City & FFP | 2020/21 Accounts released | Revenues of £569.8m, £2.4m profit (p 2395)

Would be terrible if the PL actually managed to implement this. I mean, Etihad having all that money and not being able to sponsor City is ridiculous. And Aramco or other Saudi firms being in a similar boat and not being able to sponsor Newcastle.

The PL has got us both over a barrel, absolutely no way around this. Two coutries with such close political and military ties, both unable to invest anything in their own club. Won't someone think of a solution.
 
Would be terrible if the PL actually managed to implement this. I mean, Etihad having all that money and not being able to sponsor City is ridiculous. And Aramco or other Saudi firms being in a similar boat and not being able to sponsor Newcastle.

The PL has got us both over a barrel, absolutely no way around this. Two coutries with such close political and military ties, both unable to invest anything in their own club. Won't someone think of a solution.

It will never stick.
 
There's a world of difference between 2008 and 2021.
Newcastle won't attract top quality players while there's a risk of relegation. They'll only attract end of career mercenaries with escape clauses in short contracts.
Throw as much money around as you want, the fact is that elite players won't go anywhere near a club that has no chance of European football next season. They're not stupid.
If Newcastle are bidding for the same players as say Arsenal and Spurs, it's a fair bet they'll have to pay massively over the odds in fees and wages to tempt someone to pick NE England over London.
They need a short term fix to keep them in the PL. There's no guarantee they'll stay up, or that if they do, that they'll even get into the PL top ten next season.
As for Newcastle being pretty similar to Manchester... There's a world of difference once you go north of the M62. Transport, housing, employment, weather... Manchester is vibrant and thriving, Newcastle isn't on the same level.

Their fastest way to long term success will be the Super League. The owners know that. That's why they've bought a club with a modern stadium / facilities in the PL.

Football fans may not like it, but that's where the game is going. The elite (richest) clubs will break away as soon as they get another opportunity.
A decent manager will come in shortly and by the May they’ll be mid table. In summer they’ll recruit Elano / Petrov equivalents and they’ll be in the running for top 6/7 and so on and so forth - by the end of this decade they’ll be regulars in the top 4. Of course they’ll pay massively over the odds for these players - so what ?

As for the relative merits of the two cities. Transport - blinged out super cars travel just as well on the A1 as the M56. High end houses are the same everywhere. Employment - who for ? Weather - to your average Latino 12°and pissin down in Mcr is just the same as 10° and pissin down in Newcastle
 
Would be terrible if the PL actually managed to implement this. I mean, Etihad having all that money and not being able to sponsor City is ridiculous. And Aramco or other Saudi firms being in a similar boat and not being able to sponsor Newcastle.

The PL has got us both over a barrel, absolutely no way around this. Two coutries with such close political and military ties, both unable to invest anything in their own club. Won't someone think of a solution.
Stop worrying about our Etihad sponsorship. It is NOT a related party
 
We never tested the cartel argument. City prepared their accounts and submitted them. The rules were changed and backdated and City ended up with a fine. It was generally felt that a deal had been done to find what City would accept and what UEFA would settle for without City taking it to the courts. I suspect if City had known then that this was not going to be the end of UEFA coming after them that they would not have settled without court action.
Thanks so their only protection from litigation is they can black ball new members or expel those who litigate against their golf club rules?
 
Nor is Aramco related to PIF, surely, if the PL has accepted PIF as not state owned. Aramco IS state owned, of course.

I'm not sure why related parties are an issue. They already are assessed for fair value, and scaled as appropriate (PSG had a huge sponsorship from Qatar tourism downgraded this way).

It's unrelated parties that are surely more of a problem. Company X may fancy getting some brownie points by sponsoring Newcastle at 100M/season - way in excess of market value, but as an unrelated party, it's down to what they want to pay.

I'd have thought the aim is to stop the second type.
 
ps: I always wondered if QIS (Qatar) regretted buying PSG. Great brand it is now but in a shit league. Arguably they could have gone for a London club outside of Chelsea if they wanted that London brand…. But I get it it was a favor to Sarkosy for the Worldcup …. But they must wonder what if….. we were in the Premier League…
I think that is a bit obvious, guess its too late now.
 

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