Yet to be confirmed by the club but loads of journos saying Fat Frank's been sacked. Should never have gotten the job in the first place as he's a **** manager but no idea who they'll get to replace him. They're **** and they're skint.
Now confirmed. Bielsa now leading the betting, apparently. First fixtures: Arsenal, Liverpool and Leeds. Good luck!
Aberdeen are currently losing 1-0 to Darvel: They play in the West of Scotland League Premier Division, which is their 6th tier.
Shame really. He seemed to take Derby down and could have taken Everton down.Now we will never know!?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64383217 Chelsea: win the UCL to prevent the team that finished 4th from qualifying for the competition. UEFA: Oh that's a shame. Well look, maybe we should've seen that coming but it's happened now so we'll let them get away with it but from now on, no one is allowed to do it and that's final! Chelsea: fiddle player contract lengths to openly cheat FFP rules. UEFA: Oh that's a shame. Well look, maybe we should've seen that coming but it's happened now so we'll let them get away with it but from now on, no one is allowed to do it and that's final!
It does have to be said that French clubs have been doing this for a while too due to Ligue 1's FFP rules, for example Lille signing Jonathan David to a five year contract in the summer of 2020 so it breaks down to €6m a year
A lot of financial regulation (such as tax law) is reactive rather than proactive (the latter has higher costs - "war gaming" etc - for scenarios that may never occur) . So in that regard I would not chastise UEFA too badly. It would be interesting to see the data analytics on this though (what has been their historical contract period spread, how does it compare to those of the PL - in general and particular clubs) .
Five year contracts have been normal for ages. In fact, UEFA's new rule caps payment plans to a five year spread. Chelsea have been pushing 7,8 and even 9 years. Because they are a steaming pile of horse manure.
Their day just keeps getting better, doesn't it? Gordon's on his way to Chelsea, apparently. Onana's also being linked with them, plus the other filth.
There's definitely some jiggery pokery about that doing the rounds elsewhere, for example Jan Oblak is six months into a six year contract...which is also the reason they're keen to offload him, as their early CL exit is making that contract unsustainable
Big cup game tonight. Accrington Stanley v Boreham Wood. The winner hosts Leeds on Saturday at 12.30pm.
