Silverlake, I think, took an equity stake in CFG, not City.
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I can see us only being allowed to deal with a certain number of clubs in the future regarding transfers.
Like being told by the "authorities" which shops we're allowed to enter and purchase goods.
Welcome to today's football as of the cartel
Correct look at Vila trying to sell Grealish to someone else lucky he only wanted us!
I don’t think we will. PSGs circumstances are beholden to Qatar and now that the World Cup has been sorted for them they no longer have to be extravagant in the market.
This makes absolutely no sense.
The Qatar World cup was sorted for Qatar in December 2010. That's when the world cup was 100% going to Qatar. Signed. Sealed. No going back.
That's before they bought PSG. Before all their "extravagance" in the transfer market.
The fact is, despite not happening yet, the World Cup was merely their entrance into football and PSG gives them a great financial asset, huge soft power in France and exceptional visibility.
They are going to keep investing and growing it just like our owners will with City.
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Find out where UEFA are getting their money from (TV rights/Sponsorship) and I’m sure Bein Sports will be up there.I've wondered for a while that if it's an anti Arab thing then how come PSG aren't treated the same way ?
Who owns Bein Sports?
Find that out and you will probably realise why PSG have their man at UEFA
I can see us only being allowed to deal with a certain number of clubs in the future regarding transfers.
Like being told by the "authorities" which shops we're allowed to enter and purchase goods.
Welcome to today's football as of the cartel
Sam Lee, who was absolutely spot on throughout the entire Grealish transfer, said something which was insane IMO and I can't believe didn't get picked up more on here or in the media.
He said that the delay between us telling Villa we were buying him via the £100m clause and him actually moving - which was about a week - was because Villa were desperate to not sell to City and wanted another club to come in.
In the end Grealish told them he wasn't accepting any other bids and they let him go.
There's also been quite a lot of talk around the Kane deal that other clubs or executives were pressuring Levy not to sell to City.
Sam Lee, who was absolutely spot on throughout the entire Grealish transfer, said something which was insane IMO and I can't believe didn't get picked up more on here or in the media.
He said that the delay between us telling Villa we were buying him via the £100m clause and him actually moving - which was about a week - was because Villa were desperate to not sell to City and wanted another club to come in.
In the end Grealish told them he wasn't accepting any other bids and they let him go.
There's also been quite a lot of talk around the Kane deal that other clubs or executives were pressuring Levy not to sell to City.
Yes it's operation stop us at any cost. Players need to become savvy to this and all the top ones have a cast iron get out clause. No fucking about and once it's met with a club they want to go to it happens. They also need to stop being sentimental as to the price. Set it lower or don't sign the deal. The fans will only turn on them when they've left so fuck them.
ExactlySam Lee, who was absolutely spot on throughout the entire Grealish transfer, said something which was insane IMO and I can't believe didn't get picked up more on here or in the media.
He said that the delay between us telling Villa we were buying him via the £100m clause and him actually moving - which was about a week - was because Villa were desperate to not sell to City and wanted another club to come in.
In the end Grealish told them he wasn't accepting any other bids and they let him go.
There's also been quite a lot of talk around the Kane deal that other clubs or executives were pressuring Levy not to sell to City.
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Sam Lee, who was absolutely spot on throughout the entire Grealish transfer, said something which was insane IMO and I can't believe didn't get picked up more on here or in the media.
He said that the delay between us telling Villa we were buying him via the £100m clause and him actually moving - which was about a week - was because Villa were desperate to not sell to City and wanted another club to come in.
In the end Grealish told them he wasn't accepting any other bids and they let him go.
There's also been quite a lot of talk around the Kane deal that other clubs or executives were pressuring Levy not to sell to City.
What hindrance would Villa receive from selling to us instead of someone else or more to the point, how would such a request from other clubs (if any of that is true) serve to benefit Villa? It sounds wild imo.
What hindrance would Villa receive from selling to us instead of someone else or more to the point, how would such a request from other clubs (if any of that is true) serve to benefit Villa? It sounds wild imo.
The other teams don't want to strengthen us in any way possible. It seems there is quite a lot of paranoia around us becoming a Bayern/PSG/Juventus type club dominating the league, if we win this year it'll be 4/5 so I can't say it's entirely unreasonable.
