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

[SilverFox2]

The 'relaxing' of the rules may well be the price UEFA had to pay to come to an agreement with City at the time of our fine?

The 'pinch' might just be the price accepted by City to put the thing to bed without an expensive legal battle?

Good point fbloke.

Certainly other than very general statements from both ADUG and UEFA the way how City have been confident about conformity speaks volumes about the way how the compromise was known exactly (and probably legally) tied up.

 

[BlueDejong]

Matt Slater ‏@mattslaterbbc 4m4 minutes ago
Big news for the big boys. Michel Platini says Uefa will 'ease' its financial fair play rules this summer <a class="postlink" href="http://www.rtl.fr/sport/football/fair-play-financier-michel-platini-annonce-que-les-choses-vont-etre-allegees-7778397443" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.rtl.fr/sport/football/fair-p ... 7778397443</a> …

Hell yeah ?

Robin Bairner ‏@RBairner 22s22 seconds ago
Michel Platini has told RTL that Uefa's FFP measures "will be eased" and that more will be revealed "before the end of June". Positive step.

 

[Big Dave Watson]

I'm guessing any relaxation of the rules after what PSG and ourselves received as a punishment will result in lawyers of both clubs getting rather busy.

Yeah, like they did last summer eh.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Matt Slater ‏@mattslaterbbc 4m4 minutes ago
Big news for the big boys. Michel Platini says Uefa will 'ease' its financial fair play rules this summer <a class="postlink" href="http://www.rtl.fr/sport/football/fair-play-financier-michel-platini-annonce-que-les-choses-vont-etre-allegees-7778397443" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.rtl.fr/sport/football/fair-p ... 7778397443</a> …

Hell yeah ?

Robin Bairner ‏@RBairner 22s22 seconds ago
Michel Platini has told RTL that Uefa's FFP measures "will be eased" and that more will be revealed "before the end of June". Positive step.

Quelle surprise

 

[gazzaa2]

FFP was cooked up the likes of Moratti and Berlusconi (and Gill and Wenger) because after financially doping Inter and AC Milan for years they didn't like the new kids on the block coming in and doing the same at PSG and City now they didn't want to keep covering the losses of their clubs every year anymore but wanted to keep their place at the top table.

Now FFP has been enforced and Inter and AC Milan have gone down the pan, suddenly FFP has worked against them (while PSG and City have overtaken them in the money league as well as on the pitch) and they don't like it. And UEFA don't want to be in the position where they have to punish two of their golden boys in Milan.

 

[ccr]

So can we play with 14 players on the field in the Champions League, to make up for the shortfall we endured last time ?
If so, please make it the ref and his lino's.

 

[stony]

It fucking stinks and is proof, not that any was really needed, of who FFP was aimed at.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

We any idea how much they will be eased by

And more importantly - what do arsenal and liverpool fans have to say about this?

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

We any idea how much they will be eased by

And more importantly - what does John W Henry have to say about this?

 

[Damocles]

Matt Slater ‏@mattslaterbbc 4m4 minutes ago
Big news for the big boys. Michel Platini says Uefa will 'ease' its financial fair play rules this summer <a class="postlink" href="http://www.rtl.fr/sport/football/fair-play-financier-michel-platini-annonce-que-les-choses-vont-etre-allegees-7778397443" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.rtl.fr/sport/football/fair-p ... 7778397443</a> …

Hell yeah ?

Robin Bairner ‏@RBairner 22s22 seconds ago
Michel Platini has told RTL that Uefa's FFP measures "will be eased" and that more will be revealed "before the end of June". Positive step.

This has genuinely fucking irritated me. de niro called this ages ago, said that this is exactly what they'd do - twat us and PSG then when they went to the longer term accounts that would fuck the big clubs would pull back and ease up regulations.

 

[BobKowalski]

As far as I recall it was City and PSG who were lobbying for some relaxation as the current rules did not allow any room for serious outside investment. A combination of our enhanced commercial success alongside access to owner funds has to be good news for us.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

There will be blood.

That sound you hear?

That's the arse dropping out of United's transfer kitty.

 

[BlueDejong]

There will be blood.

That sound you hear?

That's the arse dropping out of United's transfer kitty.

Big chance for City & PSG.

 

[SilverFox2]

The way how any relaxation of FFP rules will affect City historically will hopefully have been dealt with when the 'compromise' was agreed. I would love to see what has been legally tied up between ADUG and UEFA.

From the future point of view I look forward to any relaxation because at least it is likely to be a step in the right direction to UEFA admitting it has been unfair in the way it currently (and therefore historically) operates.

Its more like the rags have spent 400 million plus what they spend this year and are now back in europe and will fail the laws put in place that's why they are getting relaxed! Gill wouldn't have it any other way!

Certainly the original targeted rules of FFP are impacting on the ones it was designed to protect but now we have demonstrated it was not up to the task surely any relaxation will be positive for City as well as United ?

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

There will be blood.

That sound you hear?

That's the arse dropping out of United's transfer kitty.

arse dropping out of United's transfer kitty?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

As far as I recall it was City and PSG who were lobbying for some relaxation as the current rules did not allow any room for serious outside investment. A combination of our enhanced commercial success alongside access to owner funds has to be good news for us.

It's very good news.

Khaldoon introduced a motion for the monitoring period to be ten years, allowing serious investors to underline their commitment.

Think it might be something like this.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

There will be blood.

That sound you hear?

That's the arse dropping out of United's transfer kitty.

arse dropping out of United's transfer kitty?

United's cash machine won't have it all their own way if the deepest pockets in town are 'allowed' to reach a little deeper once more.

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

I'm a doubting Thomas regarding the rags finances. They always seem to have bucket fulls to spend no matter how much debt they have.

 

[SilverFox2]

I'm a doubting Thomas regarding the rags finances. They always seem to have bucket fulls to spend no matter how much debt they have.

I suppose the point is that they are desperately trying to regain their place at the head of the table.
Of course they have much more money to spend but unlike ADUG their owners are money takers and have a massive debt to service so they will only go so far before their own reason to own United (and not necessarily FFP) becomes a financial burden.

In fairness their massive sponsorship deals have gone a long way to helping their cause.

 

[cleavers]

And UEFA don't want to be in the position where they have to punish two of their golden boys in Milan.

They have to be in europe to be punished by UEFA.