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

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

If this ever happens I’m done with elite football.

‘There would be among 15 permanent founding members and five other clubs, who would qualify on an annual basis’

yeah. Fuck off

- The remaining 15% would a “commercial share based on club awareness”

- A cap of 55% of revenues permitted to be spent on salaries and transfers (net)

- A ‘Financial Sustainability Group’ would monitor clubs’ spending

hahahahaha fucking hell so transparent. So this is their next attempt to stop us

We’ll be kicked out over our spending as soon as it begins. Worth remembering most of these clubs wrote to UEFA complaining about us.

I can see our owners don't want to be left behind, but the 'rules' in the first quote above show that the actual cartel just want to suck us into a position where they can fuck us over properly.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

A shame if so.

Well at least we now know why we got an invitation to join the cartel...they needed access to our legal team.

 

[franksinatra]

The club has been here before back in the 90s with the Premier league. The big 6 got a bigger share of the tv money than the other founding members of the premier league which wasn’t exactly fair. There would have been opposition to that but reluctantly we have to be inside the tent.

If you were Mansour and Khaldoon the bottom line is you protect your asset. Saying no would have left the invite going elsewhere.

The thing I can’t get my head around is the 6 invites for the premier league clubs being more than what other countries got. What must Atletico Madrid be thinking who have been mainstays in getting to the latter stages of the champions league over the last few years. Everton building a new stadium and showing some ambition, should they even bother now as it won’t see top level European football.

It’s scary our owners have jumped into bed with the Glazers and Fenway sport. They cannot be trusted and this super league will make sure it benefits them more than it does us.

Yes poor old lickle City forced into a corner by the American cabal. It is about time we accepted were just as bad.

 

[vincent]

Utterly disgraceful. I’m ashamed to be a blue this morning.

what’s the point of next week’s cup final as the club are saying the tournament is dead to them?

Ditto the CL semi...but we will pocket a few quid so let’s pretend to our fans that it means the world to the club.

 

[Citizen Green]

Popcorn at the ready troops, it's going to be a long day.

 

[RandomJ]

Well in the cold light of a new day this decision is still gutting. Can't believe we have got into bed with Kroenke, the Glazers and pals. Sickening.

 

[stevemacca]

Its clear that this is a seismic shift and its going to get messy - at leats thats what I hope to scupper the whole plan

But - and this gets hypothetical, - if the remnaining PL clubs can be persuaded to vote out the Big 6, then are the contracts of the players voided on the basis of restriction of trade, ie they won't be playing at a high enough standard on a regular basis,

Thats a massive risk for the Big 6 clubs

 

[Coatigan]

It’s ruined this season.

I now don’t care whether we win or blow the title, whether Spurs beat us 1-0 in the 93rd minute with a Dias own goal after them having no shots next week, or that we get humiliated over two legs by Paris.

I just don’t care!

Exactly my point. At least we were knocked out of the f.a cup in a game of football. One less to ruin.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Has any manager/player of any of the 12 made any comment on this corporate carve up yet? Or has the biggest story in world football seen then gagged?

just some idle speculation... but from the lack of enthusiasm on display on Saturday at Wembley, was it known to them at that point?

Solskjaer after their game last night said he was unaware of the situation

 

[Marshallt07]

I can only think the reason City are in this is to call a bluff, City want more power over money I’m sure, with the FFP trying to dictate owners with what they can spend I think this is a stance and has been spoke about for a while, that’s why they have ‘reduced the meaning of FFP’ I have a feeling it won’t go ahead and it is purely trying to grab power back