It's from an interview with Football Italia... Leeds United owner Massimo Cellino said he’s “learning about football all over again” in England, including the cash from beer sales. The fiery former Cagliari President spoke to Gazzetta TV and was typically forthright about his experiences. “The Championship is the real English football, as here we have English managers and English players. “I had to learn about football all over again, just when I thought after 30 years in the sport I had nothing more to discover. “Here clubs have revenue of €45m every year, selling almost 100,000 shirts per season and all this is not including TV rights. “Just consider the fact that in Serie A Cagliari get a little more than €35m revenue with the TV rights included. It’s another world financially. “On match day we sell a huge amount of beer… we manage to make money from every activity.” Cellino also outlined his hopes for Leeds United in this season’s Championship. “Budgets have been lowered and there is more caution in investments. We managed to keep our best players, which was the most important thing. “On paper we are competitive to have our say. I won’t talk about promotion, because it’s bad luck to comment, but we can have our say. “Derby County built a competitive side, Middlesbrough already were and are consolidating, then there are the newly relegated teams Burnley, Hull and QPR. “QPR have a bit of a tempestuous club situation, Burnley are from a small town and we don’t know if they have the suitable players for the Championship. “Hull City I know little about, but they are from a small town by the sea full of fishermen. They have a lot of economic potential, but we saw they haven’t invested much this summer. “That is reassuring and we have more stability than last term. It was a bit of a strange situation with a few surprises last year.” Cellino is also learning when it comes to pronouncing the names of his Championship opponents. “They all sound the same to me. When I say one, it turns out I mean another. Burnley is a real problem. I’m learning!” http://www.football-italia.net/70734/cellino-leeds-get-beer-money
I've just come back from Italy and that sounds very much like the greeting the waiter gave to us Brits at breakfast. I assume it means "Good morning, would you like tea or coffee with breakfast " ?
Not that I need any more reasons to despise TWS, but this certainly helps. I *really* hope we do the double on them this season.
On the pitch before the FA Cup Final Bruce described us as being a little or small town to the presenters, so that kind of remark will just encourage this stuff.
Do the double again. Like last time we were in the same division. That 2-0 win when Warnock said it could have been six or more and the majority of Leeds fans, including the despicable Hull Wites and East Yorkshire Whites had left long before the end gave me more pleasure than any PL game. Full house and a better atmosphere. Hope it is the same next time.
Can't argue with that. I remember not expecting too much, but coming away feeling chuffed to ****. I hope to feel the same again, twice, this season.
Some of you really do have a chip on your shoulder re Leeds ... I presume TWS is an abbreviation for The Whites Supremacy?
Supremacy where? We have been the topYorkshire club for most of the last decade. Did the double over TWS last time we met and will do so again.
