Indirectly, yes. It would be absolutely fuck all, football in general, without attending fans. Think permanent lockdown and zero atmosphere.
It is mainly to do with profit, TV revenue , merchandise, dirty money and ego why billionaires buy clubs
If you go to SB especially for a big game, it's generally 50% open mouthed day trippers happy to sit in silence. Cross off the list with Madame Tussauds, Windsor Castle, Oxford street. There was a woman in front of me barely watching doing a sudoku.