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In other words, as I predicted, City will have to be a selling club for the next three or four years to meet the requirements. Tho' I fail to see how selling players on a regular basis is going to help them stop failing in the CL every year...

exactly <ok>.. and that is only the beginning .. they have to cut their yearly spending by 90m more now in wages and transfer
 
FIFA won't have the balls to punish one of the big clubs, sadly...

They'll get creative and say that they're moving in the right direction, or give them a financial fine or something.
 
The 26-year-old joined the Gunners in the summer along with Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazorla after helping Montpellier to an unexpected league triumph in Ligue 1 last season.

And with 14 goals to his name so far, plus 10 assists across all competitions, Giroud believes he is finally starting to settle and prove his doubters wrong that felt he would struggle to replace the Dutchman who left for Old Trafford before the campaign began.

"For the first season ... It's better than Van Persie when he arrived here, although when he arrived at Arsenal [2004], he was younger [he was 20]," Giroud told L'Equipe.

The club were linked throughout the winter period with moves for both Schalke's Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Barcelona's David Villa, but Giroud believes he still retains the faith of manager Arsene Wenger, even if he has admitted to being concerned about the rumours in the past.

He added: "The British press has talked so much. The coach is not really okay for the winter market.

"It would be hypocritical to say that I did not think about it. After that, I have always believed that the coach would leave me time, I did not see him cutting the grass under my feet.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896...nal?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

No **** sherlock, the thing was RVP was a young player at Arsenal and he had to compete with Henry and Bergkamp for the forward position's whereas with Giroud, he's got no competition.
 
The 26-year-old joined the Gunners in the summer along with Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazorla after helping Montpellier to an unexpected league triumph in Ligue 1 last season.

And with 14 goals to his name so far, plus 10 assists across all competitions, Giroud believes he is finally starting to settle and prove his doubters wrong that felt he would struggle to replace the Dutchman who left for Old Trafford before the campaign began.

"For the first season ... It's better than Van Persie when he arrived here, although when he arrived at Arsenal [2004], he was younger [he was 20]," Giroud told L'Equipe.

The club were linked throughout the winter period with moves for both Schalke's Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Barcelona's David Villa, but Giroud believes he still retains the faith of manager Arsene Wenger, even if he has admitted to being concerned about the rumours in the past.

He added: "The British press has talked so much. The coach is not really okay for the winter market.

"It would be hypocritical to say that I did not think about it. After that, I have always believed that the coach would leave me time, I did not see him cutting the grass under my feet.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896...nal?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

No **** sherlock, the thing was RVP was a yong player at Arsenal and he had to compete with Henry and Bergkamp for the forward position's whereas with Giroud, he's got no competition.

He's said nothing wrong?
 
8 points.

And regardless, I don't think the Madrid fans or board would accept Mourinho just rolling over and dying in the league. The last think he wants is to piss the fans off even more right before a massive CL game.

The same Mourinho who benched Casillas, Ramos and most of the Spanish contingent in RM?<laugh>

He has been playing a weakened team lately in the la liga.