Dear Fortuna Düsseldorf Team,
I’m Olaogun, a young Nigerian footballer with one goal: to help Fortuna Düsseldorf return to the Bundesliga.
I’ve watched the club’s journey and I want to be part of it. I’ll bring energy, commitment, and a winning mentality to every training session and game. Give me a chance in a trial, and I’ll do everything to prove I deserve to stay.
Video links to check out my highlights https://t.co/tdwQBhG4W1 . Ready when you are.
Best regards,
Olaogun.
🙏🏽❤️ @f95
Coupe du Monde, Partie 3.
Un fierté immense de pouvoir une nouvelle fois représenter mon pays dans la plus grande des compétitions. On va essayer de vous rendre fiers.
🇫🇷🙏🏽💫 @equipedefrance
Let me tell you why Man United has been playing many games on Mondays.
First thing you need to know is that, premier league fixtures are majorly arranged by the broadcasters, mainly SKY and TNT.
These broadcasters pay the premier league close to £2bn per year for TV rights, hence, you would agree that they should have a big say in the timing of games, due to broadcasting.
SKY holds major share in these as they show a minimum of 215 matches. TNT show about 52 matches, especially Saturday early kick offs.
They schedule the most marketable games in the best TV windows. For example, Man United on a Monday = reliable big numbers, data has shown that Monday night games generate lots of views, coupled with Monday Night Football.
When these schedules are made, they consider lots of things. This season for instance, 9 premier league clubs played in Europe. If you’re playing in Europe mid week, they try to give you priority. You can’t play on Thursday in the Conference League like Palace and still play on Saturday in the premier league. Also, you can’t play on Sunday like Arsenal, and still play on Tuesday in the Champions league because of fixture congestion and the players also have to recover. Clubs participating in Europe are given some level of priority.
You see clubs like Man United that have no business in Europe, they are the ones that are being thrown around for Friday and Monday night kick offs😅
Remember, SKY has to also make money, and Man United is the next best thing that’ll generate money for them, in fact, without Europe, Man United are arguably the biggest, so they put them on Mondays.
I think it’s the 6th or 7th time Man United is playing on Monday this season. Monday is like prime time, because it’s a standalone game. Lots of people will watch. Other prime times are like 4:30pm on Sunday, if you guys notice, it’s usually the top matches that are shown at this time.
The side effect of this is that the fans are the ones who’ll suffer. Imagine going to work on Monday, you close from work in Manchester and start traveling for an away game in Newcastle😭, it’s stressful. On the other hand, Man United fans have been lucky, most of these Monday or Friday games have been at home (Old Trafford).
Many premier league clubs can compete because of the money made from these TV rights, Premier League also share this money equally among the teams which is commendable, that’s why Sunderland, a newly-promoted team can spend £200m in one transfer window. It’s not the same in other leagues, the big clubs take the chunk of the money, that’s why others can’t really compete.
I hope you understand how this works and I hope few people learn one or two things.
Inter, Sporting Lagos or Ikorodu City, take a chance on this grassroots talent.
Coaches, pre-season is the perfect window. Give him 15–20 minutes in the opening games, let him grow into the level. If he delivers, you increase his minutes. If not, you’ve still given a talented young player a real opportunity.
What do you think?