gordondaviesmoustache
Well-Known Member
Re: City and Utd at conflict over FFP in today's Telegraph
In all fairness WA, Fulham have mildly opposed it according to the article.
Wreckless Alec said:Hart of the matter said:This, to me, is more worrying than the FFP issue in Europe. We know that whilst the rest of Europe will flout the rules, at home in the Uk we will apply them to the letter and beyond in order to be seen doing the right thing. I have not been too bothered by FFP up to now but see trouble ahead.
I'm quite enjoying this. The fact that United are sufficently worried to go to the lengths of attempting to drive through rules which essentially award trophies on the basis of trading results give lie forever to any claims that their recent success is due to anything other than money.
That clubs like Fulham are prepared to support them shows that their owners have no aspirations to success on the field but are more interested in maintaining premier league status presumably to line their own pockets as best they can without actually winning anything. How long their fans will put up with that at £50 a pop is anybody's guess but it's the TV revenue that counts. Whether that will always be the case given the lack of competition inherent in the proposed rules is another matter
From our perspective, all we have to do is maintain our staus is Europe and we'll be "in the club". As others have said, a bit of creative accounting and we can get around any of these rules.
In all fairness WA, Fulham have mildly opposed it according to the article.