The Super League | FA + PL: New Charter & Fines | UEFA: Settlement

[LangleyBlue1970]

Unless there is a clip of him verbally saying that, I would say that is just someone adding some quotation marks to their own crap opinion, and passing it on as Klopp's. Sky News and Talksport would be all over that.

 

[Esteban de la Sexface]

The levels of hysteria in the press about this are genuinely incredible.

You've got actual reporters suggesting a Tory government might nationalise the football clubs and seize 51% of ownership of these privately owned businesses to distribute to fans.

they might do if the tax takings are removed when the clubs eventually move out of Britain, to more tax efficient countries

 

[Georgian Maestro]

As long as there is one additional pace on merit, the English clubs will be all over this.
If you said to Everton's owners that if you win the PL without the "big 6" then you qualify for a much more lucrative version of the champions league, they'll be asking where do i sign.

It's clubs in Scotland, Holland, Belgium, Turkey, Russia etc who will suffer the most

 

[Burtonblue]

a big fuck off to UEFA and in parallel a big fuck off to all real fans. It's a money grab. opportunistic and crass. It's absolutely disgusting

Maybe I am struggling here mate but how is restructuring European competition football fucking off fans?
Provided the national leagues and other competitions remain the same this would not really alter the fan experience for the clubs involved.
Providing there is a fair system for promoting clubs in and out of the league I can’t see a problem. What I do disagree with is the concept of founder members automatically bein in the league but that is not much different to what UEFA have proposed with clubs automatically qualifying on historical grounds.
I suspect there will be an awful lot of negotiations ahead before a final format is established and maybe the super league current stance is simply the start of an extreme negotiating position.
Anyway it’s rattled UEFA’s corrupt establishment and I’m all for that!

 

[SJT]

City haven’t even announced this on their official Twitter - Please! and you give a fuck about the fans, about people!
what IS football if its not about the local loyalties and interactions - I thought we were above this, the last bastions of what’s right, we’re no different to anyone, its stomach churning. American money and them wanting the eventual control of the worlds largest sport. Football is dead. it's now called Soccer. We need to man-up. the empty stadiums have made them realise they don’t need us, we're immaterial.

 

[Cityzen_89]

You cannot be a powerhouse in football and beat UEFA in court then play the "we had no choice" card when confronted. They knew what they were doing and that is all just lip service if that is what they say.

 

[domalino]

they might do if the tax takings are removed when the clubs eventually move out of Britain, to more tax efficient countries

And this is exactly the kind of absurd hysteria I'm talking about...

 

[aguero93:20]

Mortgage the future with someone else’s money.

Mortgage everyone else's future with somebody else's money to line your own pockets.

Apparently worldwide there are 4 billion people who watch live football.

I'd be surprised if there's 4 billion people worldwide with the access to watch this. The peak viewership for the World Cup final of all time is 1.1bn. That's peak, arounnd half that watched the full 90 minutes.

 

[PragueBlue]

Does anyone know if we've resigned from the ECA yet?

I think I read something last night that we already had.

 

[BeerIsTheBest]

The levels of hysteria in the press about this are genuinely incredible.

You've got actual reporters suggesting a Tory government might nationalise the football clubs and seize 51% of ownership of these privately owned businesses to distribute to fans.

These fuckers along with the Premier Lge had every opportunity to stop leveraged buyouts of clubs. They did nothing. Squealing now is too late.

 

[dave_blue12]

Dave. Read the detail in the proposal. JP Morgan provide a giant loan (sweetener) which has to be paid back. Mortgage the future with someone else’s money. it’s the American way. Apparently worldwide there are 4 billion people who watch live football. Historic ‘legacy’ fans are but collateral damage in this proposal.

Okay thanks

 

[Gumzy97]

 

[Esteban de la Sexface]

Maybe I am struggling here mae but how is restructuring European competition football fucking off fans?

Creating an elite coterie of 12-15 clubs that have differentiated themselves from every other club in the World?

There are fans that don't support these clubs who will never be allowed enter - no matter the investment or success they achieve. It's basically ripped the fabric of football apart. This is just the livener. It will get worse and be completely global in a few years. This is just the start man.

 

[blue oli]

 

[supersonicblue]

The levels of hysteria in the press about this are genuinely incredible.

You've got actual reporters suggesting a Tory government might nationalise the football clubs and seize 51% of ownership of these privately owned businesses to distribute to fans.

Like in Germany. Unfortunately, I think were too far past the point for fan ownership to come into place.

 

[RayCTID]

City haven’t even announced this on their official Twitter - Please! and you give a fuck about the fans, about people!
what IS football if its not about the local loyalties and interactions - I thought we were above this, the last bastions of what’s right, we’re no different to anyone, its stomach churning. American money and them wanting the eventual control of the worlds largest sport. Football is dead. it's now called Soccer. We need to man-up. the empty stadiums have made them realise they don’t need us, we're immaterial.

There is a very good reason they haven't announced it on social media

 

[JGL07]

We could just merge the two Manchester clubs into one franchise, how does Manchester City United sound.

No they will take the name United from MUFC and the name Manchester from City.

Franchises are nothing to do with mergers. The Former Manchester City franchise will become something like Low Countries FC and play matches in Amsterdam or Brussels.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

I would find that extremely unlikely.

maybe, but there is no way klopp will be in favour of this. Especially coming from Dortmund

 

[Cityzen_89]

These fuckers along with the Premier Lge had every opportunity to stop leveraged buyouts of clubs. They did nothing. Squealing now is too late.

They know the cash cow has gone now and isn't paying for them to turn a blind eye.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Why is Khaldoon not the chairman or any of the vice chairmen then?

City (notice I didn't say we?) Will without doubt be shafted very quickly, an emergency meeting with a change to voting rules.....think Putin etc and City are fucked, not that I'll care by then.

The old cartel aren't going to want the dirty Arabs taking all the silverware and prize money.