PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[dadnlad]

I like the MLB/NBA system where there’s a max cap and for every penny you spend over that you pay a tax.

So set it at say £300m wages and/or £100m net transfer spending per year, if we want to have a squad earning £400 and spend £300m in a window, we can, but we have to pay a tax, and that is then distributed to the other redshirt teams.

sounds fair this as they havent got enough money as it is

 

[halfcenturyup]

Pep must get really pissed off with these questions , ask the club for a comment and stop hounding pep all the fucking time

That's why they are doing it, of course. He doesn't seem to mind dealing with stupid press questions though, It's more internal politics that do for him. He doesn't have that here.

 

[kaz7]

It would be nice to see them answer the call and relieve him of that burden, wouldn’t it? It’s not going away, and they should make a definitive statement.

Thereafter, simply omit reporters who don’t stop pestering the manager. Problem solved.

Yeah, the club should take some of that stuff off peps shoulders

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Pep must get really pissed off with these questions , ask the club for a comment and stop hounding pep all the fucking time

We’re not hearing anything else from the club so I’m quite happy about it. Wouldn’t surprise me if the questions are planted so we can “unofficially comment” as a marker to people like Ceferin that although we’re not getting dragged into a slanging match, we’re definitely aware of what’s being said.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

Cherubim and Ceferin is where my brain takes me with his name.

Which, wert and art, and, evermore shalt be…

 

[SatOnTheWall]

Probably worse than the Daily United for the amount of pro-United stories it publishes online.

Was the Daily Express reporter at the confidential United meeting?

Daily Express.

Concerns over the French-Moroccan's involvement are eased by the fact he wasn't called as a witness to the Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing that overturned City's two-year Champions League ban in 2020.

Berrada's name didn't feature in the leaked emails published by German magazine Der Spiegel, which led to the UEFA ban, earlier that year.

During an all-staff meeting on Wednesday, interim United chief executive Patrick Stewart tabled questions about Berrada potentially getting caught up in the investigation into City.

Employees were reportedly assured that the Red Devils had conducted the appropriate due diligence on their new CEO. They are confident he will arrive in the summer with no dark clouds hanging over his head.

Because it will all get thrown out before then.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Cerefin sounds like piles medication

Hahah to me Cerefin sounds like herpes ointment.

 

[bluenova]

UEFA have their wage to turnover reduction from 90% to 70% over the next three seasons, which the PL are looking to adopt.

As per the video featuring Txiki & Berrada, City have long since had a wage to turnover ratio averaging 60%, with our target being 55% & the recent maximum being 65%.

Only City & Spuds currently meet this criteria in the "Big Six", with ManUre, ArseAnal, Chavs & Dippers already near UEFA's current 90% maximum.

However, these facts & our far lower net transfer spend is never mentioned by those claiming we're FFP/PSR cheats & have bought our success, whilst the legacy clubs have earned theirs.

That sounds surprising. I know our revenue has been the highest in the last couple of seasons, but it's not that much higher. The difference between 60% and "near 90%" would involve Chelsea, United and Liverpool, having wage bills that are way in excess of ours.

 

[Keeper!]

Why?

The players are the sport. They are the reason tv companies pay billions and the reason I pay sky £30 a month to watch.

Where else should the money go? To the owners? Television companies? Transfer fees?

Money is not coming back to the fans if you cap wages.

The only problem with wages in football is unscrupulous agents take too much.

The wages are obscene and I 100% agree about agents, they are scum in the majority but in saying that 99% of people involved in football are greedy bastards who would happily sell their grandma for a bag of cash.

The players are not the sport, the fans and clubs are, players come and go, fans stay.

 

[Keeper!]

I disagree. Who should reap the rewards of the onfield success? Players & coaches or just the billionaire owners?

You are talking like a Yank owner, salivating over a salary & transfer cap, so THEY can bank more, rather than those sacrificing their bodies for it!

I would agree with that, but the fans take the brunt regardless, ticket prices have to be controlled to sencible levels.

The increasing influence of American owners is very, very dangerous.

American sport is utter bullshit for me, everything about the show and the mighty dollar.