The ways of training and communicating with players have been evolving. The search for maximum sporting performance has banished methods in which players were treated like robots, in favor of others in which they are given freedom of action, in which decision-making and the development of intelligence are encouraged.
“El Cholo” Simeone has become in his own right one of the great coaches in its history and he has done so fairly and deservedly. He will surely end his red and white journey as one of the most successful. I think there is no doubt about it.
Although it may seem new to the general public, the investment fund phenomenon In the world of football it has been operating for many years now. It was born in Latin America, mainly in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay, although in a more rudimentary version in which the place of investment funds was occupied by “companies” and has gone from being a growing phenomenon to becoming a real problem for FIFA, UEFA and the different national federations. They observe with concern how the control that the national associations exercised in a well-known manner in matters of transfers begins to be diluted and complicated by the appearance of new actors (financial) that demand prominence and a leading voice.
In the previous article I showed my distrust of these practices as they are currently carried out. But this does not mean that I am radically against it or that I fail to recognize that it could be otherwise and that they could be useful and fulfill a helping mission by facilitating a different type of financial operations in the complicated world of international transfers. Let's delve into some important aspects that will help us better understand the how and why of this matter.