Lovely country, Norway. Been there many times. Beautiful cities and scenery, enviable ‘social contract’, unusual food, friendly people, fabulous knitwear.
But, bollocks to ‘em.
Klopp saying the club was built on Kenny's soul and Stevie's legs is one of the best quotes in the club's history. Place them in whatever order you want, they're the top 2 and it'll take someone ridiculous to change that.
Exactly the kind of utter nonsense thinking that led BlueCo to waste a £1bn at Chelsea. 'Europoors are too thick to understand how to build stadiums and make money'
It's common thinking among US investors coming into European football. They're almost always wrong.
There's history, tradition, community assets that are far more important than corporate profits. Which is what these NFL stadiums are there to create. When United leave Old Trafford there'll be something on par with US facilities. Will the club be better for it? Debatable.
Gimme Craven Cottage over that horror show in Kansas City every time. And for every SoFi there are plenty of roofless concrete meat factories paid for by taxpayers in some dystopian reverse socialism. The best stadium at this World Cup isn't Atlanta or Houston or LA. It’s the Azteca, with all its flaws.
None of the US sports franchise owners care about the social place our clubs have. What they do understand is how to exploit the very Americans who are making posts about Europoors and big stadiums. Getting bent over by billionaire owners who charge watering sums for live event tickets. And then congratulating them on the values of their franchises as if that's a trophy.
It's the right decision but I actually feel quite sad. Things did go against him this season but I don't think he handled those things well either. Sometimes a clean break is best for all parties but I'll always be grateful for getting to see us win the league.