should have been enough on its own to instigate criminal charges never mind uefa charges. it's cooking the books form a tax perspective as well. they are actively boasting about worlds highest revenues right now. it's very very clear they simply don't have anything like the global span to justify those numbers and realistically they should be absolutely drawn over hot coals. the only solution to all of this is 50+1 rule
Was only saying something similar to this this afternoon. Ownership should never have been allowed to get to this stage, there should have been a ruling to say 51% ownership had to stay with the fans or something. Unfortunately, that ships sailed now. I actually love that FSG leave the club to run itself, it's exactly how it should be. It irritates me to see so many of our fans asking for more investment from them when the issue is other clubs taking the piss with their spending.
I completely agree... yeah, I occasionally get irritated by our lack of signings, but I want the club to be self-sufficient and not run into the massive debt problems from previous administrations, nor, be run like a sugar daddy club. I'd like to believe we're generating enough money to compete with mid-table clubs for spending though. But, no, I'm not looking for FSG to throw in hundreds of millions of their own money... as long they're not taking it out either... and I don't think myself or anyone else on the forum really knows where the money is flowing.
I know a lot of people are saying they won't face any sanctions but I think this goes too deep to be ignored. There has to be a meaningful punishment. I would strip them of all trophies won during the time period being investigated. Relegation won't happen because the PL and/or the FA will feel they need them to maintain their product. (I don't think that. Us and utd are the biggest draws for views). Oh and a European ban.
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The issue is their 300mil spend has turned into a billion pound asset. **** all to do with them or anything they've done. Can you imagine where we'd be if they actually decided to invest in the club. They got lucky with klopp, simple as that.
I hope you're right and they take action. As of this moment in time there is very little evidence that they really plan on enforcing anything FFP related. I'd love for them to get their ship in order. A slap on the wrist won't prevent cheating (it will just make them hide it better); real action (a punishment like you suggest) might give them pause though.
They got lucky by signing the best manager available to them? And lucky by a smart transfer policy that has seen us get more value per £ spent than many of our rivals? And lucky that they've grown us commercially throughout the world? I would suggest they're actually doing a decent job. Not perfect, but decent.
Whilst i fully agree with this i do think they could have allowed the club to open some lines of credit to allow spending when necessary .
Chelsea sign a Striker. Nicolas Jackson from Villarreal £32m (presumably with loads of add-ons on top) 8 year contract
Good for them, makes no difference to what I said I agree we could have spent more but I genuinely believe it's a targets thing rather than being right
massive improvement for utd. any modern keeper who cems off thoer line and sweeps up will massively massively improve their teams prospects as the back line won't have to sit deep.
I thought all these long term transfer contracts had been stopped? .Chelsea sign Nicolas Jackson on an 8 year deal?
In an age where transfer fees have gotten crazy to the point where clubs tend to wait for a transfer target's contract to wind down, I struggle to understand why players would agree on contracts as large as 8 years. I mean look at Kane at Spurs. He signed a long term contract during the Pochettino era, plainly thinking that Spurs would go on to win trophies, but it didn't work out that way, and he's not been able to leave when he wanted because Levy effectively calls all the shots.
What if the move didn't work out or they get a nasty injury? The long contracts secures that income. If they don't want to be "trapped", just insist on a release clause
the hilarity of this is the Todd bought nk- whatever and let him stay where he was since January so has forgotten him and bought his replacement just now. this Jackson lad has arrived to early in the window and his replacement will be bought before the season kicks off.
