UEFA deal with 9 Super League clubs; 3 rebels face sanctions | 9 clubs will make combined payment of 15 million
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Regardless of any future financial deterrent, an on the spot fine of 1.5 million for the 9 isn't exactly going to hurt.
At least that is just walking around fun money for Roman.
Fair enough
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And the PR show started
Wonder what punishment the remaining clubs are facing?
A pittance.
So what happens to the 5% they withheld?
So would the other 3 that is barca, real and juve going to face a heft fines or will they be banned all together.
The Man Utd portion? What happened to "we" and "our"??
A big party for UEFA.
That’s our transfer budget gone.
Brown envelopes.
still find the hypocrisy of a corrupt organisation (UEFA) trying to come down on clubs due to greed.
Can't take 5% of revenue from UEFA competitions when you're not playing in UEFA competitions. Arteta is thinking 4 steps ahead of everyone else.
Joke of a fine. Should’ve taken £50m from each of the ‘Big 6’ and redistributed that throughout the football pyramid. Or used it to fund grassroots initiatives.
the problem with this and the rants of Gary “deduct them point and ban them” Neville is that there’s no protocol to do so. A governing body can’t just go about making up fines after the fact - although this is exactly what they’ve done here, but it’s small enough that clubs aren’t going to quibble.
Smart move, preventing future actions while not forcing those clubs to take drastic actions if the punishment was steeper.
Would this stand up in a court of law? I'm not sure. UEFA really running abusing its monopoly power here.
I think the average yearly dividend has been £22.2m taken out so I hope no one sees this as anything but the empty PR gesture it is.
Cant say im surprised, football needs a massive overhaul, UEFFA cares nothing about the fans either, only protecting their product.
Exactly. As I said in another thread, if I buy you a present with money you gave me didn't you just buy it yourself?
Never mind the fine for the ESL, has Joel put up the funds to have the lock fixed from the protest on that door.
Death to UEFA. Bring back Super League.
Would you rather be fined or Ed Woodward get a smacked bum?
€2.5m, which will be funded by the Spanish state.
No the people who caused that damaged should be identified and taken to court to recover the costs. Pretty easy to identify them from the video posted online. but for now the club itself will obviously claim from insurance? or just simply pay for it. I do not for 1 second think people should be damaging club property, as it just escalates from there.
I think he's referring to our portion out of the 9 teams as opposed to Joel saying it.
I'd wager no team would really go about fighting it regardless.
Sensible move from UEFA (which is a shock), the punishment could never b e too severe, like banning clubs from European competition, because then they may as well press ahead with the ESL anyway. It's a decent show that they are not off the hook, provides future deterrent, and puts money into grassroots, albeit in a small amount as a PR exercise. Meanwhile UEFA build bridges with these clubs, which has to happen sooner or later, and can pursue more punitive action against the other three. If the other three get banned from Europe that is totally doable, because you can't set up a super league of 3. Not very super. By fracturing the alliance, the power base of the ESL has been destroyed, and with it, Real's, Barca's, and Juve's bargaining power gone with it.
I really hope UEFA bring the hammer down on them.
I really hope UEFA bring the hammer down on them.
The clubs want to draw a line under this quickly so they agreed to and probably had some say in what sanctions they would receive. The interested parties want this buried so they can go back to
Wtf are Real, Barca and Juve even trying to attempt at this point?
It's harder to hide £50m in UEFA key person's tax returns.
Ah yes.
If they ban them, CAS will overturn it. So, they will get bigger fine than the rest and that is it
Yeah sure mate.
Pretty desperate for the money I guess ?
They might be even more desperate for money if UEFA hammer them.
It's a small fine because UEFA don't really have the legal grounds to impose it at all. So the clubs accept the slap on the wrist, which will also throw a bone to angry fans, and UEFA get to look like they've done something. We are, after all, talking about something that only actually lasted a couple of days.
I'm more curious to see what they'll try and do to the three who are (hilariously) holding out. A ban is something UEFA can defend in court much more easily, and also obviously a more serious punishment, so it's certainly on the table if they want it.
I'm more curious to see what they'll try and do to the three who are (hilariously) holding out. A ban is something UEFA can defend in court much more easily, and also obviously a more serious punishment, so it's certainly on the table if they want it.