Depending on the draw, a couple million in their accounts for the replay might be more valuable to them than going through.
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Depending on the draw, a couple million in their accounts for the replay might be more valuable to them than going through.
Fuck you spurs.
Will they be off-ski though? They've got them tied into such long terms deals that even if they out-perform their current deal they still probably have 4-5 years left on their deal. The club have them by the short and curlys
Remember when we didn't want to sell Sterling and Mascherano?
I also remember someone recovering from a broken back to sign for Barca - but that didn’t work out so well for him…
he certainly played like he had a broken back
Leaving LFC when it's not the club's idea rarely if ever does work out. I'm far from convinced it'll work out for TAA if he does go this summer.
Agree - Real are in a mess and there’s going to be a bit of turmoil - can’t see Ancelotti being there next season - be doing well to make to the end of this one.
When it becomes ALL about the money it's done
I suspect they are hoping for a situation more akin to Diaz. Playing well for a club at the top of the game and therefore limited opportunity to go elsewhere for ambition.
Even when it is the clubs idea it rarely works out if ever.
What happened to the MCO model they hired Edwards for? We were supposed to have bid €1 for Bordeux but taking on €100m of debt.
Not sure why the rich haven't flocked to buy clubs in Belgium and the Netherlands. When they combine the leagues the TV deal will be very lucrative
Not sure why the rich haven't flocked to buy clubs in Belgium and the Netherlands. When they combine the leagues the TV deal will be very lucrative
I think Edwards may have had his fingers burnt a bit by the Bordeaux experience. I don't think we'll be going in on anything that speculative - it will need to be a well-run club that won't need lots of time investment. It may take a bit longer to find one like that. It's easy to find a basket case.
And I'm pretty sure the Belgium / Netherlands league isn't happening. The Dutch pulled out of the original proposal in 2022, I suspect mainly because the bottom half Dutch clubs didn't much fancy the idea of being put into a second tier with the bottom half clubs from Belgium, thus removing lots of the games their fans care about (Ajax, Feyenoord, PSV) and replacing them with games against lesser-known Belgian sides.
It's like Rangers and Celtic joining the English league. Sure, their fans would be totally up for it but it would shaft the Scottish teams left behind and most English sides won't be up for it, especially with all the extra policing costs they'd have to incur when the Glasgow clubs came to town and, for the teams at the bottom, the prospect of a couple of extra relegations to make way for the two best teams in a farmers' league.
Came here to share this.
Can we expect any more points deductions?
Would be major LOL if Forest were given one ahead of our match
Straight relegation.
To the Russian league would be my suggestion
Everton still have a technical issue on interest charges that was left hanging in their last case. They should be on the list tomorrow, if only to close that one down.
Others at risk:
Chelsea (PL may explore challenging their intra-group asset sales)
Newcastle
Villa
Leicester
Forest
Some of those clubs were involved in what looked like over-priced sales to get around PSR and the PL could look into that.
Clubs that are safe:
Us, City (LOL), Spurs, West Ham, Bournemouth, Brighton, Palace, Brentford.
Others that could be in trouble if their 2024 results were worse than 2023 - United, Arsenal, Wolves, Fulham.
I suspect all these clubs will have made filings which suggest there are no problems. It will be interesting to see what the PL's appetite is for digging under the surface.
Popcorn at the ready.
Others at risk:
Chelsea (PL may explore challenging their intra-group asset sales)
Newcastle
Villa
Leicester
Forest
Some of those clubs were involved in what looked like over-priced sales to get around PSR and the PL could look into that.
Clubs that are safe:
Us, City (LOL), Spurs, West Ham, Bournemouth, Brighton, Palace, Brentford.
Others that could be in trouble if their 2024 results were worse than 2023 - United, Arsenal, Wolves, Fulham.
I suspect all these clubs will have made filings which suggest there are no problems. It will be interesting to see what the PL's appetite is for digging under the surface.
Popcorn at the ready.
Points deductions would follow on from a hearing, so it will be a couple of months before that would happen (with an expedited process designed to complete, including hearing any appeal) before the end of the season. All that would happen tomorrow is clubs being put on the naughty list.
Do you really think the PL will challenge their intra group sale now? It'll have been given the green light. It reeks to high heaven of similar things that City have been doing.
On that Overlap show, they said the clubs being charged don't play in red.
I'm not sure whether they'll have the appetite. Going against it, their review held that the valuation of the car parks and hotels was OK, which I thought it would be, and the other clubs declined to update the rules to prohibit the practice.
On the other hand, UEFA ruled against City on this historically, even though the rules didn't prohibit it. Furthermore, if there are other clubs that get charged because they didn't pull this shit (and have lower losses than Chelsea would have) then they'll be livid, and rightly so.
EDIT
The hotels and car parks were in the 2023 results, we don't yet know what shit they've pulled in 2024. And the PL may choose now to charge them on historic rule-breaking from the Abramovich era (which Chelsea have self-reported).
Considering City are refusing to cooperate how can they be safe?
They’re safe under this process. In fact, they won’t even have had to file accounts - it’s only clubs with losses over the last 2 years that are part of this process. If they lose in 115/130 then it will likely extend to the current period.
Obviously I believe their accounts are bullshit, and I’m sure the PL does too, but for this process they will pretend all is well and rely on the on-going case to correct that.
Looks like the football clubs have been buying expensive accountants to get around various loop holes. Do you think the rules will evolve to block any dubious activities (e.g. the share purchases designed to write off debt interest (is that describing it correctly))?
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