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PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules
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Lord Blue
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New rules
Can’t afford to pay for a player up front?
Then you can’t afford the player.
Can’t afford to pay for a player up front?
Then you can’t afford the player.
gordondaviesmoustache
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The concern, and not without foundation, is the club carries on in the same vein after we are cleared.It’s working well for us so far.
Keeping our powder tinder-dry.
Let the narrative against us build and build and build. Then flick it over with the slightest, most beautiful, delicate, insouciant “you wouldn’t listen would you?” yawn...
SilverFox2
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How things have changed.Probably sat In his front room stuffed with all the cash the **** skimmed off the gate money.
In those days we knew the gate receipts were being understated whereas now we are in dispute for overstating income.
The scrap dealers of yesteryear owned or partly owned football clubs so maybe that legacy prevails when business plans and investment strategies overtake pound notes and brown envelopes.
Lord Blue
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Personally I’d be disappointed if we didn’t.The concern, and not without foundation, is the club carries on in the same vein after we are cleared.
It’s called class. Something new to football.
All that’s need is a khaldoon end of season smack down interview
halfcenturyup
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What is wrong though is the way the rules are constantly being changed or “updated” when they start to impact the red yankee clubs. Thats when it becomes hard to “comply”
I know what everyone is trying to say and you are all right. The FFP rules are poor and they are being changed to punish certain clubs and restrict their investment. But Everton and Forest (and Chelsea for that matter) weren't affected by those rule changes. They spent more than they knew they "should" have according to the rules, banked on a fine and then panicked when points deductions started to be handed out. They should have been more prudent.
Lord Blue
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If clubs had to pay for players fully up front..
We would have received the full fee for Ferran Torres up front.
Barca would have had to borrow the 50m from someone that imposed penalties for late payment maybe
We would have received the full fee for Ferran Torres up front.
Barca would have had to borrow the 50m from someone that imposed penalties for late payment maybe
Gingers Dad
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I think Joe Donachie keeps them informedI'll be surprised that anyone at the top at city knows what's going on in the media social media in this country bet they are oblivious to it all..
jamielowndes
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I see the debate about the club going onto the front foot or not is still raging whilst I've been sleeping.
It is frustrating that the club effectively just issued a brief, non-confrontational statement when charged and have said fuck all since then. I can't see that changing because as I posted last night it's just business to them. The level they work at involves far more challenging situations than this for starters and it's not affecting the progress or success of the club in any way. I'm certain that Khaldoon isn't raging after listening to Simon Jordan on TS or reading the latest shite Harris has posted on X. We as supporters feel it entirely differently to them and that's not changing.
If disaster struck and we ended up relegated to God knows where and they couldn't overturn it then our owner would decide what he wanted to do with the club. It's not going to dent his finances in any meaningful way and I'm sure he'd get over it far quicker than we would.
I'm not too concerned about the lack of PR on this. The upper management has always preferred the "move in silence" approach and they don't see a reason to drag themselves into the knuckle dragging discourse going on at the moment.
I guarantee Khaldoon has just laughed off any of the BS on talk radio or podcasting. None of that has any importance if you're actually in the eye of the storm.
Which bit?That seems excessive when you consider allowable expenses and amortization