Wait - i'm genuinely curious. How is oil-backed Arab sheikh plaything racist? It's exactly what it is.
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That makes no sense. If City were being funded by a state why would they not have bought Evans (or Sanchez as M18CTID suggested) when the valuations were different by just a few million? The answer is clearly that City operate under the same financial constraints as everyone else.
Maybe Evans was not a priority buy? Sanchez deal is more to do with Arsenal not getting Lamar than anything else.
Patronizing feckers over there at LaLiga, applauding the FFP investigation into PSG that they were the primary instigators of. Laughable.
It's not strictly true though is it. The Etihad deal is clearly not at fair value, it doesn't matter if it's been accepted by UEFA as fair it quite clearly isn't.
PSG can send UEFA to court though, and the word is that UEFA would lose in such case.
True.
Because we didn't sell Ramires and Oscar for over-inflated fees to Chinese clubs maybe? Or David Luiz to PSG? Or the fact that you have more players out on loan than any other club in England and have made a fair chunk of money by selling them on down the years? And yet you have the bare-faced cheek to claim it's City flouting FFP. I think you need to look a little closer to home sunshine for your little workarounds. City have built a far bigger and better infrastructure at the club in a shorter space of time than yours and it's starting to pay off handsomely. It's not our fault that Chelsea aren't as forward thinking - Roman needs to get some better people on board - and I bet other top clubs will be following City's blueprint in future. Soriano vs Gourlay? Don't make me laugh ffs.
Same thing when the concept of FFP first surfaced. The problem wasn't PSG or City, but Rangers, Portsmouth, Malaga, etc. Clubs that spent far more money than they were able to generate as businesses - with inevitable and horrible results.
Yup. The idea that UEFA or any other governing body wants to stop interest and investment into their business is bizarre. This is nothing more than collateral damage that the established clubs/league like La Liga is taking advantage of. If La Liga and other established big clubs like Bayern, Juventus, United, Chelsea, Arsenal etc decide to gang up on PSG then I could see considerable action taken because they represent the vast majority of global football fans.
So you're suggesting a system that would support both "sugar daddy" clubs and your "legitimate money" clubs? Such a system does not exist, not least because any alteration to the current system would be implemented due in no small part to the aforementioned "sugar daddy" clubs dominating the market.
No, I'm talking about a system that is actually fair, not one that just reinforces the status quo and prevents further sugar daddy clubs like City and PSG, which is precisely why the status quo pressured UEFA to implement FFP in the first place. You only have to take a glance at the TV revenue in La Liga to realise what sort of system Perez favours.
Not really. I meant Barcelona. There is certain huge degree political support from Catalan region too. If there is no regional state support, Barcelona would be like Monaco compare to PSG given how well backed Madrid is.
As far as fines are concerned- 60m isn't significant when you basically have an oil rich country funding you. The squad punishment I'd agree is decent but it's not something that will stop clubs from doing so once every few years as it's worth it.
A little bit like Marseille, they would have to reduce the wage bill and also sell for a fee below the current market value.
Well that's my point, a system should not have to appease either. And that's why any meaningful reform, even if it were to be considered, would be vetoed by the 'sugar daddy' clubs and the 'legitimate money' ones.
Spot on!
You clearly haven't bought a house without the help of a bank. If you have the funds in your bank they will do a money laundering check and if the funds haven't been accumulated naturally over a long period of time they will only ask for whoever has contributed significant to sign a waiver that they have no discernable interest in the asset.
exactly, the only issue is knowing how corrupt Fifa and Euefa is with all the FBI chaos etc in the last few years whose to say that these state owned clubs don't have them in their pockets already which is why they get away with it and have been for years with the occasional slap on the wrist just for show and ceremony?
If we consider that the World Cup will be held in winter in a country that is basically a city in the desert ... I would say that we should accept the situation
Well, both are officially approved but no one with common sense takes it seriously.
You didn't have to sell any of the players you didn't want to, because you didn't need to worry about balancing the books, that's the whole point. And what difference does it make, whether we sell them to China or anywhere else? Chelsea weren't the only club to sell players to Chinese clubs for lots of money, again what's your point? Having players on loan and selling them down the years is something many clubs do, it's perfectly legal.
You literally just answered your own question pal.
Go on then, for my benefit, please explain explicitly why Man City's auditors are corrupt. Feel free to reference Crimea, credit reference agencies or any other whataboutery your fevered imagination can produce. But bear in mind, I'm really looking for specific examples or reasons why BDO Llp are corrupt. I await your answer with interest.
Monaco were one of the top teams in the French league long before they won the title last year. Leicester's triumph was a once in a lifetime miracle the likes of which we'll never witness again. Spurs for all their huff and puff have won nowt. Athletico and Sevilla are largely insignificant in LaLiga where Real and Barca rule the roost.
It isn't sustainable for city in the sense that they are only able to compete at the elite end of the market due to the billionaire owners pumping their own money into the club and creating/obtaining absurd sponsors that allow them to get around the loopholes.
