Consider football clubs, the modern world’s most insular, even tribal institutions. Thirty years ago, who would have imagined that two of London’s most popular clubs – Arsenal and Chelsea – would have a French and a Portuguese coach, respectively, and players from Spain, France, Portugal, Brazil, Russia, Serbia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Mexico, Ghana, South Korea, Holland, Belgium, Nigeria, and the Ivory Coast?
谁能说什么是可能的呢？可以想想足球俱乐部，这是现代世界中最泾渭分明甚至具有部落性的组织。30年前，谁会想到伦敦最受欢迎的两个俱乐部——阿森纳和切尔西——会分别请法国教练和葡萄牙教练，请来自西班牙、法国、葡萄牙、巴西、俄罗斯、塞尔维亚、捷克共和国、波兰、墨西哥、加纳、韩国、荷兰、比利时、尼日利亚和科特迪瓦的球员呢？不错，还有一两名球员来自英国。