Platini Warns City

[bluemurray]

Fatini is just a big, fat, arrogant frog with an ego the size of France's debt and the spine of the French High Command. Winston Churchill once said, when observing General Montgomery parading about in front of his troops, "there but for the grace of God, goes God". I think that statement could be applied to any of the currupt 'administrators of the European game, whose opinion of themselves as 'important' is both sad and funny at the same time.

FFPR will never work, never be enforced, probably runs contrery to EU competition rules in any case and as for worrying about what happens to City "if the current owners walk away", he needn't worry. He and many of us will probably have been long dead by that time....

 

[Gazza]

Why is footbal the only 'business' where the companies have to be protected from themselves. If you run an independent corner shop and some Arab bankrolls you the Chairman of the Association of Corner Shops doesn't pop round and accuse you of putting your shop at risk if the Arab takes his money away again. Why do we have to be protected from ourselves? Wouldn't natural business selection work better, if you make the wrong choices you go to the wall, but don't just penalise a club for having money.

 

[Yorksblue61]

The latest on United's dodgy finances,

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2145794/Manchester-United-net-debt-rises-26m.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... s-26m.html</a>

Their owners are just sucking money out of the club, makes your heart bleed doesn't it, or maybe not!!!

City, on the other hand, have no debts. So where should UEFA be looking?

 

[Anonymous]

I posted on another thread - apologies for the duplication but I think it fits in here too:

I think a legal challenge could reasonably be mounted, but feel that would be a 'last resort' for City. I also feel secure that Sheikh Mansour and his team will have worked this all out during the course of time and have an effective plan in place across a number of different scenarios - he strikes me as some one who plans well and hsa a good eye for an opportunity!

The terms of FFP are clear in that during the monitoring period we are allowed a certain amount of losses and need to be either break even at the end of the period or be able to reasonably demonstrate we are heading in the right direction.

The amount of prize, TV and sponsorship money from out title win and increased commercial revenues from that should push us further down the road to compliance. If we offload the likes of Adebayor, Bridge, Santa Cruz etc, we take another demonstrable step forward. Season tickets have gone up an average of £50 which translates to £1.5m based on just 30,000 season ticket holders (conservative but probably more) - small number comparatively, but contributes nonetheless.

If next season we win the league (possible) or if not the league the Champs League (not sure we are there yet, but again possible) we progress further towards compliance. If we win two pots (not sure it would happen, amazing if it did) we gain further.

All in all, success should see us comply within the period set down by UEFA. The team seem settled, the income seems healthy, the pots are being won.

I would say we are more or less on track. Then again, I'm no expert so could be very wrong.

PB?

 

[Chris in London]

650 million people watched us beat the rags. That's about 100m more people than watched Neil Armstrong landing on the moon. We have just clinched the hardest league title in the world in the most dramatic fashion imaginable.

And M. Platini is concerned that the Sheikh thinks this is the perfect time to get out?

Seriously, how the fuck did this man end up in charge of UEFA?

EDIT: brief internet research shows that on December 4th last year M. Platini warned Bernard Matthews' employees of the risk that the owner of the company might become a vegetarian.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Oh fuck of michel, it's getting boring this change the record ffs.

 

[vamps]

Hey Platini when are we getting goalline technology? STFU till then ok?

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

FFP is not about fair play, it's about maintaining the status of the old G14 group of clubs. Platini is the figurehead, they had to get him on board to make it work. When Platini went before the European Parliament to argue that football should be exempt from European business law, non other than Rummenigge from Bayern was sat beside him. The old G14 re just as much our enemy (if not more so) than Platini is, because they are the driving force behind these rules.

 

[vamps]

FFP is not about fair play, it's about maintaining the status of the old G14 group of clubs. Platini is the figurehead, they had to get him on board to make it work. When Platini went before the European Parliament to argue that football should be exempt from European business law, non other than Rummenigge from Bayern was sat beside him. The old G14 re just as much our enemy (if not more so) than Platini is, because they are the driving force behind these rules.

Isn't Bayern the only one of the traditional "Big European clubs" that survives without huge debt?

 

[colourmeblue]

When is he going to realise that applying socialist principles to modern football is an unworkable pipe dream? Very commendable that he wishes to create a level playing field. From what I've seen so far though its a ham fisted, naive attempt to restructure, which is going to have the diametrically opposite effect than what he is trying to achieve. Set aside all the contradictions and the absurd hypocritical nature of it all and you are left with the plain facts that the proposals are a) unworkable if not unlawful business practices b) apparently easily navigable c) elitist. Nice try Platini but no cigar.