Claret Blue and Green
Interesting response from football finance and law expert Stefan Borsen (sp?) to the bit of Tanswell’s article he quoted:Tanswell: “Missing out on Champions League qualification is unlikely to be a major stumbling block given that, in theory at least, Chelsea should be in a better position to challenge for silverware next season and more readily able to compete in Europe’s blue-chip competition longer term than Villa.”Borsen: “This is becoming an interesting question - is it true?Chelsea have a similar sized stadium but can broadly generate double Villa from matchday (c£40-50m revenue difference). Plus, historically, generated double Villa commercially (c£100m revenue difference). But Villa are addressing Matchday in a way Chelsea can't by building and how secure is Chelsea's commercial revenue vs Villa? The gap is nowhere near as big as inferred here long term.”
