Glazers, Murtough, Richard Arnold, recruitment and most of upper management should be replaced in order to get back where we were before these leeches. No more job for the boys and hire people based on their expertise and the point is really on EXPERT.

[@tarvold2492]

Slight inaccuracy here on West Ham. Not sure how them offering to buy the stadium can only be a 'claim' when information was literally out in the public domain at the time. They were named as preferred bidders to buy it outright in February 2011, the deal only collapsed in October 2011 due to legal wranglings from the likes of Spurs and Leyton Orient, after which the new bidding process was converted to become rental only.

[@MrReese]

The title should include "in the premier league".

[@simonwood6008]

Very good video

[@Scottkidd452]

great video

[@JonD00]

Bayern Müchen had a profit during covid and Arsenal got the pick??

[@jt6741]

Got to have used Arteta in the thumbnail purely for clickbait

[@exwhalechannel2601]

Loan transfer system deserve a mention too

[@T8RZTOTZ]

Signing Ngolo Kante seems to be a solid financial investment, every time. City fan.

[@andy9735]

Can you please do a Tifo video on football and climate change?

[@Tifo]

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[@_official_royalty9646]

Is it just me who recognize the player's from their silhouette?

[@MYFootballCollection]

The thumbnail legit looks like Arteta

[@martingitau9449]

Tdk vibe🔴⚪

[@meatiesogarcia6478]

Interesting. All great decisions were done by English teams, or in the only exception, related with an English player. The truth is the great business decision made by Florentino Pérez was to sell the old facilities in the middle of Madrid (using his political connections). The team was near bankruptcy, and with that sell not only the debt was payed, but was enough money to fund the signing of the Galácticos. Without that move there wouldn't had been Galácticos, or player image rights shared by the club...

[@nirvickkarna8294]

Why does Naseer look like arteta on the thumbnail?

[@kwazilucas]

I want to understand the image rights.

[@heintay1312]

I think Todd Bohley will revolutionize Chelsea soon.

[@otac_leopard]

Where is barcelona?

[@adamdickinson2894]

Take a shot every time he says decision

[@fangdog29]

Imagine if arsenal had managed something similar to west ham on the stadium front.

[@fredkaboom]

Of course it took a Bee Team to think of a B Team.

[@AAMIRKHAN-yt1el]

not taking anything from the content in the video, the title "Business decisions that changed Football forever" is not justified, the best business or decisions =/= football changing decisions...none of these examples really impacted world football except maybe the Real Madrid one with the player image rights...

[@imconfused1237]

Indeed 👏 The funniest example is the Arsenal one. Genuinely, has Tifo never heard of refinancing? 😂 These guys just get more and more embarrassing.

[@yester9037]

The Olympic Stadium is the Tories doing favours for each other as usual, using public assets.

[@ptptpt123]

Arteta in thumbnail?

[@will_from_pa]

An honorable mention to City for being owned by an oil wealth fund looking to launder the reputation

[@lawrenceworledge6759]

Selling Coutinho unlucky not to get a mention

[@NickyG_vz]

Getting a Russian oligarch to buy your team... Oh wait

[@dariobanze4801]

Likes are on 420, should I really ruin that?

[@tredaviousbowser7931]

Pi$$G buying Neymar

[@MarkLaw13]

Klopp getting rid of Mané is a poor business decision that will set Liverpool back to the 2000s

[@lucas_dr3]

Mane is god awful for bayern, klopp did the right thing

[@MarkLaw13]

@@lucas_dr3 don't be foolish. Have you been watching Bayern? I have, they don't play as a team. They all carry the ball way too much. They don't make use of spaces. Also, Mane keeps running behind he never gets the ball. He has to go fight to the get the ball.

[@sergiowinter5383]

Mané out, Money in

[@marcelanoryadi9110]

Sadio wanted to go. Liverpool can't block his move

[@wasifanam1370]

And then there's Liverpool. Whom FSG are sinking again.

[@Snookbone]

trarnsfer

[@formacionG13]

Que saquen de la lavada

[@AmitUtkarsh99]

we got super mikel arteta and we gonna win the league.

[@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716]

Super league should return.

[@alexandre526]

What is this clickbait title ? Are you so insecure about the quality of your content? The video is great nonetheless

[@brendagranados3105]

J

[@Triantalex]

very england-biased video..

[@cycklist]

Monetise, not 'monetize'.

[@oh1yeah2]

Grow up, the British way isn't the only way to spell

[@areebsiddiqui758]

@@oh1yeah2 It's the only correct way to spell.

[@inlizwetrusst7904]

@@oh1yeah2 It’s the correct way though 😛

[@goonerOZZ]

@@inlizwetrusst7904 US English / English (Simplified)

[@SkiDaBird]

@@areebsiddiqui758 It doesn't matter. English is a global language, and as long as you are following one of the many accepted conventions, you're fine.

[@falvegas511]

Football is a Collision Sport...NOT a GD Ballet. WON'T BE LONG BEFORE "HOCKEY STICKS" ARE MADE OF STYROFOAM So that all of America's Lil Fairies Can P{lay The Game.

[@AllisterJ]

First

[@Scottkidd452]

sorry but ur not

[@AllisterJ]

@@Scottkidd452 proof?

[@liamchanning23]

@@AllisterJ comments -> newest.

[@nyzrh]

Nope.