Never mind the quality, feel the money: central flaw of football’s ‘greatest show on earth’

Ladies and gentlemen we have now reached our cruising altitude. The pilot will be putting his feet up and drinking tiny cans of Sprite from here to the middle of May.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/feb/24/never-mind-the-quality-feel-the-money-central-flaw-of-footballs-greatest-show-on-earth