UEFA FFP investigation - CAS decision to be announced Monday, 13th July 9.30am BST

[chesterbells]

To be fair I think Rory Smith is a superb reporter. I have no idea what club he supports but I don't believe he is one the City-bashing cabal. If you read between the lines in the US media coverage it is easy to see what the backstory is. In this country most of the coverage, apart from people like Martin Samuel and sometimes Oliver Holt, has been disgraceful. Most of the sports press pack in Britain are a million miles behind the story. They are fed a fake story by an agent or club official and they report it in their publication without challenging the motive of the person who has leaked it. When idiots like Martin Lipton say we have a "bottomless pit of money and are funded by a country" without mentioning the context ie that Sheikh Mansour has actually made huge profits from his investments in Manchester then that is just fake news.

Agree with everything you’ve put there, bar the first two sentences. My experience of listening to him regularly on 5 live does not chime with your view, but each to their own

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Agree with everything you’ve put there, bar the first two sentences. My experience of listening to him regularly on 5 live does not chime with your view, but each to their own

Radio 5 live often pushes conversations into a negative slant. Those who appear are usually briefed in advance on the chosen angle for the story. It's not fully scripted but is heavily influenced by the direction the interviewer wants to take the conversation. The BBC would deny this of course but it is true.

 

[SB Blue]

They'll be fine, I'd think.
Only 1/5th of the spending goes on the books each year (so 32M of the 160M spent, assuming 5 year deals for everyone), sold players for 30M+ (according to that site, and all of this goes straight in as income) and made the CL final.
That's overall pretty positive in terms of FFP, even allowing for wage rise.

Sold players for £183M in 17/18, so that is ca £150M less income from player sales in 18/19, am sure they'll be fine, although don't expect the profit for 18/19 to create headlines in the same way

 

[Canyouseethesky]

Isn't this just part of the giant proxy war which is going on between the USA, UK, Saudi Arabia and the UAE and the Qataris (and Russians). The reasons the FBI went after FIFA is because the Americans will do anything to stop Qatar (and Iran) from extending their influence in the world. I am not suggesting there is some sort of grand conspiracy at work but there are a lot of powerful people in the USA who have many business interests in the middle east and they are the sort of people that can influence US policy. It's always all about money.
In a different scenario the same sort of big players (not the same individuals) are going to lose a hell of a lot of money if our owners continue to to be successful. The media are being used as pawns in this game and some of them are too stupid to realise it.

The FBI became involved in the FIFA scandal because some part of CONECAF was based out of Miami. There was a corrupt TV deal between some Brazilian crowd and one of the central American football association's. Once any of the crimes happen on American soil they give themselves free reign to go wherever the investigation takes them.

 

[cheekybids]

To be fair I think Rory Smith is a superb reporter. I have no idea what club he supports but I don't believe he is one the City-bashing cabal. If you read between the lines in the US media coverage it is easy to see what the backstory is. In this country most of the coverage, apart from people like Martin Samuel and sometimes Oliver Holt, has been disgraceful. Most of the sports press pack in Britain are a million miles behind the story. They are fed a fake story by an agent or club official and they report it in their publication without challenging the motive of the person who has leaked it. When idiots like Martin Lipton say we have a "bottomless pit of money and are funded by a country" without mentioning the context ie that Sheikh Mansour has actually made huge profits from his investments in Manchester then that is just fake news.

He supports Liverpool!

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

The FBI became involved in the FIFA scandal because some part of CONECAF was based out of Miami. There was a corrupt TV deal between some Brazilian crowd and one of the central American football association's. Once any of the crimes happen on American soil they give themselves free reign to go wherever the investigation takes them.

I am aware that the FBI went after Chuck Blazer initially but what was the motivation. It is an organisation which has lots of priorites and a dodgy TV deal would not have been high on their list. They must have been heavily influenced by broader political considerations

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Sold players for £183M in 17/18, so that is ca £150M less income from player sales in 18/19, am sure they'll be fine, although don't expect the profit for 18/19 to create headlines in the same way

Sounds about right, I think they have a plan in place and people competent enough to stick to the plan. They've bought pretty well recently, and don't need that much more.
Even if they lose money on the accounts, over the 3 year period, it'll probably be okay.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

The FBI became involved in the FIFA scandal because some part of CONECAF was based out of Miami. There was a corrupt TV deal between some Brazilian crowd and one of the central American football association's. Once any of the crimes happen on American soil they give themselves free reign to go wherever the investigation takes them.

I thought it was that it went through US banks, which made it something they could jump on, but the outcome is much the same.

 

[ancoats]

Who are they? Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, Bayern Munchen and .....?

Juventus or liverpool

 

[Canyouseethesky]

I am aware that the FBI went after Chuck Blazer initially but what was the motivation. It is an organisation which has lots of priorites and a dodgy TV deal would not have been high on their list. They must have been heavily influenced by broader political considerations

I have no idea behind their motivations, you are probably correct though, one thing is is for sure we will never know the true motivations behind any of these things.