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Manchester United fans are not
happy with their current owners, and they show their disgust by using
yellow and green coloured scarfs. Even David Beckham used the scarf when
he was back at Old Trafford with AC Milan earlier this year.
Despite winning everything possible for almost 20 years, Man Utd fans
are not satisfied. Liverpool fans are also against their owners, despite
winning the Champions League final and being among the best clubs in
Europe.
The money used on new players by Rafael Benitez, might be loaned, but
the men in charge are still responsible and have to deal with the depth
in the end.
Liverpool was in the Europa League semi-final, but
failed on the last hurdle against Athletico Madrid.
Why are these fans not satisfied ?
Aston Villa is at the moment among the top 6 or 7 teams in England and
that has not always been. Villa fans experienced 2nd and 3rd tier
football in the 70's and 80's.
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill has been given more money than any
other Villa manager in history, and he has managed to lift Villa into a
Champions League contender.
There are not a lot of noice at Villa, and Randy Lerner is by many rated
as a good owner, with the former "hate object" Doug Ellis
still not forgotten.
Clubs lower in the league system or in the wrong half of the Premier
League table are constantly chasing foreign investors.
Clubs like Leeds, Charlton, Norwich, Southampton and Sheffield Wednesday
have not been owned by American business men, but their decline and fall
in the league system is disastrous.
The fact that clubs are wiling to sell to foreign business men, and by
that give Americans also a chance to buy in, makes it difficult to
understand why fans at clubs like Liverpool and Man Utd, and even a few
voices at Aston Villa can't see what their options are.
No one never stopped English ownership, no one complains when you lift
the Champions Leauge trophies and no one will, if they think a bit,
believe that the American Way, really is the road to hell.
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