de niro said:
lets take this Bale to the scum story (or non story). there are only so many clubs that can afford that sort of player as it is. to restrict some of those just makes the ones that can either have a free run or buy the player cheaper without fear of competion for his signature. it also cuts down the players options. the fact some of the clubs bidding, including his present club are millions in debt it makes the whole debacle a disgrace. Financial fair play? really? you need permission to bid? you need to be in the cartel? if you buy this player we will ban you from tournements? is that really financial fair play?
this was invented to stop teams from breaking that cartel, and mainly manchester city. yes PSG and others are affected but the truth is the premier league is the biggy, thats where players who are thinking of a move would prefer to come.add in the fact that we are closest and the most high profile competitors to their cash cow out come the sanctions.they are doing this because we have overcome traditional drawbacks like "istory" "status" and even better "not in my lifetime" to win the premier league. we are a real danger to their money making closed shop. a honourable mention should go to spurs, they too broke up the top four but poor buggers couldn't sustain it. we can and platini knows that. we have already shamed them in to looking in the pot system in the CL, next is to see off that disgracful co effient scam.
of course these a the thoughts of a match going blue, nothing will stop me going to support the lads regardless of what platini and his cronies dream up but you know new fans the world over will pick up on clubs with the best players, the ones winning things, ones where they in their plasticness will wear players shirts from. guess what, the unrestricted teams make even more money. FFP is anything but fair, its cheating and there is an agenda out there, its as clear as day.
no club anywhere, be it city, united or fucking port vale should have either a free run or be restricted on buying a player who in the first place wants the move and the funds are in place to broker the deal. to implement a system where a club riddled with debt can go on a spendind spree is not only a mockery of the alledged reasons for ffp being introduced is actually a fucking scandal.
a well reasoned and thought out post de niro and i agree with the majority of it
the "biggest" teams regardless of their financial situations have always bought the best players
its just the way of it big cities/towns bigger populations, potential more crowds equals more revenue
the biggest cities london, manchester,liverpool have generally been at the top and read across the same in europe
now this bale "non story" i'm sure is a rag media invention to keep the hoards happy
i'm not sure utd actually need him when they already have de maria(and one of the reasons he left because of bale)
ffp is to keep the elite, elite and we are one of them now(yes without it us and PSG would have probably run riot)
and the fact we are linked with manzukic at 25mill is testament to this.