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Paris Saint Germain -v- Bayern Munich
Let the feasting commence...
Let the feasting commence...
PSG - Why a state-run club in the Champions League final is a landmark low for football https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/psg-champions-league-final-qatar-paris-saint-germain-a9677466.html
This year's UCL Final will inevitably raise countless issues among numerous disparate stakeholders: sport-washing, labour exploitation, oil & gas wealth, soft power, national development, industrial diversification, branding (both club & country) etc.
When a country with a strategic vision embarks upon a long-term, state-led plan to invest in & develop sport, it is inevitable that its activities will be scrutinised (especially when it is an absolute monarchy). And there is some interesting writing about Qatar. For example....
And...
Soft power and soft disempowerment: Qatar, global sport and football’s 2022 World Cup finals
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02614367.2014.964291?casa_token=4H4ZB4JdTK0AAAAA:iSTwQjDevpGfTDsJMwJics6t6_-Co6ISs8u7c_vQYrswKXHIOKZjmoQvyuwXhPUWMhiGw0QjsxNUBQ
Soft power and soft disempowerment: Qatar, global sport and football’s 2022 World Cup finals
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02614367.2014.964291?casa_token=4H4ZB4JdTK0AAAAA:iSTwQjDevpGfTDsJMwJics6t6_-Co6ISs8u7c_vQYrswKXHIOKZjmoQvyuwXhPUWMhiGw0QjsxNUBQ
Plus...
Investing in sporting success as a domestic and foreign policy tool: the case of Qatar
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19406940.2014.966135?casa_token=xbzKEHlWAfUAAAAA:DiHMGzLeRrlqt9HhnkSgfBuzJfh5GOO_zfpKUPv_Euy15SDwVKBfCyTtS5vJW958GZq9YmCQIzkeYg
Investing in sporting success as a domestic and foreign policy tool: the case of Qatar
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19406940.2014.966135?casa_token=xbzKEHlWAfUAAAAA:DiHMGzLeRrlqt9HhnkSgfBuzJfh5GOO_zfpKUPv_Euy15SDwVKBfCyTtS5vJW958GZq9YmCQIzkeYg
There's plenty more....
French football, foreign investors: global sports as country branding
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JBS-04-2017-0053/full/html?casa_token=2jMWO-z92uoAAAAA:7igAhxqlvAklJgamGzXZGGy76NSpT-oqnFNkrbmJBnRub2eXBwbqdzHEQ4MFhncbf16rG6s3lRQPAbnSuRmCXIMbTmXrBkW_-FSLNNHhMNyIzXl3ZnA
French football, foreign investors: global sports as country branding
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JBS-04-2017-0053/full/html?casa_token=2jMWO-z92uoAAAAA:7igAhxqlvAklJgamGzXZGGy76NSpT-oqnFNkrbmJBnRub2eXBwbqdzHEQ4MFhncbf16rG6s3lRQPAbnSuRmCXIMbTmXrBkW_-FSLNNHhMNyIzXl3ZnA
It nevertheless intrigues me how observers from across the world viewed last season's English - Liverpool v Spurs - UCL Final
For example, did the match serve as a basis for critiquing British government's woeful handling of poverty on Merseyside? https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/outrageous-scale-merseyside-children-living-16281046
For example, did the match serve as a basis for critiquing British government's woeful handling of poverty on Merseyside? https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/outrageous-scale-merseyside-children-living-16281046
Or, for instance, urban deprivation in North London? https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/news/shocking-statistic-places-tottenham-alongside-16990157
The bigger game being played is an ideological one....
Simon Kuper on the rise of PSG https://www.ft.com/content/b027e684-0238-48ff-acb0-37edd20308fd
Another one for the thread, another one that references sport washing
https://www.si.com/soccer/2020/08/20/bayern-munich-psg-champions-league-final-preview-superclubs-qatar Regular readers of my timeline will already know my views on the use of this term 'sport washing'.
https://www.si.com/soccer/2020/08/20/bayern-munich-psg-champions-league-final-preview-superclubs-qatar Regular readers of my timeline will already know my views on the use of this term 'sport washing'.
Let's all stand in the laundrette and watch....
Green washing?
Royal family business in Qatar and the Emirates through sports club management: ”green washing”?
…https://hal-normandie-univ.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02478321/document
Royal family business in Qatar and the Emirates through sports club management: ”green washing”?
…https://hal-normandie-univ.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02478321/document
PSG shirt sponsor Accor is an interesting organisation - a convergence of Qatari (QIA), Saudi Arabian (KHC) & Chinese (Jin Jiang, Huazhu) ownership interests...