It's the same kind of mentality that made Burnley part of the hateful 8 clubs who wanted us punished before the CAS verdict. What do Burnley gain? Nothing.
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Exactly
And Levy now gets voted onto the board of the European Club Association? Go figure eh?
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any updates on the PL case??
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Is it not predictable that his decision to delay selling Kane to a later window should be rewarded in some way?And Levy now gets voted onto the board of the European Club Association? Go figure eh?
Perhaps whoever buy him say united will pay the asking price City we're quoted?
Perhaps not, so such a financial sacrifice of a financially needy spurs has been rewarded with a place for him to personally be a yes man to the board.
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Sam Lee, who was absolutely spot on throughout the entire Grealish transfer, said something which was insane IMO and I can't believe didn't get picked up more on here or in the media.
He said that the delay between us telling Villa we were buying him via the £100m clause and him actually moving - which was about a week - was because Villa were desperate to not sell to City and wanted another club to come in.
In the end Grealish told them he wasn't accepting any other bids and they let him go.
There's also been quite a lot of talk around the Kane deal that other clubs or executives were pressuring Levy not to sell to City.
Didn’t Khaldoon have to directly engage their owner to get Grealish done.
It really does seem like Ferran and Berrada have no working relationship with any of their peers in the league.
Well why notWhy are you sad for a Spurs player?
The player Kane wanted to come we are led to believe
So his career is not furthered due to Levy and others having a hatred of us or our Arab owners.
He loses out would you not think, at least on challenging for trophies
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Because as well as being a key player on the UEFA Exec Committee Al Khelaifi (PSG boss) is also boss of Bein Sports who are one of UEFA's biggest sponsors. He also has the support of Bayern Munich who rely heavily on sponsorship from Qatar Airlines (direct state funding?) and Audi (which is part-owned by the Qatar state). Don't forget that Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge was fined in Germany for smuggling two Rolex watches (worth £100,000) back from a business trip to Qatar where he was given the watches as "a gift" in return for his support for the corrupt Qatar World Cup bid. That's just the tip of the iceberg. PSG are inside the tent.I've wondered for a while that if it's an anti Arab thing then how come PSG aren't treated the same way ?
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Well why not
The player Kane wanted to come we are led to believe
So his career is not furthered due to Levy and others having a hatred of us or our Arab owners.
He loses out would you not think, at least on challenging for trophies
No one made Kane sign along contract.
But I wouldnt at all be surprised if the American owned clubs are working together to block transfers to City.
After all they were the driving force behind the closed shop ESL
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No one made Kane sign along contract.
But I wouldnt at all be surprised if the American owned clubs are working together to block transfers to City.
After all they were the driving force behind the closed shop ESL
I think there us likely to be collusion going on at some level but I'm not sure the agents will be too happy to have a possible source of huge income denied to them. And they hold significant power over where their players go.
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Private word-of-mouth deals and favours have always been rife in football. That's how players get sorted out with loan deals and moves. The agents are just part of the game (as is the media). Remember when Ferguson withdrew two loan players from Preston North End and got Tony Pulis to do the same (he was then boss at Stoke) when his thuggish son Darren was sacked. You can be certain that Levy will get his Harry Kane "favour" returned at some point. I am certain that the PL cartel clubs are working together to try and block City transfer deals.I think there us likely to be collusion going on at some level but I'm not sure the agents will be too happy to have a possible source of huge income denied to them. And they hold significant power over where their players go.
City and PSG have signed hundreds of players so if there is a Pax Americana it's a catastrophic failure. I suspect City made a Kane bid and decided that we didn't like Spurs valuation and that was that. The media literally make it all up. When it comes down to hard cash, clubs are not going to turn down money. It's colour is irrelevant.
No but if what is said to have been agreed is believed his agent and him thought they had a gentleman's agreementNo one made Kane sign along contract.
But I wouldnt at all be surprised if the American owned clubs are working together to block transfers to City.
After all they were the driving force behind the closed shop ESL
Obviously worth fuck all but it shows Levy up for what he is and blocking his move to appease other clubs as alluded to here also could confirm that
Levy is a ****