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

[Radcliffe 1309]

Yesssss !!

 

[inchy14]

nope, its me..........

Now it is.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

I wonder what he thinks about his own Independent being under "the influence of non-democratic states" seeing as it's Saudi and Russian owned.

as you mention it:

Bilal Ahmad: Those so called non democratic states are your employers too. Why dont you quit?
Whiney Little Miggy: No they're not.
Bilal Ahmad: Do you consider Russia a democratic country?
Avoidy Little Miggy: Russia don't own us

Wikipedia on the Independent:
Owners:
Alexander Lebedev - Russian
Evgeny Lebedev - Russian 41%
Sultan Muhammad Abuljadayel - Saudi
Justin Byam Shaw - British (I think) 26%

(%ages from BBC report a while ago)

 

[Centurions]

Stand aside,women coming through

Nice try ;)

 

[inchy14]

Maybe now.........anyway Fuck Uefa..........

 

[City_rabin]

Hope you don't mind but I just asked Rabin on Twitter the same questions. Ed Woodward, Edwin Van Der Sar and K-H Rumennigge are all on the ECA Executive Board.

Here it is :)

 

[razman]

When I started this thread all those years agoo..... FFS UEFA !!

 

[Norbiton]

Idioms, oxymorons and now we have our good friend the homonym.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[Parisian]

hmmm....so many dramas going on at the minute

@Parisian

Not much drama for PSG.

Drama for Nasser and Qatar mostly. This is on theirs bids for WC and Athletics. I said here before i fully expect Qatar to have bribed people to win the bid. This is what happens for any international competition.

Have nothing to do with UEFA FFP though.

Saw this page earlier :



Lot of misinformation in it. Nasser is not and has never been a member of FFP chamber.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...al-khelaifi-elected-uefa-executive-committee/

Paris St Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi is set to join the Uefa executive committee as one of two club representatives.

The European Club Association (ECA) said the Qatari had been elected to replace Ivan Gazidis, the former Arsenal chief executive who has moved to Italy’s AC Milan. The other ECA seat is taken by Juventus president Andrea Agnelli.


Al-Khelaifi's election has to be ratified by the Uefa Congress at a meeting in Rome next week and comes with PSG under financial investigation by European football’s governing body. However the Uefa chamber which is conducting the investigation is independent and so there should not be any conflict of interest raised.

This means that if NAK has corrupted someone to be elected, it is not UEFA but the ECA (the clubs).


AP listing the reason of his indictment are not for his role in PSG and are related to FIFA.



And Nasser has been cleared of the charges of bribery contrary to what Manchster Xtra is saying.

 

[Nicholas van Whatsisface]

If you insist:

Miggy (2 tweets)

The cases of City and Nasser el Khelaifi ultimately showcase the influence of non-democratic states in football. To quote City's own Simon Pearce in his own email. "We can do whatever we want." This is very much the attitude.

Was told by people involved that one of the principles behind the Neymar signing was to "short-squeeze" the market. Elevate fees and wages so much, because PSG knew basically only City and United could compete. This alone is why FFP is necessary. This is the mindset.

Who needs context when you can act like a chump?
Who needs a refresher in What FFP could do as opposed to what it does do, even allowing for his statement on Neymar being accurate.

Interesting theory from Delaney.

It bears no relation to reality, unfortunately - but then that shouldn't shock anyone familiar with his output.

Let's have a look at the current list of the top ten most expensive transfers in football - if Miguel's yarn stacks up, the top three names should read City, United and PSG, with the rest lagging way behind having been blown away by the outrageous extravagance of those three.

Erm.........wait a minute..........where are City?

OK - maybe I'm being too restrictive. The Top 20 then.

Erm........nope - still can't see City

Yep - you’d have to stretch your search out to the top 30 to incorporate our sole appearance in the list below - KDB at number 26.

Great theory Miguel - doesn't really bear up to even the most basic research though, does it?

But yeah - City are the problem here. Clearly our more measured, restrained, financially prudent competitors like Real Madrid, Barcelona, Liverpool, Juventus, Chelsea, Bayern, Inter and Arsenal (all of whom seem to able to compete perfectly well, and have easily eclipsed our highest transfer fee) need the extra support of FFP to thwart this cunning plan!

Perhaps - just maybe - this has got precisely nothing to do with City, and this story is just another tired example of Delaney's all too predictable agenda. Yet again.

The first rule of journalism - never let the facts get in the way of a good story, eh Miguel!

Pos. Player Clubs Year Fee
1 Neymar Barcelona - PSG 2017 €222m
2 Kylian Mbappe Monaco - PSG 2017 €145m (+€35m)
3 Joao Felix Benfica - Atletico Madrid 2019 €126m
4 Philippe Coutinho Liverpool - Barcelona 2018 €120m (+€40m)
5 Antoine Griezmann Atletico Madrid - Barcelona 2019 €120m
6 Ousmane Dembele Borussia Dortmund - Barcelona 2017 €105m (+€45m)
7 Paul Pogba Juventus - Manchester United 2016 €105m
8 Gareth Bale Tottenham - Real Madrid 2013 €100.8m
9 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid - Juventus 2018 €100m
9 Eden Hazard Chelsea - Real Madrid 2019 €100m (+€40m)
11 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United - Real Madrid 2009 €94m
12 Gonzalo Higuain Napoli - Juventus 2016 €90m
13 Harry Maguire Leicester City - Manchester United 2019 €87.1m
14 Neymar Santos - Barcelona 2013 €86.2m
15 Romelu Lukaku Everton - Manchester United 2017 €84.8m
16 Virgil van Dijk Southampton - Liverpool 2018 €84.5m
17 Luis Suarez Liverpool - Barcelona 2014 €82.3m
18 James Rodriguez Monaco - Real Madrid 2014 €80m
18 Kepa Arrizabalaga Athletic Bilbao - Chelsea 2018 €80m
18 Lucas Hernandez Atletico Madrid - Bayern Munich 2019 €80m
18 Romelu Lukaku Manchester United - Inter 2019 €80m
22 Nicolas Pepe Lille - Arsenal 2019 €79m
23 Alvaro Morata Real Madrid - Chelsea 2017 €78.9m
24 Zinedine Zidane Juventus - Real Madrid 2001 €77.5m
25 Matthijs de Ligt Ajax - Juventus 2019 €75m (+€10.5m)
26 Kevin De Bruyne Wolfsburg - Manchester City 2015 €75m
27 Frenkie de Jong Ajax-Barcelona 2019 €75m
28 Angel Di Maria Real Madrid - Manchester United 2014 €74.6m
29 Alisson Becker Roma - Liverpool 2018 €73m
30 Luka Jovic Frankfurt - Real Madrid 2019 €70m