Lições de Liverpool

This, of course, is where we end up when we allow absolutely anyone to come in and, provided they can raise the money, take possession of our sporting institutions. Even when such an adventure appears to turn out well, there are worrying undercurrents. Were any Chelsea fans listening to yesterday's Start the Week on Radio Four, when Mischa Glenny, author of a new study of global gangsterism in the post-communist era, described the dispersal of Russia's natural resources - oil, minerals and so on - as "the greatest larceny, in quantitative terms, in history"? If so, did that make them feel queasy about the championships and cups won since the arrival of Roman Abramovich?
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For the moment a plan for the fans to acquire ownership of Liverpool FC must be a non-starter. Not until the Premier League is crippled by a combination of collapsing worldwide interest and a global financial meltdown will such a dream become viable. Until that utopian dawn arrives, it is something of a miracle that the essential characteristics of a great football club can survive in a single glorious stroke of a boot.