I don't think they're simply planning to acquire feeder clubs/farm teams... like TB has done in Belgium
More multi-team chains, a la Red Bull, seems to be the future. And the big fish get bigger, the squeeze on clubs in the middle gets greater.
Based on 20,,000 Monte Carlo simulations of the coming season
The tl;dr version
Crystal Palace, 9% chance of relegation, predicted finish 7th, 70 points
Brighton, 26% chance of relegation, predicted finish 18th, 63 points
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The average number of goals per game, all levels, is 2.6, down from 4.5 goals in 1890.
Thought the strikers get all the money, and the attention, this is the golden age of defense. In fact, the reason why the strikers get all the money, and the attention, is that this is the golden age of...