Sports opinion

Brazil is breathing football

Hussein Al-Shaibani

January 20, 2021

Football in Brazil is not just a sport or entertainment. Rather, it is a fundamental lever for achieving development. What is more, soccer has reached levels in the country of "samba" that make it closer to the oxygen that all members of society breathe.

It is no wonder that Brazil breathe a passion for football, as it is a sport that the old and the young are keen to play on beaches, as in public squares, in the streets, and even on rooftops.

The love of the round witch is shared on the streets of this country by street vendors, students, workers, and taxi drivers, while they wear the "Seleção" shirt.

No two people disagree about the great popularity of football in Brazil, especially among young people, both male and female.

In this country, the clubs belong to companies, and they are private investment clubs that sell football talent and export them abroad, especially to the European continent, and that is why Brazil is the largest country that exports players to international leagues.

But the situation here is different, because football remains just a game and entertainment, and it has few followers, and it is not a fundamental lever for achieving development.

On the other hand, most Emirati clubs incur millions in losses every year, due to the exaggeration in concluding deals, winter and summer, and this is in addition to waste due to the accumulation of the bench, as well as the replacement of players, especially foreigners, in the middle of the season, and other foreigners who are not on the team list in the records The Football Association, and they are in charge of the club's coffers, incurred huge losses and financial compensation for the budgets.

This is due to the lack of professional methods used in the first place in hiring players, and in determining the exact positions to be supported.

The exaggerated spending does not match the technical returns offered by clubs in the domestic league, and in foreign participations.

There is no revenue associated with this spending, whether financially or technically, and this is a problem in itself.

There is a lot of financial waste, and the salaries of players are exaggerated.

If the football show in our stadiums is not interesting and not enjoyable, then it is difficult to attract capital to invest in our league, and it is difficult for clubs to turn into profitable institutions.

We are a society that does not breathe football, so why exaggerate the exchange and pay fantastic salaries ?!

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