The Super League | FA + PL: New Charter & Fines | UEFA: Settlement

[bobbyowenquiff]

If there's going to interference at government level, it's going to be on our side.

It's not just that the UAE are investing £10Bn, it's Mubadala, the investment fund Khaldoon is the CEO and Managing director of.

They invested another £1Bn in UK life sciences in march. They are funding most of our offshore wind farms. £500m is going towards improving fibre optic broadband infrastructure which is one of Johnson's big projects.

All of which is foreplay for a free trade agreement.

The UK government is not going to fuck over Khaldoon.

I think you are right and the ship has sailed. The UAE itself is one of the leaders in the world in developing renewable energy. The oil-money jibe has never sounded more hollow. No government can turn away investors at this time, especially the UK one. The idea of any regulator preventing investment in British sport is unbelievable. How can the business model of the US owned PL clubs, which involves taking their profits out of the UK, be taken seriously.

 

[WRicko]

Did we not pay a fine or penalty ? If so can we now get it back ?

 

[Fred_Quimby]

Did we not pay a fine or penalty ? If so can we now get it back ?

The answer to both those questions is ‘yes’.

 

[domalino]

The answer to both those questions is ‘yes’.

I think the answer to both is actually no.

The penalty was going to be taken out of this years payments to the clubs so its not happened yet and we don't need to get anything back.

 

[Damanino]

This to me look s so strange. Uefa punished 9 clubs. Not a huge punishment, but still is one.

• unreservedly acknowledges and accepts the binding nature of the UEFA Statutes
• remains committed to and will participate in any UEFA Club Competitions each season for which that club qualifies on sporting merit
• will rejoin the European Club Association, which is the only representative body for clubs that UEFA recognises
• will take all steps within their power with a view to terminate their involvement in the company established to form and operate the Super League and cease any existing related legal actions
• as a gesture of goodwill, and together with the other clubs, will make a donation totalling an aggregate of €15 million, to be used for the benefit of children, youth and grassroots football in local communities across Europe, including the UK
• will be subject to the withholding of 5% of the revenues they would have received from UEFA club competitions for one season, which will be redistributed
• agree to have substantial fines imposed if they seek to play in such an unauthorised competition (€100 million) or if they breach any other commitment they have entered into in the Club Commitment Declaration (€50 million)
• will provide individual commitments to UEFA in which all the principles and values set out in the 2019 Memorandum of Understanding between UEFA and the European Club Association are accepted

Yet the 3 big clubs who did not quit ESL and did not throw in the towel are currently got away with zero punishment from Uefa.
I am wondering if the 9 punished clubs are making noises about this as end of the day these clubs quitting the ESL plans saved Uefa.

 

[TheThirdDeano]

Got a feeling our battle with UEFA is only just beginning to be honest.

They'll just get more desperate, nasty and aggressive the longer we take their money.

I'm 100% sure we're going to get hit by this super league bullshit worse than anyone else, because we're the only ones they want to damage.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

are we really surprised they've gotten away with it

 

[waspish]

Just referencing Martin Samuel's column today, in respect of Tracey Crouch comments. A regulator of some sorts is on the way.

Yep once they get a regulator they can manipulate it in the directions they want well the history clubs can oh bet Edwood be one of them!

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

Got a feeling our battle with UEFA is only just beginning to be honest.

They'll just get more desperate, nasty and aggressive the longer we take their money.

I'm 100% sure we're going to get hit by this super league bullshit worse than anyone else, because we're the only ones they want to damage.

The likes of Juve, Madrid and Barcelona need us and at the same time so do Uefa. I don’t get how the likes of the above mentioned 3 can face zero sanction for coming close to destroying the governing body in European football and City got slapped with a 2 years champions league ban for some accounts Uefa agreed themselves, they couldn’t revisit.

 

[TheThirdDeano]

The likes of Juve, Madrid and Barcelona need us and at the same time so do Uefa. I don’t get how the likes of the above mentioned 3 can face zero sanction for coming close to destroying the governing body in European football and City got slapped with a 2 years champions league ban for some accounts Uefa agreed themselves, they couldn’t revisit.

I don't think they care if they need us or not, I think they'd quite happily kill us completely, buy our players in a fire sale and enjoy getting the money we take back