Saudi Sovereign fund

I'm With Stupid said:
I wonder if that's still true. I had a quick glance and it was citing examples like Paul Gascoigne and David James so I wonder how far back it went. In David James' case, it happened while he was just about still playing, so it's hard to blame the drop off in income after he finished his career. Given that bankruptcy in these cases are typically related to bad investments, tax bills, divorce payments, etc, is massively increasing the salary of players actually going to do anything to improve that situation? Are they less likely to go bankrupt if they have more money? Logic would say yes, but lottery winners in the states are way more likely to go bankrupt than non-lottery winners. I don't know if there's any link between the amount of money you start with and the likelihood of you going bankrupt once you get into the millions.


I'm not sure it is. I think anyone in the Premier League has the second option. Anyone with 5-10 years in the Premier League is likely to be a multimillionaire with their house(s) paid off. Whether you want to continue working at that point (and most people do, because people, particularly those driven enough to become professional footballers, like to have a goal) is a choice whether you retire with 10 million in the bank or 200 million.
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As 'Tears for Fears sang, "Everybody wants to rule the world".
 
Got to admit if PIF do dodge FFP by buying players for Saudi and loaning them to Newcastle I will laugh my tits of at the sky 4 piss boiling while also calling them cunts for the cheek of it after being one of the hateful 8.


The chelsea stuff ain't factual by all accounts but would it be a suprise that major corporate entities were not all tied in somenway, iamm sure parts of AUG will have linos to companies linked to other clubs in a minor way and how many fingers will the glazers and Henry have in other investments not even known
 
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urban genie said:
Got to admit if PIF do dodge FFP by buying players for Saudi and loaning them to Newcastle I will laugh my tits of at the sky 4 piss boiling while also calling them cunts for the cheek of it after being one of the hateful 8.


The chelsea stuff ain't factual by all accounts but would it be a suprise that major corporate entities were not all tied in somenway, iamm sure parts of AUG will have linos to companies linked to other clubs in a minor way and how many fingers will the glazers and Henry have in other investments not even known
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Why would you laugh?

If that happened it would be an assault on the integrity of association football in the UK.
 
HumbledGooner said:
Why would you laugh?

If that happened it would be an assault on the integrity of association football in the UK.
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Read what I said I would laugh at the melt down from certain fans because watching them flounce is funmy.

I would also be calling them out as hypocritical cunts and knobs especially with them being part of the letter writing lot.

And if you think thise league or football has had integrity over the last 2-3 decades then you have been ignoring the state of world football, which is bent at all levels
 
I'm With Stupid said:
What integrity? There hasn’t been any integrity since 1993.
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And the 80s any arsenal fan talking about dodgy finacial funding shpupd look at how many illegal diamond mines paid for thwir late 80s rebuild and return to relevance


Then you have the rags selling rotten out of date horse meat to fund themselves
 
I'm With Stupid said:
Why? Why would you give a shit about a league in a country you don't live in being successful or not?
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I'm free to give a shit about the NFL, the Aliens, the Japanese Martial Arts, or whatever I want. I'm free to follow nations and people like I have been following City for over half a century. It's not up to you to dictate to me what things in life I should or shouldn't give a shit about. Jesus.
 
urban genie said:
Read what I said I would laugh at the melt down from certain fans because watching them flounce is funmy.

I would also be calling them out as hypocritical cunts and knobs especially with them being part of the letter writing lot.

And if you think thise league or football has had integrity over the last 2-3 decades then you have been ignoring the state of world football, which is bent at all levels
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What I dont understand is the universal backlash to the European Super League, yet you think Newcastle using Saudi clubs to purchase players and then loan them to Newcastle as a means to bypass FFP is 'funny'

Its time for the Premier League and even the government to get involved. The Premier League is one of the great UK products, we cant let Bin Salmon do to it what he did to that poor journo. This guy has no respect for the Premier League and treats it like its joke.

There should be an embargo - you sign for a Saudi club - you get a lifetime ban from association football in the UK. SO if you do go play for Al Shabab Al-Qauda or Al Minti, your not coming back
 
HumbledGooner said:
What I dont understand is the universal backlash to the European Super League, yet you think Newcastle using Saudi clubs to purchase players and then loan them to Newcastle as a means to bypass FFP is 'funny'

Its time for the Premier League and even the government to get involved. The Premier League is one of the great UK products, we cant let Bin Salmon do to it what he did to that poor journo. This guy has no respect for the Premier League and treats it like its joke.

There should be an embargo - you sign for a Saudi club - you get a lifetime ban from association football in the UK. SO if you do go play for Al Shabab Al-Qauda or Al Minti, your not coming back
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I never said either was ok

PIF are taking the piss and some rules about loaning players back would need to come into effect if it happens and is used as a loop hole.

Still I know which 3 fan bases will have tantrums over it the most and all 3 can fuck off.
 
HumbledGooner said:
What I dont understand is the universal backlash to the European Super League, yet you think Newcastle using Saudi clubs to purchase players and then loan them to Newcastle as a means to bypass FFP is 'funny'

Its time for the Premier League and even the government to get involved. The Premier League is one of the great UK products, we cant let Bin Salmon do to it what he did to that poor journo. This guy has no respect for the Premier League and treats it like its joke.

There should be an embargo - you sign for a Saudi club - you get a lifetime ban from association football in the UK. SO if you do go play for Al Shabab Al-Qauda or Al Minti, your not coming back
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Why are you that arsed?
Arsenal buying the French u21 team was never an issue
From what I can see they have bought players that were leaving Anyway and generally have zero other options.
They haven’t loaned any player to Newcastle either
If they want to spend their money that’s up to them

Lifetime ban for what…..playing in another country
Madness
As usual only the Liverpool, united (this week only) and arsenal fans are bothered
 
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