Masters of Illusions

The illusion increases the value

As with stocks, company shares, the value often reflects the expected results, but sometimes the value is only an illusion. A well protected secret. Sooner or later, someone may see through the smoke and realize that everything is not what it seemed to be. Usually it's not.

Preventive actions

For someone who don't want to admit having made a bad investment, who don't want to lose the money they invested, it's all about preventive actions, to try to cover up the faults, and blow some extra air into the balloon. They do all they can to prevent the truth from coming out, but it's only a question of time. Sooner or later the cat escapes from the bag.

Who makes money from selling football players?

Of course the club who sell him get money. Profit or loss depends on what they paid, and the price they get when selling. Someone else does also make money, the agents. When they gain control over a national team, it will look like the Brazilian team, half good players, who will be a sales object, if the team is successful. Of course; this strategy exclude the best players; because they don't have many years left and they already have a high value on the market. Someone who want to sell a 32-years old player like the Brazilian Kaka, may have to accept to get less than they paid, so having experienced players on the team is not good for the business.

I'm sorry Brazil, you didn't get a chance to show your best!

Instead you got a team of investment objects. The truth about "the best" was about to be revealed, so maybe, maybe someone decided it was best to take him of the field and save him from the embarrassment? The former footballer, who I think is the best Brazilian ever, Romario, who probably was out of the team for the same reason, not being an investment object, criticized the Brazilian team before the World Cup 2014 in Brazil started. He said the team was not the best players in Brazil, by far.

Knee or no knee?

It is said that Neymar was injured when the Colombian defender slammed his knee in his back. Well, maybe, or maybe it was only an illusion, someone who was protecting their investment?

Knee or no knee?