English Premiership is popular in Ghana but Ghanains are in Tune with their Home league

.... And as Passionate about thier Teams as Ever!

KAKA IS WORLD's BEST FOOTBALLER

On Tuesday the announcement that everyone knew what was going to be was made that Kaka was the best player for the year 2007. This was a well deserved as he dinstigished himself whe it really mattered. He outshone Christaino Ronaldo when the to led thier respective teams in attack during the semi-finals of last season Champions League. he went on to win the title together withAC finishing as the top scorer with 10 goals.

SUPER SLAM SUNDAY IN ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP

....... It underlines the Star Power of the English League.

This weekend billions over the world tuned in to wacth the biggest matches in the premiership season. Whether by design or coincidence they star studded fixtures of Liverpool v Manchester and Arsenal v Chelsea on one day proved to be a TV audience bonanza for the business sharks of British football. It is estimated that about 1.6 billion people tuned in to watch boyh mayches on Sunday. This racked up about 30 million pounds in pay poer view revenue alone together with other premium ad placement worth millions. The premiership continues to grow both in stature and financail muscle as more money attracts better players and bigger stars.

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The Revolving Door Premeirship Manager

The amount of money at stake in the premiership has succeeded in thinning the patience of the various boards and owners the various Premiership clubs. Clubs just don't have the patience to grant their managers any time to build a winning team. It is only early December and so far six mangers have been sacked from their jobs.There are a further list about three managers who are under pressure to produce result or will face similar fate as the axed six. Even managers who a season ago had enjoyed star status have suddenly lost favour owing to very difficult results.
Survival for "smaller "teams in the English league is worth a staggering $60m and any thing that threatens this source of funds will definitely cause owners and boards to begin sharpening their axes.It is estimated that managers in premier league last on average 2 years excluding Ferguson and Wenger.

Ghana's Local League Finnally gets Underway Finnally

It could be the richest season in Ghana's Football History

The mich delayed GT premire league will get underway from this weekend.With the new football infrastructure and unprecedented sponsorship and TV revenue i reckon it is the most lucurative season in Ghana's Football.

PANIC IN THE PREMERSHIP

As Police swoop on Footballers and Mangers

Thursday the British police swooped on five addresses in the UK and arrested some very popular and respect members of the football community including Harry Redknapp, Peter Story and Amdy Faye all of who are associated in one way or the other with Portsmouth FC.

Coming on the heels of the infamous bungs investigations this must be a very worrying time for the football fraternity at very top in the world's most popular league.

The commercialisation of football certainly means that there will some elements in the game who will not play by the rules. The staggering amount of money in football is going to fuel some greedy people try and cut corners. It is definitely good that that the authorities are baring their teeth to show any potential bandit that they will not get away with any underhand dealings.

it is unfortunate that a respect Manger like Harry is involved. Harry is a colourful character who has earned respect from both his admirers and detractors. He has rescued clubs from relegation on several occasions as well as develop some very good talents into world class players.He is even considered as one of the favorites to succeed McLaren who was axed for his failure to qualify England to EURO 2008.

ETOILE SAHEL IS AFRICAN CLUB CHAMPION

But the Competition Needs a fine Tuning

At a packed and intimidating atmosphere in the Cairo National Stadium Etoile pulled off probably the biggest shock in African club football to trounce the Mighty Al Ahly 3 nil to lift their first ever champions league trophy.

The Champions League has evolved to become of the most lucrative club competitions outside Europe with the winning team bagging a whopping $1m. The other tames that gets into the group stages are guaranteed $250000 at the least.

Now that is where the tuning comes in; most of the clubs that are unable to get into the all important Group stage gain nothing but spends a fortune. Most clubs in Africa really struggle to raise money even for their local commitment. Then raising money to travel in a a huge continent with very scanty transport infrastructure is a big asking. It is almost a miracle how some club are able to participate in African club competitions . Most of these teams don't even have sponsorship given the fact that most African countries dont have deep corporate support for sports.

Some teams travelling to north Africa have to connect through Europe because of lack of direct flight links between the African countries. This has led some teams from especially southern Africa to pass up the opportunity for glory in the CAF champions League.South African clubs are especially quick to pass up the opportunity to play in the champions league.

It is a huge gamble for smaller African clubs without a rich backer to venture into the Champions league.Failure to reach the money making Group stage will definitely spell financial and football doom for such a club.Bearing this in mind some clubs who would like to participate in the Champions league pull out fearing it could cause a major solvency problems fro them.Accra Hearts of Oak which is certainly not a small club (having won the Champions league seven years ago) has pulled out of next season's champions league fearing it could cause financial problems for them if they fail to reach the Group stage.

CAF must restructure the Champions league so that the money will be spread in a way so that most of the participating club could be guaranteed something when they qualify for the Champions league. This will undoubtedly remove the predictability (the last six champions league finals have been contested among four clubs) of the champions league and bring some uncertainty and excitement into the premier club competition in Africa.

CAF needs to to ensure that their flagship continental club competition does not become a victim of its own success by making it an elite competition.

The Cost of Qualification Failure

Corporate UK counts the loss as England Fails to Qualify for EURO 2008

Amid the uncertainty of the future of English football companies that rely on the performance of the three Lions for their turnover and profit are counting their cost as business is set to plummet over the coming years.
Among the biggest losers are UMBRO the apparel manufacturer that over paid to kit the Three Lions. They are set to loose around 40 million Pounds in lack of sales of England replica shirts. Even before the Wembley disaster, shirt sales had been falling as a result of the indifferent performances over the qualifying campaign.
Hot on the heels are the TV giants like SKY who had modelled their revenue and rating predictions with the assumption of England playing in Austria- Switzerland. They will lose big from ad revenues that goes with England matches.
Then there are the miserable pub operators around the UK who have already taken a hit from the public smoking ban. It is estimated that they will lose over 250m Pounds over the next summer.
So as the pall of gloom hangs over the future of English football ,a lot of livelihood are at stake.

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