dubblue said:If they get Fabregas as well as Costa and add one or two others they will have the best team/squad in England regardless of our dealings this summer,unless we pull some suprises out of the hat. Let's just hope the eye isn't taken off the ball again as in 2012.
1/16 to join ChelseaBig Dave Watson said:The bottom line is that he won't be coming to City.
onceabluealways said:Andouble said:malg said:So, am I right in thinking they've got Fabregas,Mangala and Costa in the bag, or is it shite? If this happens they'll have some starting 11 next season. How the fuck do they manage to beat FFP?
50m for Luiz, 40m for Mata and 17 mil for De Bruyne is a start. They can buy anyone this summer, they're in tremendous shape.
So basically they have swapped Mata ( player of the year two tyears running for Fabregras - not that much improvement
Luiz - experienced international for a young unproven centre back
Costa - yes this makes them better but we all knew he was coming and you would expect them to try and improve.
whyalwaysyou said:Someone also said Arsenal refused to pay the same fee as Chelsea, they didnt have buyback only first refusal should barca receive an acceptable bid, Arsenal didnt want to pay it
malg said:So, am I right in thinking they've got Fabregas,Mangala and Costa in the bag, or is it shite? If this happens they'll have some starting 11 next season. How the fuck do they manage to beat FFP?
littlemarkyc said:chelsea are going to be very hard to compete against over the next few years, they have so many players out on loan (c.25), most of them will never get near the first team and will just be continuously loaned until they want to raise some cash at which point they'll just flog them to balance the transfer books.....thereby spending huge amounts and still breaking even.
our business model seems to be more about building an empire, including overseas clubs, which is all well and good for brand promotion, but any profits made by our overseas clubs, does not help us with FFP.
sam-caddick said:littlemarkyc said:chelsea are going to be very hard to compete against over the next few years, they have so many players out on loan (c.25), most of them will never get near the first team and will just be continuously loaned until they want to raise some cash at which point they'll just flog them to balance the transfer books.....thereby spending huge amounts and still breaking even.
our business model seems to be more about building an empire, including overseas clubs, which is all well and good for brand promotion, but any profits made by our overseas clubs, does not help us with FFP.
We are going to break earlier than Chelsea did under Roman though with next year predicted to be our break even year and the year after we will show profit.
The City Group model in my opinion will take longer to implement but my money is on it being a bigger success than what Chelsea have going on as it wouldn't surprise me to see us get level with Real Madrid and Barcelona in ten years time and who knows maybe even overtake them.
MeatHunterrr said:sam-caddick said:littlemarkyc said:chelsea are going to be very hard to compete against over the next few years, they have so many players out on loan (c.25), most of them will never get near the first team and will just be continuously loaned until they want to raise some cash at which point they'll just flog them to balance the transfer books.....thereby spending huge amounts and still breaking even.
our business model seems to be more about building an empire, including overseas clubs, which is all well and good for brand promotion, but any profits made by our overseas clubs, does not help us with FFP.
We are going to break earlier than Chelsea did under Roman though with next year predicted to be our break even year and the year after we will show profit.
The City Group model in my opinion will take longer to implement but my money is on it being a bigger success than what Chelsea have going on as it wouldn't surprise me to see us get level with Real Madrid and Barcelona in ten years time and who knows maybe even overtake them.
We break even 2013-14 season, and next season 2014-15 we will show profit.