Ted Lasso wrote:
Improving infrastructure alone won't catch Italy up. There are a number of issues they have to face once that is done - and it has to be done - such as relative lack of international following, strength of local economy, the tax issue, downturn of talent production*, occasional crowd trouble, acknowledging the Europa League, etc.
lol, strength of local economy isnt stopping spain from having a strong footballing presence, youre very far off there. spain ranks behind italy in GDP per capita, really any metric you want to use to rank strength of economy spain is behind italy. spains unemployment rate is DOUBLE that of italy, they are in the absolute ****. italy economically isnt far off from the UK really. no big european country touches Germany in terms of economic prosperity at the moment so yeah, thats really helping them thrive.
i mean a lot of things you referred to are directly effected by infrastructure. the REAL reason italian football has lagged behind is there unwillingness to accept foreign investment. just take a loot at roma for example and the absolute **** show rosella sensi was running while she was here. Pallotta isnt a rich sugar daddy but he knows a helluva lot more about how to run a successful business than the sensis and hes gotten roma back on track in a very short time, the right way. and even then it took an Italian american for them to accept foreign help.
and i also dont see how italy is having a downturn of talent production, in fact, milan and inter have essentially become feeder teams for a lot of big clubs. thiago silva, coutinho, santon, flamini, ibra, motta, etc. and inter already have a new owner so i expect things to change for them. if they would just keep their talent italy's top teams wouldnt be so far down in the standings.
i certainly dont hope youre referring to national team talent because that is almost as ridiculous as your local economy statement.
international following will come with TV deals, sponsorship, and a revived presence in european football. many italian teams are on the right track in that regard as well, hell Roma's new nike jerseys look really nice for next season.
and occasional crowd trouble is **** BS, that happens everywhere. new stadiums is the answer anyways, and as ive said a lot of teams are working towards fixing this. what you shouldve talked about is attendance. less people are going to games because the stadiums are old, therefore they dont feel safe and would rather watch it from home, especially because the crowd is so far away from the pitch in italian stadiums. new stadiums with closer seats, better security, and better design, will immensely help attendance.
I don't think people quite appreciate the nosedive Italian football has taken in the past few years. I'm not saying all those issues have to be perfected, but they have a long way to go.
i mean, its really not that long, italy isnt like greece or something. like i said, if both milan teams werent essentially feeder clubs for other teams, and if the investments had come sooner and with open arms, italy wouldnt be in this mess.
*I don't agree with you about the quality of players and teams at the moment. Where are these teams and players?
...i dont understand, do you watch Serie A? i mean if you dont think Juventus are a quality team then i guess everyone outside of like chelsea, bayern and real madrid arent quality. Juve were in the CL quarter finals last year and lost to the best team in the world, how are they not quality? roma play quality football as well, so do napoli and fiorentina when they are healthy.
as for as quality players, are you kidding? pogba, vidal, cuadrado, benatia, strootman, handanovic, i could go on for days here. i mean Man U are interested in dropping a boatload of cash for Pjanic and hes not even been romas best midfielder this year. i really dont even understand your question.
i feel like you have no idea what youre talking about.
. Seems to me that will only dilute the quality of play. Will there be enough good players to spread out over so many teams?