Top businessmen are buying English football clubs. New millionaire owners, new mega-money stadia, TV coverage every day, it's all is looking very rosy. But for whom? Let's have a look at what could happen and how it could affect our national sport.

What about a British League? We all know that Celtic and Rangers would hold there own in the Premier League and their fan base would be massive.  Maybe Aberdeen, Hearts and Hibs too - if not the top flight, then a good shout for second tier. But would any Irish or Welsh clubs get into the top two divisions?

Oh I forgot, you can't have that (well, you can), but you lose the right to have individual countries for the World Cup and European Championships (which none of our teams qualified for) and you would have fewer teams getting into Europe each season.

'A European League would get some money in - sod the little games, let's only have major ones every week'


You would only need one organisation running the game, so one committee of freeloaders (sorry the headless blokes in suits who make all the decisions, but whom you never see) instead of four or five committees. Now that sounds better, fewer people making decisions and getting well paid for what they do. What do they do? Makes you wonder, because no-one seems to take any blame when things go wrong.

A European League would also get some money in - sod the little games, let's only have major ones every week. Both the Milans, Juventus, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Celtic, Rangers and a few others. I'm sure the club owners would be happy with that. Now we are talking money!

With cheap flights, fans seem to be happy going to Champions League games, even if they are against 'lesser' opposition. But teams from Luxembourg and Andorra cannot fill our stadia when they play.  And how would the likes of Tottenham, Newcastle, Villa, Everton and the others feel about being left behind? We've already heard that the Super Six have spoken about a breakaway. So they are talking and the thought must be there.

What about a World League? Eighteen of the world's top teams playing once every two weeks. Now that would be a great money spinner, particularly for the Americans whose mega-bucks businessmen seem to be investing in our clubs.

They would have to have a team or two in the World League. China and Japan both seem to have major importance, too, with our clubs' investment in  superstores and pre-season friendly tours. The South American countries have the teams, support and players, but their financial situation has always been a problem. If this did happen, there are major money men out there who could buy a top team to get in that country.

There would be no away supporters as all games could be televised and games could be broadcast to the opposition team's home ground. I'm sure the British teams would sell 40,000 tickets just to watch on big screens in their own stadiums. And then there is the revenue from programmes, drinks and food. You could put a reserve game on before, as well.

But where does that leave Brian Barwick and his amigos? Running junior football.