08-12-2010, 05:25 PM
|
#98
|
|
Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: East London
|
Here's a fun read.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by The National
Match The EPL Team To Thier Corporate Dopplegangers
11 August 2010
The National
The National Staff
Arsenal Revenue £224 million* (Dh1.29 billion)
Transfer spending £18.9m**
If Arsenal were a company? LVMH Think of Paris. Think of style. The luxury fashion giant is chic and charismatic, just like Arsenal and the club’s French-born manager Arsene Wenger. As the inspirational designer Yves Saint Laurent once said: “Fashion fades, style is eternal.” Wenger would agree even in defeat.
Aston Villa Revenue £84.3m
Transfer spending £0
If Aston Villa were a company? Barclays Prudent, with a history dating back to 1874, Villa have a great deal in common with Barclays, one of the few UK banks that did not need a government hand-out in the financial crisis. Both have healthy reserves. On the downside, the club has been shaken by the shock resignation of its manager Martin O’Neill.
Complete Article
|
__________________
“Such suburban models are being rationalized as ‘what people want,’ when in fact they are simply what is most expedient to produce. The truth is that what people want is a decent place to live, not just a suburban version of a decent place to live.”
- Roberta Brandes Gratz
|
|
|