Lots of leaked emails being released in Germany about how City have done business to comply with FFP.
Now FFP itself is one thing, and the punishments for breaching it can be quite severe if appropriate action is not followed. SO you can have restricted transfers and possible exclusion from UEFA competitions - UCL etc. Where clubs are in breach they are allowed time to comply, to get their finances in order, and City themselves were find £49m some years ago but got most back after demonstrating compliance.
But to deliberately deceive the Governing body in order to comply with FFP is another level in my opinion. Something that should be punished heavily and immediately if proven...no suspended fines etc. Actual direct punishment that harms a club like City/PSG where financial punishment has no effect.
Im a not saying that these clubs are guilty but the leaked emails certainly do point the finger and have not been directly denied by City (PSG have appealed the UEFA decision to reopen investiagtions in to their financial dealings).
It is actually good for the game that teams can rise from lower levels to provide further quality and enrich the Premier League, but this has to be done above board.
Will be interesting to see where this goes, and if, as has been alleged, there is some colluding from UEFA in sweeping these matters under the carpet in the past.
Man City/PSG & Financial Fair Play
posted on 8/11/18
Their bus was attacked and their players and manager have been rattled ever since.
Cut them some slack.
posted on 8/11/18
Uefa charged City.
City denied the charges.
UEFA offered a compromise.
City agreed.
End of story.
posted on 8/11/18
Financial Fair Play was designed to keep the successful clubs happy, and stop them them leaving UEFA.
It was the most anti-competitive legislation, a drawbridge pulled up to shut out anyone with the ambition to challenge the status quo.
If City, PSG, or anyone else spent their own money, without piling debt on the Club, whose business is it?
Arsenal, A.C. Milan, Real Madrid, Manchester United, and many more will have you believe they have history, class, built on organic growth...
Yeah right.
They have all bought success. All been injected with massive resources they haven't earned. Everyone has.
So, I hope these e-mails are genuine, and yeah, so what, same as it ever was.
posted on 8/11/18
The rules were scaled down right after AC Milan were taken over by a Chinese Billionaire.
posted on 8/11/18
Not fussed about FFP if I’m being honest. All it does is deny anyone challenging the elite/richest.
posted on 9/11/18
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posted on 9/11/18
comment by Ledders the King - 2017/18 FF Enders league ch... (U20121)
posted 12 hours, 36 minutes ago
Not fussed about FFP if I’m being honest. All it does is deny anyone challenging the elite/richest.
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FFP is anti competitive and we'd feel agreived if we won the lottery and couldn't spend money.
What I have a bigger issue with is the corruption of club's to circumvent the rules. The rules may suck but dems the rules.
It's hard for many fans to take that other clubs can spend without limitation, but harder to swallow that they fake compliance through deceipt.
What is sad is that you don't trust the authorities to clamp down. They have little interest in justice, just pandering to the most powerful clubs.
posted on 9/11/18
comment by #4zA (U19575)
posted 6 hours, 46 minutes ago
PSGs owners "loaned" the owner of Red Star Belgrade €5m so he could bet on the outcome of the PSG-Red Star game that his team would lose by 5 gols.
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I remember reading somewhere that Barca & Real do something similar to each other, whereby they pay the smaller clubs a lump sum to 'try harder' in the game against their rivals.
posted on 9/11/18
comment by Michael Edwards FC {Proud owner of the 5 000 000th comment} (U2720)
posted 39 minutes ago
comment by #4zA (U19575)
posted 6 hours, 46 minutes ago
PSGs owners "loaned" the owner of Red Star Belgrade €5m so he could bet on the outcome of the PSG-Red Star game that his team would lose by 5 gols.
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I remember reading somewhere that Barca & Real do something similar to each other, whereby they pay the smaller clubs a lump sum to 'try harder' in the game against their rivals.
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Don’t know if that still happens but it used to be the norm. Was basically offered as an incentive to teams with nothing to play for towards the end of the season when the title race was tight.
posted on 9/11/18
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