Ok, this is a huge dilemma that's been happening for around a month in the Chilean football.
This year is an ANFP (National Professional Football Association) president election year in Chile. There were two candidates, including the actual president Harold Mayne-Nicholls.
But, the opposition dropped off and left Mayne-Nicholls on his own.
But about a month ago, the three biggest club in Chile (included my beloved Universidad De Chile, which I'm really hating in this moment) proposed Jorge Segovia, the actual Union Española president, as a candidate.
What these clubs wanted was money. They actually don't give a **** about football, just money.
Mayne-Nicholls wanted to buy the other 20% of CDF (Football Channel, is the channel that has the rights to broadcast Chilean football). The ANFP already owned 80% of the CDF, and he wanted to buy the other 20% to get more money, in a long-term, which could be really useful to improve the Chilean stadiums, and the clubs statures. He also needed that money to pay Bielsa. From the other side, Segovia wanted to sell CDF and get all the money now, and then share it with Universidad Catolica, Colo-Colo, and Universidad De Chile, making these teams "better". What he doesn't understand, is that a league should not be about 3 teams (like "La Ligua", this past few years has been just Barcelona and Real Madrid, really boring by the way) and he wanted to make money, and more money, by selling CDF.
This morning, Jorge Segovia won with 28(Which included Colo-Colo's and the other 2 teams) votes against 22.
Bielsa, as we all know, he is a really good manager, and he loves football. He has always supported Mayne-Nicholls, and they both have a great relationship. Bielsa decided not to continue with Chile after this election, because he said he would never work with the "mafia", and that wouldn't be real football, just money and profits.
Too bad next year is the Copa America, 'cause we need him right now. What is Segovia gonna do? I don't know. But right know there's protests and manifestations outside the ANFP, because almost everyone (I'm talking about an 85% of the football supporters, according to La Tercera, a Chilean newspaper) supported Mayne-Nicholls.
What do you think about this?
This year is an ANFP (National Professional Football Association) president election year in Chile. There were two candidates, including the actual president Harold Mayne-Nicholls.
But, the opposition dropped off and left Mayne-Nicholls on his own.
But about a month ago, the three biggest club in Chile (included my beloved Universidad De Chile, which I'm really hating in this moment) proposed Jorge Segovia, the actual Union Española president, as a candidate.
What these clubs wanted was money. They actually don't give a **** about football, just money.
Mayne-Nicholls wanted to buy the other 20% of CDF (Football Channel, is the channel that has the rights to broadcast Chilean football). The ANFP already owned 80% of the CDF, and he wanted to buy the other 20% to get more money, in a long-term, which could be really useful to improve the Chilean stadiums, and the clubs statures. He also needed that money to pay Bielsa. From the other side, Segovia wanted to sell CDF and get all the money now, and then share it with Universidad Catolica, Colo-Colo, and Universidad De Chile, making these teams "better". What he doesn't understand, is that a league should not be about 3 teams (like "La Ligua", this past few years has been just Barcelona and Real Madrid, really boring by the way) and he wanted to make money, and more money, by selling CDF.
This morning, Jorge Segovia won with 28(Which included Colo-Colo's and the other 2 teams) votes against 22.
Bielsa, as we all know, he is a really good manager, and he loves football. He has always supported Mayne-Nicholls, and they both have a great relationship. Bielsa decided not to continue with Chile after this election, because he said he would never work with the "mafia", and that wouldn't be real football, just money and profits.
Too bad next year is the Copa America, 'cause we need him right now. What is Segovia gonna do? I don't know. But right know there's protests and manifestations outside the ANFP, because almost everyone (I'm talking about an 85% of the football supporters, according to La Tercera, a Chilean newspaper) supported Mayne-Nicholls.
What do you think about this?
