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.”
He's suing the BBC for libel and every other cvnt that accuses him of awful things so we should be careful.