The rule is simple. If the foreigner makes the team­ win, that team's fans think it is a good thing. If­ they win nothing, it is deemed bad. Naturally, that­ changes as the club results and records change too.
My­ point of view is simple: I think EPL is now nothing but­ a circus. I was enjoying EPL before it became the­ richest championship in the world and I don't see­ any improvement in that sense. So can someone tell me­ what is good in having a foreigner owner?

The money that these "Foriegners" bring in­ has helped the raise the standard of football in the­ EPL. The EPL has now become the most competitive and­ best league in the world. so why are we complaining?

Personally, I dont think their is anything wrong with­ any foreign owners as long as the club breaks even,­ through the operating of the business side the club. If­ the club needs a slight injection of cash so be it but­ not indecent amounts of money that are being splashed­ about. Look at what Real Madrid did with Golden­ Balls.

We as mere mortals cut our cloth according to­ the length required. Meaning we spend what income we­ have.

Pity clubs didnt work that way. This is not­ just an EPL disease but covers all Europe and possibly­ everywhere else.

Maybe Platini should focus his­ attention on leagues in this way instead of getting his­ knickers in a twist over things that dont matter.

Reading the Club owners rated, the title of the story­ is a contradiction. It appears the British owners are­ more of the problem. Owners with less money who also­ like to run the teams

Mate I mean to slag nobody off and if that is your­ conclusion may I suggest attending some more english­ classes. Anyway I love how supporters love to hate­ other supporters but you should keep your enthusiasm­ for the derby games. In real life people tend to prefer­ to act civilized. I respect all what english teams have­ achieved and that final I was talking about was an­ example of good old fashioned commitment and passion­ that the true great teams of english football have in­ abundance. And yes, Man United are one of them, at­ least in my oppinion.

why cant billionaires buy Accriton Stanley....who are­ they? Exactly

why does bogus5 slag liverpool off, cant take the­ defeat you had at anfield like all Manc Scum you are a­ bad loser....in past seasons liverpool were just not­ good enough thats all....its alright getting all the­ star players in the world but that doesnt mean you will­ win everything that was proved by Chelsea's­ downfall last season when they said they wanted the­ four trophies....I think its good for football that all­ these people put their money into football,it just­ proves how big the game is all over the world and makes­ the premiership harder to win...Man utd and Chelsea­ bought a couple of league titles with spending 26-30­ million on 1 player like­ Tevez,Stam,Shevchenko,Drogba,Berbatov,......before last­ season liverpools record signing was Cisse at around 14­ million yet they still won the champions league....and­ not by luck either to be 1-0 down and win in the final­ 2 minutes of a champions league final thats­ luck.....that was against Bayern Munich what about that­ lucky night Mancs seem to forget that ...but when­ Liverpool were down 3-0 and won thats lucky? NO we just­ didnt give in we played and dug in till the end and­ didnt need Milan to take off their strikers like Bayern­ munich did that night or do you not remember that­ either..If a football team with good ability wants­ anything that bad they can win anything its just belief­ and now Man City will come into the mix in the next few­ years with a good team...thats life...the premiership­ is now the best league in the world...lets keep it that­ way....

"Here we go again nothing but pure jealousy",­
Not too much was said or made of Abramovich's­ millions when he stepped into plough his mega bucks­ into Chelsea who at the time were nothing more than a­ mediocre mid-table club going absolutely nowhere fast.
­ LIstening and reading the utter @#$% that has been­ posted and the media reports by such Hypocrites as­ Wenger,Benitez and especially Taggart the Mune makes me­ smile at their sheer envy, they could all do with­ keeping their big fat noses & gob's out of­ other peoples affairs and try a little harder into­ keeping their own houses in check.
Its­ understandable that the fans of these supposedly Big­ four famous clubs and a few others are totally­ distraught and bewildered at the very thought that a­ new kid has arrived on the block with unlimited backing­ and the clout to take away all their former Glories,­ well my fairweathered friends the fact of this little­ matter is that it's going to happen wether you like­ it or not and it is going to continue to happen for a­ long-long time to come.

What's that chant­ again????
"cITY!!, cITY!!, The Best Team In­ The Land And All The World!!"

there are no billionares left in England and some who­ are there are not English but India or some other­ country like Laxmi Mittal, Sarin etc.

re Comment 6 The reason fergie complained about the­ lack of support is down to the fact that united under­ the Glaizers have priced your local supporters out of­ being able to go to the match this was not the case­ before the takeover of your club when ticket prices­ were at a reasonable price

The English top flight was already (for a couple of­ years actualy) more or less officialy labeled the best­ football league in the world. Why? Not because Man­ United won the Champions League last year and not­ because, two years ago, the semi-finals were an almost­ all-english affair. Not even the epic and fortunate­ victory of Liverpool from a couple of years back­ against what then was an unbelievable AC Milan is to­ 'blame'. Although, each and every one' s of­ these facts played their part. The reason is the whole­ 'air' of english football. The passion and the­ commitment of players. Most of whom are eyed all the­ time by every football team on the planet. But who­ still professionaly play and, truthfully, run theyr­ hearts out for the colours that they wear and­ represent. If the quality of the game is to rise who is­ there to say this is a bad thing? But if you want­ legends, like Giggsy, Carragher or even Terry you'­ ve got another thing comming. Say goodbye to­ fairy-tales and say hello to hard-cold buisness.­ Remember why Fergie was complaining last season about?­ The support United' s own fans gave them throught­ the tough times was a put in question then. Now, I­ realise it wasn' t that.. it was just the multitude­ of suits in the stands, that couldn' t sing or­ chant or scream of the top of their lungs because theyr­ ties wouldn' t let them and neighter theyr­ portraied 'images'. Wait until Anfield will be­ torn down and another new shinny new empty stadium will­ arise. It' s all going to hell. And worst part of­ this is that the game itself will lose in appeal and­ beauty.

You need players to win something and I mean really­ good players. Not all players can be lured by mind­ boggling wages =/ and go to a club that they've­ never heard of.

Chelsea were nothing!

why arnt english billiioniars buying english clubs?

i agree build a team up from nothing and 1 day beat­ teams like chelsea that would upset them more having­ say lincoln beat them lol

if billionares want to take over a club, why the­ premier league?? if they want a real challenge try­ buying into a lower league side like rotherham utd or­ luton, that would upset the prem teams...lol