3 reasons why the Galticos will fail

Only time will tell if the 2nd Galiticos era will bring Real success.

Judging from what we've seen over the last few years, all indications are that it will all end in tears. There are 3 fundamental flaws in how certain clubs are managed, especially the 'richer' clubs like Real and Chelski.

Flaw # 1 - Players being paid more than their managers

This is by no means exclusive to Real and Chelski as most clubs experiences this. It makes no sense that the person actually in charge of the team is getting paid less than potentially half of his charges. How can one demand the respect of his subordinates when he can't even match their spending power?

A typical training conversation could go down the following route:

Manager: "Yo Ronnie! Do another lap round the track will ya?

Ronnie: "Yo! Why don't i pay you 10grand to do it yourself?"

Thus the age of super egos amongst the players was born. It also created an atmosphere where the managers are now pressured to prove themselves to the players instead of the other way round.

Flaw # 2: Players having the direct line to the president / owner of the club.

Club presidents / owners who have direct contact with players on regular basis are basically asking for trouble. They are not only undermining their managers, they are also inflating their the player's already over inflated egos.

Even great managers like Mourinho and Capello have suffered because of this, with players going directly to their club presidents / owners whispering all sort of nonsense and getting their managers sacked. Note that neither Real or Chelski had great success after having Capello or Mourinho removed.

Flaw # 3: Having your president / owner treats the team as his team

It may be his club but it's not his team. It's the manager's team. Being a club president / owner means that he's probably a very good business man and pretty handy at wheeling and dealing. But it doesn't mean that he's a footballing master tactician.

By meddling with the team, he'll just end up either alienating his manager and over indulging his players (step up Roman Ambrovich, Ramon Calderon, Florentino Perez) or worst case scenario, alienating everyone (Jesus Gil, Mike Ashley)

So these presidents /owners will inevitably end up hiring and then firing a whole hosts of yes men managers along the way.....

Having said all that, the 2nd coming of the Galaticos will be quite a ride. Watching them implode will be exciting!