platini

Our owner has a team in his own country.

What's to stop them paying us 20 million for Benjani? And other fringe players. Pay Benjani, Garrido good money to play in the emirates and we get the transfer fees.

Don't know if this is dooable.
 
jack said:
Why is it a big problem if someone has got money they want to invest in football? Surely its to the benefit of the game.
It's no coincidence that we have a "Big 4" and there are 4 Champion's League places, the status quo has got be maintained at all costs.
this is exactly it
surely someone putting money into a club without loading it with debt is a good thing?
it will lead to increased ticket prices and everything around the club will be more expensive
it just protects the status quo
 
The intention of these proposed "financial fair play" (not!) rules is to ensure that clubs in the CL cannot spend more than they earn in football revenue. If I remember rightly, in the original article on the subject, twatini also commented that they would scrutinise any sponsorship deals to ensure they were realistic. Thereby ensuring our rich benefactors could not get 'round this by bunging us a few million via dodgy sponsorship deals.

If this comes in then it means the top teams in Europe who currently qualify for CL will continue to remain in the CL. Their current football revenue meets the clubs finances (whether or not they are in debt - as in the case of rags) - and as long as the continue to qualify for the CL, it self-perpetuates because as we all know, the CL can generate income of circa £35million - and it's all football revenue. We upset the apple cart when we made bids for kaka, Eto'o and John Terry (that's why abramovich is all for these new rules - we can't entice any of his players with an offer of better wages, because, if our football revenue doesn't meet the overall wage bill and other football finances, we can't enter the CL - even if we win the PL). It's perfect for twatini because his continental friends in italy and spain get to keep/get the best players in Europe without having to pay extortionate wages (as in the case of Ronaldo at real madrid), and unless we are in the CL, we're not likely to attract them.

So, the way 'round it is to examine the various legitimate means of generating football revenue. Currently, the biggest earner (both in the PL and the CL) is TV. So, we need to agree a deal with TV companies in the Middle East to televise all our matches - this would generate enormous amounts of football revenue which would allow us to continue our current investment programme!
 
the only way to give all clubs a chance is to borrow the NFL model regarding income,in other words all sponsorship,TV rights etc go into a pot and that is divided out equally. As the EU have rules regarding individual wage caps then a cap on a club's wage bill is a better bet. Players wages need to be brought into the real world ,for the future of football if nothing else. The worse thing about platini's plan,as it stands is, it gurantees the future of the cosy cartel of the usual suspects.
 
If ADUG had invested in say Lyon or Marseille then I am pretty sure Platini would be saying jack shit.

He has serious issues against the English Premier League which are not even thinly veiled. We have just added to his agenda / crusade.

However, I am sure our owners are already on the case with regards to generating extra income through TV rights and the like as mentioned in previous posts
 
I cant see how twatini can put a cap on sponsorship money..surely its up to whoever is willing to pay for the right to have their name/brand etc...
So if Real madrid get 100's of millions from tv rights then City need to get their own TV rights agenda set up for the middle east and asia.
 
samharris said:
I cant see how twatini can put a cap on sponsorship money..surely its up to whoever is willing to pay for the right to have their name/brand etc...
So if Real madrid get 100's of millions from tv rights then City need to get their own TV rights agenda set up for the middle east and asia.

Exactly - and I'm sure Mr Mubarak (apologies if I've spelt it wrong) has the contacts to get the ball rolling.
 
I've not read all the comments but I'm not sure trying to get ourselves in the cartel is the best way to go. I wouldn't want to even support a club that was protected to ensure they win ever week. It would be the most boring thing ever, effectively 4 teams would become the Harlen Globetrotters whilst the rest of the League competed for the chance to play against them every now and again.
 
dannybcity said:
I've not read all the comments but I'm not sure trying to get ourselves in the cartel is the best way to go. I wouldn't want to even support a club that was protected to ensure they win ever week. It would be the most boring thing ever, effectively 4 teams would become the Harlen Globetrotters whilst the rest of the League competed for the chance to play against them every now and again.

true, but the plan of our owners is to become champions of Europe so unfortunately, we have to play by these rules for now. Once twatini & co. realise that even by moving the goalposts, we can still score, they might just accept the inevitable that we will become a dominant force in football.

By the way - the arse have just gone 1-0 and standard liege have just been awarded a penalty!
 

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