FFP: City amongst 19 clubs on UEFA "watchlist"

[richards30]

20/21 was the Covid year
21/22 they had crowds back and reached CL final.

But to break the £600m barrier if the numbers are there or there abouts?

 

[eastmanc]

Yep….Where City are concerned it’s watch n learn …

Kaldoon said after we were fined by UEFA that we would show them that our business model is the best and we have, it's very rarely said in the media but that message is slowly getting out reported by the likes of Mark McAdams on Sky last week who called us the model for FFP.

 

[eastmanc]

Yet the Rags still complain the Glazers don't spend.

Yeah but they've spent it on shite.

 

[eastmanc]

Have we ever been off UEFA's fucking watchlist?

Any City fan that doesn't think there is an agenda against club needs to think why we are on their watch list and some other clubs are not.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Any City fan that doesn't think there is an agenda against club needs to think why we are on their watch list and some other clubs are not.

Every club‘s finances are checked.

Therefore they’re all on a watch list, making the outrage a little moot.

All that has been reported is that we would have failed FFP if it hadn’t been for the Covid allowances.

We‘d have also been relegated if we had got 70 less points.

 

[xgorton]

Another record broken,£193 million in transfer outgoings this summer.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Transfermarkt is also a fairly dubious resource tbf, based on little more than ‘the wisdom of crowds’ rather than any robust data. But in the absence of any credible alternative it seems to be the ‘go to’

I find the main issue is that people quote the figures shown as fact, when actually variation in exchange rates can alter UK pound values.
You can tell that tabloid hacks just take the numbers, as they use current figures, not what they were at time of transfer.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Yes. The statement is pretty dry. It lists clubs that had big losses in the last year but passed due to past profits or covid exemptions. Means nothing really.

What is of more note is that PSG got a 65m fine, all but 10m suspended. This is there second fine following the 60m back in 2014. Given the recent deal with mbappe PSG dont seem to give a shit.

I thought it said pretty much all it needed to. If it hadn't listed the 19 with exemptions, people would have asked, and it seems reasonable information to put out.

I doubt the clubs care, as they will know that they built the exemptions into their beancounting.

 

[Devil's Advocate]

But to break the £600m barrier if the numbers are there or there abouts?

They were about 490 mil for 2021
100-110 mil for record matchday c75mil + c30mil extra for CL over 2021 takes them to 600mil at least plus whatever else up their sleeve

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Something definitely happening at Leicester though. Lots of talk about Rodgers being done but that ownership can't afford to dump him.

In fact isn't a Leicester scenario the whole reason for FFP rules in the first place, to keep corrupt or incompetent owners from putting a club into administration to the detriment of the supporters? We've never been in danger of such nor would PSG, NUFC, etc as our owners have deep pockets.

If the sport wants true salary caps then create a system (which is pretty much impossible outside of the vilified "super league" idea).

Money isn't everything, look at United, more spend than us but terrible results. Everton thought they hit the jackpot a few years ago and lot has been spent but poorly.

I don't care if United spend spend spend because their owners are rich, why should anyone care about us?

Absolute bollocks

Correct. It’s not about how much money you have, it’s about how well you’re run.

Brentford are showing up dozens of other clubs with their spending to league-position ratio. Their owners should get a lot more credit than they do.

City aren’t the biggest spenders on transfer fees in general, net spend, or wages but we are the most successful team over the last decade.

As much as everyone else - with their lack of FFP knowledge and lack of seeing our accounts - thinks it’s our shareholders who put money into the club to make us successful, it’s an indisputable fact that City have not spent a net spend higher than the TV revenue money and competition prize money since 2015 (which is one thing that annoys me when it comes to ticket price increases… we don’t need to do that!).

It’s all about putting the right people into the right places within the club, and how money is spent. Plus having shareholders who are happy to see revenue invested into the team and not just lining their pockets.