The acquisition of Fulham by a Pakistan-born ‘rags to riches’ American businessman allows David Conn of The Guardian to engage in another bout of hang wringing about the state of the English game. As usual, it’s very well written and superficially persuasive. Conn is able to end with his usual point that it wouldn’t happen in Germany and life is better in the Bundesliga.
The acquisition of Fulham by a Pakistan-born ‘rags to riches’ American businessman allows David Conn of The Guardian to engage in another bout of hang wringing about the state of the English game. As usual, it’s very well written and superficially persuasive. Conn is able to end with his usual point that it wouldn’t happen in Germany and life is better in the Bundesliga.
This blog post from World Soccer Talk criticises what Conn has to say as xenophobic and reactionary, but admits that there is an underlying issue.