Football Leaks/Der Spiegel articles

[lloydy]

FFP is a joke as everyone says, but they are missing what the joke actually is...it is that a club where an INVESTOR has used his own money to GROW A CLUB, this is bad, but other clubs who float hundreds of millions in debt, or use national politicians to help them save their clubs in oligopoly leagues, are lauded as the best in the world!

Football, as has been obvious since the second ball was kicked, is a BUSINESS, where most clubs are OWNED BY GLOBAL BUSINESSMEN. This is especially true in Britain, where the PL is the most lucrative football market in the world. Simply go down the list of clubs and look who owns them...

Chelsea?
United?
Arsenal?
Liverpool?
Spurs?

Along with City, that’s the so-called Top Six, and they are ALL OWNED BY DEEP POCKETS OWNERS. The difference? City had to do it from a position further back, and then had to do it as rapidly as possible BECAUSE UEFA BROUGHT IN FFP TO PROTECT THEIR CARTEL!

So, let’s go to court, let’s put it all in the table, let’s discuss corruption at FIFA & UEFA, and let’s see who and what clubs come out smelling like a rose, and who looks like they are bent as a nine bob note!

There is no way Mansour can be worried that building one of the strongest clubs in the world over the last 10 years....and proving it is a strong, in going business with the Chinese investment basically proving the club is worth 10x what it was when he bought it.

This is kids in the school yard, and a German tabloid (Bayern monopoly anyone???), trying to shit on the parade...but the parade is still going strong and will continue to roll over all comers. One wonders where the money to “buy” Neymar and Mbappe in the same year comes from? Oh wait, no that was a structured deal that meets FFP! As I said, it’s a joke! City were being forced to pay over the odds in an effort to compete by these same ****s who now turn around and say “FFP!FFP!FFP!”

I’m not sure about everyone else, but I’m not concerned and Mansour has the kind of “Fuck You” money that makes the likes of Der Spiegel and UEFA shit their pants IF they want to get into a legal battle over restraint of trade, monopoly practices and illegal cartels.

At the absolute most, I expect UEFA to extract the money City didn’t have to pay from the original fine for some technical FFP rule violation (and definitely nothing “illegal”) and Mansour will happily count the fucking money out for them in C notes, while laughing in their faces!

Oh, and before I forget, this is just another aspect of the NATIONALISM that is sweeping across the globe and in football, the “dirty Arab money” is the Central American caravan/Refugee Boat in the Med, because heavens forbid someone should REALLY look into the REAL BUSINESS of the likes of Barca, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, the Milans, Juventus, United, Chelsea, Arsenal, etc...

Bang on! Couldn't have put it better!

 

[Proy]

‘Stripped titles’ and ‘demoted leagues for less’.

What a fucking lettuce the wife beater is.

All this shit is doing is giving the fucking haters a platform to say what they actually think about us/hope will happen to us with no comeback. It’s given them a temporary voice.

This shit, it is going to come back and get them. Absolutely no doubt about it.

 

[K10&S21]

The Spanish Armada are now gunning for us once again.

BBC Sport once again doing their best to shit stir.

Man City and Paris St-Germain 'are cheating and should be punished'
By Mandeep Sanghera & Alistair Magowan

BBC Sport


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Joris Evers, chief communications officer for Spain's top flight La Liga, told BBC Sport: "The Football Leaks documents [in der Spiegel] appear to confirm what we have been saying for years. Both PSG and Manchester City are cheating and should be sanctioned.

"We certainly hope Uefa will take the right decisions and enforce Financial Fair Play rules, but we don't have full confidence that they will.

"Should Uefa fail to act, we will do what we have said before: launch a complaint with European Union competition authorities."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46109638

in this case is it not possible for UAE to sue Laliga for their anti-competitive practices because we own Girona. what about their uneven money distribution and other shady practices

 

[paulchapo]

I wish people would stop posting his tweets on here. All he does is post shit about City because he knows he will get an reaction. He’s probably laughing his cock off at the amount of abuse that gets thrown at him by us.

Collymore is a thick clown. They can't strip us of a title because we haven't won their shitty competition yet, or demote us as we are not in their league. They can ban us from the competition but that's about it.

 

[K10&S21]

As a long-standing journo myself, the last couple of days has only gone to further prove how far my profession has been dragged into the gutter.

Evidencing a generation of journos who simply don't have the skills or smarts to understand any subject matter in real depth beyond Twitter, yet wanting to appear always informed.

They've convinced themselves they are celebrities and report even when there is no news to report.

It's provided me with a very good living but I'll be out soon and good fucking riddance to something which I used to be proud to tell people what I did for a living.

Let me tell you, they are all liars, and these days, not even able to cultivate a contacts book.

i completely agree. as being the fourth pillar of democracy journalism need a complete revolution. because the current setup is completely unaccountable to anyone. how about we say we make journalism as difficult as becoming a lawyer and start a central body to regulate them. what do you think?

 

[richards30]

Well it’s certainly blown up this story! Surely city will come out and defend ourselves in some way?

 

[Armchair Supporter]

As a long-standing journo myself, the last couple of days has only gone to further prove how far my profession has been dragged into the gutter.

Evidencing a generation of journos who simply don't have the skills or smarts to understand any subject matter in real depth beyond Twitter, yet wanting to appear always informed.

They've convinced themselves they are celebrities and report even when there is no news to report.

It's provided me with a very good living but I'll be out soon and good fucking riddance to something which I used to be proud to tell people what I did for a living.

Let me tell you, they are all liars, and these days, not even able to cultivate a contacts book.

Main stream media, news and current affairs is dying on its arse. The only thing it has left to sell is outrage.

People who want real news no longer buy it.

It is a damn shame and I am very wary of what is replacing it but you can't fail to see that it's demise is of its own doing.

 

[Marvin]

Well it’s certainly blown up this story! Surely city will come out and defend ourselves in some way?

See statement by Etihad. They say they are liable and responsible for the sponsorship in its entirety. That undermines the key part of the 'evidence'. Some might argue but at the very least it throws doubt on the claims.

 

[happy daze]

Derby coming up and all excuses at the ready.

 

[cleavers]

Sheik mansour should bung in another £500m and we should buy Kane

We don't need reserve players.