PL clubs invited to oil rich summer Gulf 'Dream League'

[hgodden]

Didn't football used to be a sport?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... Qatar.html#

[Euler]

[quote="hgodden"]Didn't football used to be a sport?[quote]

You old timer you, that's a time that has long since past. Standing on the terraces, pie in hand smoke in face.

I think they clubs may as well do it as they have no soul now anyway.

[superfrank]

i guess this kind of thing is now the end game for a sport that has become an entertainment commodity in the same way as a Broadway show.

there will probably even be gullible plebs that go there to support their team!

a price on everything and a value on nothing.

[Consty1]

There seems to be some legitimacy concerns regarding the source of that Oliver Kay Times article, the source being a French parody site that has stated that everything in their article at least was completely fabricated. A lot of what was written in the times article mirrors that of the spoof site so it could be a case of lazy journalism from Ollie Kay.

[Euler]

Looks like the article has been pulled.

[hgodden]

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/footbal ... 33075.html

Quatar have denied it. Almost sounds like an April Fool's day joke

[Consty1]

Noticed these tweets from Tony Evans, Editor of The Times.

Tony Evans ‏@TonyEvansTimes
In The Game tomorrow my column is this: an apology to readers. How we got the Qatar Dream League story so badly wrong.

Tony Evans ‏@TonyEvansTimes
As for @OliverKayTimes simple. He's a brilliant journalist and I have complete faith. If you've never made a mistake, cast the first tweet.

Tbf Ollie Kay's work is usually very good, guess everyone makes mistakes.