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Libby said:
Man City got in just in time and already spent loads before any regulations came in. Newcastle will likely get there eventually but it'll take far longer and insane amounts and they were already a fairly big club with far reaching support. Spurs have won **** all and will begin to drop off again soon.

The thing is this isn't just about the oil clubs and extreme examples where the wealth is so vast they can get around it. The fact is an owner can't really invest their own money to try and improve the business is anti-competitive.

It's like when we went down to league one. Markus Liebherr saw a well supported club in the third tier with top flight facilities and sensed an opportunity.

He bought the club and cleared out debts for around 30 million, and invested a similar amount into the squad and infrastructure. 3 seasons later we're back in the top flight and another 3 seasons after that his daughter sold 80% of the club for £180m.

Why shouldn't owners who see a business opportunity not be allowed to invest to try and realise it?
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Before FFP there was a top 2 in United and arsenal. Then it went to a big 4… since ffp it’s become a top 6… now newcastle are around and talking about 7 clubs for top 4. So ffp has made it more even at the top bar city who are massively outspending the rest and under investigation.

Take city out of equation and the rest of the top 6 are a lot more equal and even
 
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Evil Roy Slade said:
I still don't know how Chelsea ran up a £1.5bn debt with Abramovich - and were allowed to simply write it off when he was forced to sell the club. So - bear with me on this - in a parallel universe where FSG are not parsimonious tight-arses - what would stop them running up £2bn of debt on players' transfers, thus adding £2bn of value to the club, then forming a shell company that buys FSG from themselves at a £2bn+ inflated price (say £6bn), and then that debt is not, evidently, subject to FFP?

Now, is that not, in a way, what Chelsea has done? :emoticon-0138-think
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yes never heard a peep out of PL about that write off though technically there was no debt as had been turned into shares it was just Abrahmovic wanting that paying back by claiming it was still a loan .
not heard much about the £1bn stadium either but since that would have to be enforced by HMG i assume a brown envelope sent to Conservative Central Office will sort that littledetail out .
 
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Solid_Air 2 said:
yes never heard a peep out of PL about that write off though technically there was no debt as had been turned into shares it was just Abrahmovic wanting that paying back by claiming it was still a loan .
not heard much about the £1bn stadium either but since that would have to be enforced by HMG i assume a brown envelope sent to Conservative Central Office will sort that littledetail out .
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yup.

and that's why the vast "price" for chelsea that drives the price for utd etc is a huge lie.

Chelsea won't be building a 1.5 billion stadium any time soon.
 
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LuisDiazgamechanger said:
Al-Ittihad has offered £60m for MO Salah.
This is the worst transfer market in Liverpool history.
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Liverpool will hold out for £100m, but complete the transfer just after our window closes, then they'll be able to say they can't spend the money. We'll probably get Dele Alli on loan in January and put him on the same wages as Melo was on.
 
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