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Selv etter Arsenals utklassing av Rosenborg på Highbury, er engelsk presse positive til det Rosenborg har fått til i Skandinavia med de ressurser klubben har til rådighet.
By Ashling O'Connor ARSENAL MAY HAVE completely outgunned Rosenborg at Highbury last week in a 5-1 demolition job in the Champions League but it was hardly a fair fight. The Norwegian champions are dubbed the Manchester United of Scandinavia but it is only for their sustained on-field dominance — 13 consecutive domestic titles — and not their financial resources. The Rosenborg players on average earn £150,000 a year, which is about the amount that Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and Sol Campbell each pocket in a fortnight. Relative to pay cheques in the city of Trondheim, Norway’s third largest city, where Rosenborg are based, they do not feel they are badly remunerated. Yet many of the largely Norwegian squad retain an attitude to their trade that is amateur in spirit. Two of those fielded against Arsenal are studying for their medical exams in between taking on the best footballers in Europe. Espen Johnsen, the goalkeeper, is in his third year, while Fredrik Winsnes, a midfield player, is six months from qualifying as a doctor. Meanwhile, Arni Gautur Arason, the second-choice goalkeeper and Iceland No 1, is on course to become a solicitor. Elsewhere in the team ranks there is an economics degree and a masters of science. “Football is just some years between the age of 20 and 35,” Nils Skutle, the club’s general manager, said. “They have to be ready for the rest of their lives. We do not think that they can do that just having a bank account full of money. What do they do then?” Long-termism is a rare trait to find in football management. Rosenborg’s policy was probably rooted in the strong personal opinions of Nils Arne Eggen, the man who led the club to the first 11 Norwegian championships and has just returned as a consultant, aged 63. Eggen, a former player, teacher and socialist, is critical of the way European football is increasingly led by money — although Rosenborg themselves have benefited hugely from the creation of the Champions League. The club, in their ninth successive year of qualification, relies heavily on the revenues from Europe’s richest football competition and the sale of players to rivals. Despite limited resources, Rosenborg have in the past beaten the likes of AC Milan, Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid. With little domestic threat, they look a group stage fixture in the Champions League for years to come. Arsenal would pay for such certainty.
