This may sound like conspiratorial nonsense but I've been following the amount of press that the Milan derby has been receiving mostly due to the altercation between the big Swede and Lukaku and it got me thinking how this single incident has generated so much coverage for Serie A and the two Milan clubs.
Is there any realm where leagues actually have like sort of 'plot directors', you know they may speak to Lukaku and Ibra and the clubs involved and say - well viewing figures are down for Serie A, we need to have some kind of incident to drum up interest - it would be great for this season of Serie A if the two of you butted heads for a bit - it would be all over the papers (which it is), it also benefits coverage for the clubs.
The reason I started thinking about this is because Lukaku has always come across as such a mild-mannered well spoken and level headed guy, I was very surprised that he got involved in that. It does seem plausible though, it's all about coverage these days, what gets more coverage than a little controversy or the two biggest strikers in the league having some beef?
Is there any realm where leagues actually have like sort of 'plot directors', you know they may speak to Lukaku and Ibra and the clubs involved and say - well viewing figures are down for Serie A, we need to have some kind of incident to drum up interest - it would be great for this season of Serie A if the two of you butted heads for a bit - it would be all over the papers (which it is), it also benefits coverage for the clubs.
The reason I started thinking about this is because Lukaku has always come across as such a mild-mannered well spoken and level headed guy, I was very surprised that he got involved in that. It does seem plausible though, it's all about coverage these days, what gets more coverage than a little controversy or the two biggest strikers in the league having some beef?
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