Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:Regarding my post about Fleetwood it's nice to hear that there are owners who actually care about the club (unlike others). I'm probably just disillusioned by the number of clubs rocketing up from a nothing position after they get a ridiculous amount of money. This is why I act prefer Chelsea to Man City because at least Chelsea won a few trophies in the late 1990's early 2000's before Roman took over whereas all of City's recent success has all come since the Sheik arrived.
This isn't always the case though. Massimo Moratti clearly loved Inter (his father owned the club during its hey-day with Herrera et al), and yet was fiscally irresponsible and tried to fix every problem by throwing money at it. In 2013, when he could no longer afford to throw money at things to fix them, he realised he wasn't the best person to be in charge of the club any longer and sold up to Thohir.
I'm not sure whether Thohir is a fan or not, but I don't think it really matters. Inter is an extremely popular club in Indonesia, and I think he chose Inter to purchase because he sees it as a valuable asset for what it is, rather than what it can potentially be, if you see where I'm coming from. With the guys in charge of Manchester City, or with Vincent Tan at Cardiff, those guys just see a football club that has enough basic infrastructure and assets which they can build up from to make world class teams through spending like crazy, while I think Thohir appreciates that Inter is already a well established team, and just wants to tinker with it to make it as good as it can possibly be. There's no compulsion to turn it into "his" project. He seems keen to have Inter grow through a more organic method than these other teams at the fore of European football, even those that were once big players on merit without the endless line of credit (I'm looking at you PSG and Monaco).
Of course, it's more difficult that way, but I think Thohir is approaching this the right way, even if he isn't necessarily a true fan of the club. He does seem to respect the club and its fans, and that is the most important thing. Respecting what the club represents even if you aren't a fan, rather than looking at it purely from a bottom line perspective. And it means if Thohir has to sell, the club shouldn't be thrown into complete chaos. Can you imagine what would happen at Man City if those sheikhs decided they were bored and sold off all their sports assets? It would be a complete nightmare. It's an enormous risk to become dependent on a sugar daddy.
