Chippy_boy said:
Cobwebcat said:
Not saying I'm right but as Platini specifically said loans are fine as long as you can afford the interest I'd need to be pointed in the direction of the rules to the contrary before I believed you 100%.
All that matters is revenue (income) and expenses (outgoings). A loan just affects how much cash you have got and how much debt you have on the balance sheet. It doesn't change your revenue or expenses (other than adding to your expenses in terms of interest payments).
So a club can borrow what it likes and it doesn't help FFP at all.
This is how I see it as well. The point it seems he's making is can they use a loophole around FFP. By getting a loan and using that money to buy players but only the yearly payments being counted as "spending". It's an interesting idea but I don't think UEFA would see it that way. IMO they would count all money spent on players regardless of how much of "our money" was being used opposed to the "banks money". They would just say we spent 200m, regardless of the payment plan so to speak.
Wondering how the NYCFC and the club in Australia could help us beyond having them pay us for scouting costs. Could we sell say Clichy to NYCFC for 20m?