At a time when most of the football giants have passed into the hands of foreign capital, the two entities stand out for their very conservative spirit and absolute loyalty to a business model from another century.
The day Carlo Ancelotti was fired from Bayern Munich… after the Champions League: “It couldn’t last”
Bayern symbolizes German rigor with a majority popular shareholding which prevents any potential takeover bid. Real belongs, for its part, entirely to its “socios” who elect their president every four years. For both, it is about remaining faithful to a story and maintaining identity and financial independence. This obviously does not prevent them from being very profitable and managed with an iron fist.
Thanks to their global notoriety, Real and Bayern are, economically, among the most powerful clubs in the world but there is no question until further notice of being listed on the stock exchange or of being devoured by the money of an emir , the appetite of an investment fund or the ambition of a billionaire with an oversized ego. Attached to certain values, they do not want to sell their soul to the devil. In short, this evening, it will be a real Old Europe derby.
Kane against Bellingham, only one English prince for Wembley… and the Golden Ball
