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BWV posted:Chelsea wants to by Coutinho and Barca wants to by La Cassette sending Gomes and Umittit maybe (which would be dumb). Manu wants Rakitic (apparently even more after that story of him attacking gay fat dwarves resurfaced) i don't think arsenal will sell one of their 2 good players unless its for coutinho money
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pik_d posted:Weird that this comes out a day after City winning the league. How do you feel about all the leaks and stories regarding City’s financial practices? Does it feel like a frame-up to City fans?
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Brony Car posted:How do you feel about all the leaks and stories regarding City’s financial practices? Does it feel like a frame-up to City fans? Yeah a lot of City fans see it that way. The timing of articles like this, the emails being stolen, the fact that it seems to never end, literally having David Gill pushing for City sanctions. There's plenty of  thrown in of course, and I could believe any football club owner has done their share of shady finances, but the overall feeling is that City are being made an example of.But there's also the feeling that City could win if they take UEFA/FIFA to court given that PSG basically got nothing, and FFP overall could proven illegal. I honestly don't know, it's difficult enough to sort through the idiots to find people who know what they're talking about, if it happens it happens I guess. Edit: These are literally back to back posts on City's forum about this "new" potential banning: quote:How can financial fair play claim to have the welfare of a football club at the forefront of it's campaign when teams like Bolton are on the rails? quote:It's been a witch hunt against City from the very beginning of ffp. We all know it was brought in for the sole purpose of stopping us and they have failed. We shouldn't just go to CAS if charged, but to the highest Court in Europe as well. This scam that is ffp needs to be challenged fully for the corrupt cartel protecting sham that it is. pik_d fucked around with this message at 21:57 on May 13, 2019 |
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May 13, 2019 21:55
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FFP - Illegal Using slave labor and killing thousands to build stadiums in six-digit degree weather - Very legal, very cool!
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FFP is just the usual conglomerate of arseholes wanting to have the most money indefinitely innit. Same as this new champions league they want. gently caress them and give me my boro billionaire.
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TheBigAristotle posted:FFP - Illegal This is a helpful post that brings new ideas to the discussion and everyone is very happy you posted it.
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I must admit, I have no trouble believing in a FIFA/UEFA conspiracy in general terms, I just don't see what anybody there has to gain by loving City over. It's not like they're the only club bankrolled by oil money, and they're not exactly running roughshod over the CL.
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May 13, 2019 23:01
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tarbrush posted:I must admit, I have no trouble believing in a FIFA/UEFA conspiracy in general terms, I just don't see what anybody there has to gain by loving City over. It's not like they're the only club bankrolled by oil money, and they're not exactly running roughshod over the CL. Make an example of City to protect the current dominant status of the big clubs like Bayern, Real, Juve, etc. it’s not rocket science.
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If they really wanted an effective “financial fair play” model, they would utilize spending and wage caps. But they don’t so they won’t.
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May 13, 2019 23:14
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TheBigAristotle posted:FFP - Illegal Racism, also cool?
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Someone make a transfer thread You make it you lazy oval office.
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Shrapnig posted:You make it you lazy oval office. Sorry too busy saving lives (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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TheBigAristotle posted:FFP - Illegal 6 digit?
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Sorry too busy saving lives 
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Sorry too busy saving lives by putting people to sleep with your posts?!?!?
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Sorry too busy saving lives Remember when you posted in PWM from the operating room or whatever
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pik_d posted:Yeah a lot of City fans see it that way. The timing of articles like this, the emails being stolen, the fact that it seems to never end, literally having David Gill pushing for City sanctions. There's plenty of I wouldn't be surprised if City was being penalized for not greasing enough palms at UEFA, but from the leaked materials, it does look like City engaged in a lot of tricky accounting to get around FFP. What are the legal grounds for finding FFP unlawful?
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pik_d posted:This is a helpful post that brings new ideas to the discussion and everyone is very happy you posted it. It was a hanging curve, what was I supposed to do?
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:6 digit? lmao nice spot... I'm a moron Sincerely, a moron
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Brony Car posted:I wouldn't be surprised if City was being penalized for not greasing enough palms at UEFA, but from the leaked materials, it does look like City engaged in a lot of tricky accounting to get around FFP. As a American who has no real dealings with EU law, most of what I've heard is dealing with EU free trade and FFP restricting that. I found a decent quote that definitely wasn't from reddit about this: quote:The EU has a number of directives (laws), and fundamental one is absolute Free Trade within the EU. FFP restricts trade and therefore should be considered illegal. One of the other things that City fans use as ammo when talking about this is that Khaldoon literally told Infantino that he "would rather spend 30 million on the 50 best lawyers in the world to sue them (UEFA) for the next 10 years [than accept sanctions]", which I think owns bones.
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Yes he's a billionaire who doesn't give a poo poo about spending money for his pet project
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Jose posted:Yes he's a billionaire who doesn't give a poo poo about spending money for his pet project You're thinking Sheikh Mansour, but I get your point. Khaldoon Al Mubarak is the chairman of City, and CFG as a whole.
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pik_d posted:One of the other things that City fans use as ammo when talking about this is that Khaldoon literally told Infantino that he "would rather spend 30 million on the 50 best lawyers in the world to sue them (UEFA) for the next 10 years [than accept sanctions]", which I think owns bones. I think it makes him sound like a proper oval office
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I have no doubt we used some 'creative accounting' to get around the FFP rules however when I have absolutely zero faith that the FFP rules were anything other than an attempt to stop new money clubs from breaking up the hegemony of the old guard then I give no fucks and UEFA can go eat a dick. UEFA don't give a gently caress about the financial health of clubs or parasitic owners they just want more money, forever
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Butterfly Valley posted:I have no doubt we used some 'creative accounting' to get around the FFP rules however when I have absolutely zero faith that the FFP rules were anything other than an attempt to stop new money clubs from breaking up the hegemony of the old guard then I give no fucks and UEFA can go eat a dick. Pretty much this. "We don't like your particular brand of corruption and rules lawyering" says corrupt, rules lawyering organisation.
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Butterfly Valley posted:Racism, also cool? Ban the racist slave owners. Problem solved.
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FFP has some good aspects, its basically the reason why PSG have gaping holes in their midfield right now as they spaffed so much on Neymar and Mbappe that they then couldnt go out and spaff more on someone like Kante, so are having to settle on someone like Herrera on a free transfer.
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Butterfly Valley posted:Racism, also cool? What racism? They literally have people trapped in their country, dying, building stadiums.
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wooger posted:What racism? They literally have people trapped in their country, dying, building stadiums. Who is they and what country are you referring to
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wooger posted:What racism? They literally have people trapped in their country, dying, building stadiums. Unless I'm missing something you're talking about Qatar, right?
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Its not like Gulf state wankery is confined to Qatar, they are all utter cunts.
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abi dhabis a utopia you can literally buy gold from vending machines there and if you can make it there you can make it anywhere
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The most expensive pint I've ever bought was in Dubai airport and it took a lot of searching to find the place selling it That's my UAE story
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£11.43 if I used xe.coms exchange rate but it was in an airport using my credit card so likely considerably worse. My card doesn't charge for use abroad though It was a pint of Heineken and I bought 3
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Gorn Myson posted:I hope City are banned from the Champions League forever
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