is any other team really bothered about FFP apart from Arsenal, look at Chelsea they are buying a midfielder almost every week!!! I cant see Uefa giving out any big sanctions, it will probably be a fine which these kind of clubs will have no problem paying or they will just make up sponsorship deals like Man City £400 million Etihad deal.. Lampard Oscar ramires Hazard Mata De Bruyn Van Ginkel Moses Mikel Willian Essien Schurlle I might have missed a couple out there
FFP is a load of balls. Chelsea continue to buy top quality midfielders at high prices with high wages, yet have a small stadium and limited revenue. Bloody joke.
I know mate, that's exactly what i'm saying, no chance in hell UEFA are going to ban any of these big clubs. I expect them to fine or give them suspended fines
A fine for clubs who breach FFP regulations would be the biggest joke in the history of football (after Spurs). It would be tantamount to a bribe: "Let me put all this money into the club and I'll give a cut to UEFA". Has to be points deductions or expulsion from European competitions.
No CL / European football would be the only real deterrent they can put in place as it's an invited competition, and one which the players want to play in. It would hit the clubs financially & prestige wise. Not sure they can give them points deductions, that's up to the PL to hand out for breaking their rules.
FFP is going to be useless. The premiership regulations might be more constructive. There is no doubt that the league do not want 2 under-supported teams like Chelsea and Manchester City to be dominant. This would be very bad for business.
http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_GB/...tball-money-league/infographic-2013/index.htm Revenue fifth biggest in Europe. 30m more than Arsenal.\ In top 6 of European revenue earners for a decade. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deloitte_Football_Money_League
You will notice that the revenue came mainly from commercial sources (Abramadaddy) and broadcast revenues due to the CL win. Their matchday income is some 21M less than Arsenal's. Well over 15% less. Their costs exceed Arsenal's by a significant margin. Essentially Abramovich paid out around 150M to earn an extra 50M or so revenue. These numbers show exactly why Chelsea are bad for the league. Thanks for posting them.
Ahead of Arsenal for revenue pre-Abramovich, 99/00, 00-01 and 01/2. Don't let the facts get in the way of your argument
Not sure what your point is here. Arsenal have grown over the last 15 years. I quite often point out that Arsenal were no bigger than half a dozen clubs before Wenger, and that we have grown not because of, but perhaps despite our owner. I attribute our growth to Wenger, but others may pick a different person. I don't see why that is relevant to the current size of the clubs or their support.
Best supported clubs worldwide: http://www.kenyan-post.com/2013/05/top-10-most-popular-football-clubs-in.html
Same list was posted on the BBC not long ago I think. I was surprised at both Chelsea's and Liverpool's rank in that. I thought Liverpool had a bigger fan base in Asia.
The spuds must have breached the FFP rules with their spending this summer. I guess they'll have to sell Bale to try to balance the books a bit.
Chelsea have been hammering the Asia market for a while and our matches sell out quicker than Liverpool's. Winning the European cup helps. When arsenal win it, your support will probably overtake Chelsea
Safe for a while then I always felt that FFP was doomed, there will always be ways around it ("sponsorship deal"), sadly as in life there will be those who toe the line and others who will find ways around it.
I take it, that you weren't aware of our recent -hugely successful- preseason tour of Asia. Sold out stadiums in Jakarta(pulled in a much larger crowd than even Arsenal Managed to), Thailand, Australia ( sold out a full capacity of 95000 in less than 25mins!). We have a huge fanbase in Asia. Chelsea has a large following in Africa, down to the fact that you've had some big African names in your squad over the years. But it's not particularly the most attractive for PR or Marketing though. Arsenal And Us have the stronghold in Asia along with ManU.
