Gravy Train Hits Buffers

Football will change forever after gigantic reality check

- John Cross

Football may never be the same again.

The beautiful game has been given a wake-up call by the coronavirus crisis which simply cannot be ignored.

In fact, it may be time to press the reset button with clubs, players, agents and football authorities taking a long, hard look at themselves.

One leading figure at a top club said this week: “Is it acceptable to pay a player so much money?

“How will the public react if clubs spend hundreds of millions on a new signing, spend millions on a new contract or pay agents millions to do deals?

“Everyone thought football was safe but the reality is that it is just as vulnerable as other businesses and the days of excess might now be a thing of the past.

“One thing’s for sure, football will never be the same again after this.”

The top clubs are all nervous about spending millions on new players when there could be a public backlash with the whole nation in a desperate state following the coronavirus pandemic.

They thought their assets – footballers – would only go up in value but nothing is safe and suddenly the value of contracts, players and even TV deals will be worth nothing if everything stops.

There is genuine concern that even if the coronavirus goes away in the next few weeks, it may come back.