But thats why we are seen as the problem in the eyes of the cartel, before SM came along, Arsenal , Chelsea, Liverpool & the rags could divy up the champions league money each season & nobody could touch them. So there was no need to challenge for trophies & they only have to invest enough to stay in those spots.
Not really, but it may as well be.
www.forbes.com
It’s amazing what an article with no axe to grind, no pre conceptions, no fanboy bias can look like.Not seen this before (from May this year) but it was published in the prestigious Forbes magazine and is the best article I have seen which totally debunks the absurd "sportswashing" theory about our owner which is still being pushed by a group of moronic football hacks who have no understanding of how the business world works. I think it is a nice article to use for rebuttal if you come across some of these clueless fools on social media.
Sheikh Mansour’s Biggest Win: Manchester City’s $4.6 Billion Increase In Value
With every significant achievement his team makes; from scooping a domestic treble to reaching the Champions League final, there is always that question: Why?
Edit:Just checked the author's credentials and he has won awards for exposing human rights abuses across the world which increases his credibility because he seems that rare breed...a journalist who just sticks to the facts.
Exactly. All the millions of(dressed up) articles, forum posts and media bollocks regarding our take over, and that's all it boils down to. We took a big slice out of their shit and they are fuming!
Not seen this before (from May this year) but it was published in the prestigious Forbes magazine and is the best article I have seen which totally debunks the absurd "sportswashing" theory about our owner which is still being pushed by a group of moronic football hacks who have no understanding of how the business world works. I think it is a nice article to use for rebuttal if you come across some of these clueless fools on social media.
Sheikh Mansour’s Biggest Win: Manchester City’s $4.6 Billion Increase In Value
With every significant achievement his team makes; from scooping a domestic treble to reaching the Champions League final, there is always that question: Why?
Edit:Just checked the author's credentials and he has won awards for exposing human rights abuses across the world which increases his credibility because he seems that rare breed...a journalist who just sticks to the facts.
The concept of "fair value" is one introduced by UEFA alone. Sponsorship deals are commercial contracts in which one party agrees to pay for services performed by the other. The idea that there is a "fair" market value is almost absurd unless the idea of a hierarchy of clubs is accepted (as UEFA seems to do) and even then it is little less than absurd because the regulating body cannot pretend to know what a sponsoring party wishes to get out of a deal. Can UEFA really know if two prominent sponsors of a prominent club wish to launder money for terrorist groups as the major benefit of their agreement. Beyond the catch all benefit of "exposure" sponsorship can offer any number of detailed benefits to a sponsor. But UEFA and the PL are the bodies qualified to pass judgement on their "value" to sponsors! How valuable is a noodle sponsorship to a club? Or must we monitor the sale of noodles at the ground before and after the agreement to make a judgement? Or are noodles an irrelevance and the sponsorship just a reward for the relative success of the club ten or even thirty years ago? As with other aspects of finance for clubs and companies UEFA and the PL are playing with fire and it will all end in tears. I believe that the only deal UEFA has really challenged is PSG's deal with the Qatar tourist body and there they had the 2022 world cup as a lever. They had to back off City's deals and if they are going to try and stop Newcastle making deals god knows where the trouble will end - most likely humiliating defeat for UEFA, the PL and their allies in the courts.
One aspect of value that is often overlooked is the tv audience. The sponsor of a PL shirt is getting far more value from the global tv audience than it could possibly get from the club itself alone.
UEFA were not ready to launch ffp when Abramovich turned up, so were powerless to stop him. Concentrated a few minds and they tried to stop City, but we got a lot in under the wire.
Bird &bird ? fucking perverts .