Comparing the leagues, Brazil’s potential is overwhelming. Also, at the selection level, among those that will participate in the World Cup in Qatar, it is in the third step among those with the highest price, with a value of 1,064 million euros, ranking behind England (1,350 million euros) and France. (1,38.5 million euros). Argentina is in the top ten, but it only appears in seventh place, with 764.5 million euros.
However, in football -and more at the national team level- the most economically powerful does not always win. If that were the case, at a crossing in Qatar between Argentina and Brazil, we would have to pray to D10S (Diego Maradona) to illuminate the Little Jesus (Lionel Messi).
If at present, what is notable is the gap at the club level with Brazil, which is growing. And it will be even more so if the offer of the Abu Dhabi sovereign fund, Mubadala Capital, is accepted, which offered 971 million dollars (964 million euros) for 20% of the future commercial business of the Brazilian league.
The proposal, which will be accepted by at least 16 teams from the Brazilian First Division, aims to accelerate the business of the competition, which proposes a profound renewal of its format, with the intention of creating a closed or semi-closed league.
Landing
Attracted by the change in format, investors in global sports such as the former Brazilian soccer player Ronaldo, owner of Real Valladolid, or holding companies such as the American 777 Partners and the Emirati City Football Group (CFG) have landed in Brazil with the purchase of teams.
The striker acquired Cruzeiro last year, his training club, while 777, a minority of Sevilla, took over Vasco da Gama, and the City Football Group with Esporte Club Bahía of the Brazilian Second Division.
The sum of the investment guaranteed only in these three clubs exceeds 430 million euros.
Although mathematics is directly associated with soccer, numbers do not always rule in the universe of this sport. However, it will be a difficult obstacle to overcome for the Argentine teams and the rest of the continent.
In this context, the income of the Brazilian clubs will expand even more in relation to those of Argentina.
As an example, it is worth comparing the prizes won by the champions of the Brazilian Cup with those of the Argentine Cup.
Last year, after raising the trophy, the Boca team posed with the gigantography of the check that marked an amount of 7,500,000 pesos, around 38,000 dollars, and four days later, Atlético Mineiro pocketed 17.6 million dollars for win that same contest in his country. Already in 2020, for winning the previous edition of the Brazil Cup, Palmeiras had taken 12 million dollars and in 2021 they were able to get another 28,550,000 dollars for winning the Copa Libertadores by beating Flamengo in the final, that is, the maximum continental tournament represented less than double the prize paid to win the Brazilian Cup, while what was paid at that time for the Argentine Cup is about 750 times less than what Conmebol paid to win the Libertadores Cup.
differences
Recently, the leaders of Argentine soccer felt a trace of envy and frustration when they found out that Flamengo took a prize of 15 million dollars for being crowned in the Brazil Cup, while Patronato received just 500,000 of the same coin for winning the Cup. Argentina.
The difference between one country and the other is that while Brazil has a strong currency, the Argentine economy is in crisis and that means that the clubs are also going through this situation.
While the Argentine institutions cannot retain the boys who come from below and who emerge as potential figures, the opposite occurs in Brazil and its financial strength attracts any footballer from different latitudes.
A clear example is what happened to Boca when he wanted to hire Arturo Vidal: the Chilean decided to leave Inter Milan but ended up choosing Flamengo instead of the xeneize team.
Impossible to compete, since while Boca’s budget – one of the strongest institutions in economic and sports terms – is 9 million dollars (blue), Vidal charges 285 thousand dollars a month, that is, almost 3 million and a half a year.
Given this reality, everything indicates that it will be miraculous if a non-Brazilian team can prevail in a South American tournament.
Source: Ambito
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