Yeah but all those three clubs are owned by the Middle East so quite clearly it's xenophobic (presumably xenophobic and not racist because racist would be too strong, and xenophobic sounds more high-brow and legitimate, even though it makes no sense as we have foreign owners ourselves). I think the original quote source was anonymous, because obviously no-one was brave enough to go on record with it. It's a smear campaign to distract from the original comments, because City don't like us being reminded of what everyone knows.
That's it. So he's left himself open to being set up by not including Chelsea still as 250mil net suggests they are not playing by same rules either.
Nation states, so Man City, PSG and Newcastle, hence Howe subsequently denying it was true because of FFP, which of course is not really true.
I thought if Chelsea too (but missed them in that comment), it was Newcastle that I missed but realised since
Chelsea have an investment group and three private individuals as owners. They'll want to see a return at some point, even if it is just from selling. And they can't print their own money. Also less able to artificially inflate revenues via sponsorships from state companies.
You would wonder hoe they think they can buy 250mil of players net then buy Bellingham in January etc etc.
Juve, AC, Fiorentina, Lazio and Reggina. Juve were the main culprits, relegated to Serie B, had 2 titles taken away, started -9 pts in the end. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calciopoli
I guess there's a few options. Sell the club for a profit quickly so it's not their problem. Big sales and reduced spending in future to average out. Sponsorships from other owned companies to increase revenues, at least in the short term. An American attitude of sorting it all out when the FFP people come. Or maybe Boehly just really is unknowledgable and doesn't know how FFP works.
I really can't see how they could ever recoup the cash. 4billion for a small time former oligarchs play thing? It looks like a terrible investment into club that could potentially be smaller than West ham in a few years. The glaziers seem to think man utd are worth 10billion though so who knows kws.
Doesn't really matter what we think, just need to fond a rich person who thinks Chelsea are worth it. Didn't seem to be a shortage of bidders in the summer.
I think he was rather provocative and unwise in saying this before the match. It was bound to be picked up if city lost. If a city had won, nothing would have been said. Klopp picked these state owned clubs and of course they are all from the Middle East.
When I listened to him Answering questions, there was nothing provocative about it - he accepted that his answer won’t please some people before he answered but that doesn’t mean that he shouldn’t answer it.
Saying the truth that 3 sides are basically breaking every normal rule of business cos their putative owners are actually states who spend their money on ego rather than their own peoples good is not xenophobia. Simple as.
Only -9, that's. Bit of a joke And allowed them back too soon . I'd favour dropping to league 2 in England. Make whoever it is have a long way back to the top.
On the 3 club thing, did klopp name them or say they where stare backed? If not could he not have been talking about Chelsea, Newcastle and City? I've read nothing about it as its obviously nonsense
