Barcelona: Charged with corruption .... again!
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My first point was using data from transfermarkt who are reliable, the second was an article written in Feb by 90min.
Looking again at transfermarkt for the european figures they vary ever so slightly
Why did no one think of this for sanchez, rooney and ddg?
(1) Barcelona are in a very bad economic shape. But this is not the same as being officially bankrupt. To do so, custom practices indicate that you must make a notice to a local chamber of commerce and make it public... Could you imagine the papers announcing Barcelona has filed for bankruptcy?
(2) Football player contracts are not governed by Working Laws. These are drafted as "professional sports service agreements" and as such, they are governed by Civil/Commerce Codes...
(3) Professional Sports Contracts may include clauses regarding performance. If "poor performance" is duly described, measured and notified, then it could be linked to a Unilateral Termination of Contract, which is normally triggered by a rescission (which means, breach of contract from the player).
Emails may be a way of noticing bad performance, but they must also be released on time and with sufficient evidence... If Matheus was just terminated and found all explanations in badly and poorly written emails then he may have a point.
Now, not all "Terminations of Contract" mean "the player was not paid" or that the player filed for lawsuit... Some like Diego Costa with Atlético, parted amicably.
What about since abramovic joined? That would be more logical than cherry picking the last 5 years, one of which you have a transfer ban anyway.
Is this the death bell for ‘fan owned’ clubs when they can vote in muppets to run it?
There have to be mechanisms in place to ensure the club is run properly (financially).
Yet they still vote the President depending on who he says he will sign. It’s nuts
No wonder they wanted the ESL so badly
Perhaps stuff like that should be banned from campaigns
The only way that can happen is if an independent financial auditor (as in not hired by the president of the club, but hired by some other process) is given veto power to any financial transaction. Otherwise, no one will do that.
Presidents are voted to power because of the dream they sell around what the team will look like should they be voted. So, banning that may not be possible.
True. Its more like double that. At least....
Campaigns should be banned. Employ the right person for the job via interview panel
They’ve loaned in some 18 year old from
Austria. They’re not finished just yet
Austria. They’re not finished just yet
Jesus, talk about a strawman.
Barca have been stupid knobheads, they make United’s board look like a well oiled machine.
I dont know how can you guys argue against something that is already proven. CR7 and Mess have 5x the followers Beckham has, if that doesnt tell you that they are more popular then i guess youve chosen a weird hill to die on but so be it.
Also if your argument is that old people dont use social media and most of them are Beckham followers, then thats also incredibly weird, as if old people are that interested in watching pretty Beckham on trousers as opposed to watching two of the greatest football players of all time. I think you are projecting.
Social media followers are mostly bots anyway. Nobody cares how many followers they have except the people who pay them for sponsored posts. It doesn't explain how Beckham, despite being retired for a while, now still has almost as much net worth as these guys and is still making money.
Most of my post was a joke anyway. Personally, I'd love to see a movie called "Cream them like Messi" where a young star follows their dream of milking the club he "loves" for as much money as possible, even while they were on the brink of financial ruin. Would be a great viewing for all aspiring young players. I'd also love to see him in his underpants.
Pretty sure you can find some pic of Messi on his underpants. Let me see if i can fetch you a link
Interesting summary of the situation.
United's board are incompetent in terms of transfer dealings (buy expensive, sell cheap) and sporting decisions (which is 99% of the clubs TBF).
But they're one of the most fiscally competent clubs out there. Not being a title challenger for most of 8 years and being in and out of the CL, yet they've managed to financially keep up with the oil clubs. That is quite remarkable IMO.
Same principle applies regardless of contracts. Aka if there is a way to prevent bankruptcy, there are some legal ways to break certain kinds of contracts from employment to other sorts of contracts. But again, I am not aware of spanish law so I don't know what is possible there.
PSG have had to make free transfers and their team is a bit meh, I don't see where you see the dominance coming from? They have also just lost the league title to Lille.
Chelsea don't spend anymore than United and it shows that money alone doesn't always get glory.
That is crazy, imagine being asked by your manager to take a pay cut so that another employee who is already the highest paid can get paid even more.
I hope every single player says no. Messi is no saint in this either, I cannot believe he would allow his team's mates and friends to go through that so he can have even more money.
PSG dont have to make free transfers they spend €60mil on hakimi and €15 on Danilo. Ramos, wijnaldum and donnarumma were good free transfers. Lets hope they also buy pogba.
As for Barcelona players having to take a paycut to pay for messi, i know what i would be telling the squad if i was a player and it wouldnt be lets take a pay cut to make a global superstar richer.
The man is a leech, his boyhood club is dire straights and hes willing to come down to €140mil over 2 years. What a joke.
We've managed to spend almost as much as the oil clubs, but without having a title challenge for 8 years.
The same Barcelona who happily hogged all the TV money from smaller clubs? feck em
I can imagine the outrage from the fans of thsoe clubs. We have no money to spend on the team but will give Barcelona who unfairly hog the tv revenue with real madrid money to keep messi. Seriously? The weaker Barcelona are the better for the other la liga clubs.
They should be done for money laundering
La Liga isn't a competition anymore. There is no sporting goal among the lesser clubs to challenge the big clubs.
Imagine West Ham funding a United player's wage. Mental.
I must say, truly they are more than a club.
The Dembele-Griezmannn incident has been suspiciously ignored in the press.
The Dembele-Griezmannn incident has been suspiciously ignored in the press.
This is insane levels of a "Whip-round".
oh man I feel old.
The stranglehold Real and Barca have on their league is mental. The way everyone dances to their tune is very sad yet at the same time rather impressive.
Mighty Barca getting bailed out publicly by other Spanish clubs. There’s a story in there somewhere.
Edit- guess this is similar to “Too big to fail”.
Perhaps these clubs will pressure LaLiga to ease some of the financial rules.
No, Messi should not accept less money. He can get more than what he is demanding from Barcelona from other teams anyway. Why should Messi be punished for how poorly the club has been run? Give them till the deadline to find a solution otherwise sign for another team.
He gave them an out last year instead they decided to keep him like hostage.
The rest of the players can say no but the club will just start terminating contracts. The team is filled with dead weights. Pique, de jong, pedri, busquets, fati, their goalkeepers, other young players. The rest either takes a pay cut or gets kicked out.
Ive read an article in the Polish Press. According to this article Barca are in some, lets call it, administration process which results in tchem needing to clear 40 mil in „old” wages to be able to register a new 10mil conctract
Beyond bizarre..
Maybe if they had marketed La Liga properly they wouldn't be relying on an ageing player to keep up it's profile.