Slightly different tact to the FA Cup final articles, but just a quick knee-trembler regarding UEFA getting heavy with Man City and PSG.
Who are they kidding?
Fining a club with owners so cash-rich is of no consequence whatsoever! £100, £200 million, keep going, it's merely a a bit of rain in the ocean to these people.
Limiting Champions Leagues squads is a minor deterrent (at best), but if UEFA really is serious about enforcing rules THEY made, then they need to actually take action that has consequences, sets an example and makes EVERY club realise that playing by the rules is a necessity, not an option!
Banning clubs from UEFA tournaments and/or strict transfer-embargos until the club(s) are complying with the rules set in place by the governing body should surely be mandatory?
This isn't specifically digging out PSG or Man City, it's just that in this instance they've been proven to have broken UEFA rules & guidelines.
These two clubs have made European and domestic football interesting and (hopefully) competitive.Hopefully going forward other clubs can follow suite. But in the interest of the game, they need to do it fairly, otherwise it'll end up like the Wild West, if it isn't already?
UEFA need to grasp the nettle!
posted on 17/5/14
Points deduction for the coming CL comp would be good!
posted on 17/5/14
Who cares.... It is cup final day!!!
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Honestly, I heard about UEFA's punishment and was utterly bemused. Needed to get this out of my system! Have a cracking day!
posted on 17/5/14
Clubs HAVE been banned on FFP ground, it just depends on the seriousness of the infringement.
But for their ban on Malaga, Sevilla wouldn't even have qualified for this season's Europa League, let alone win it!
posted on 17/5/14
Clubs HAVE been banned on FFP ground, it just depends on the seriousness of the infringement.
But for their ban on Malaga, Sevilla wouldn't even have qualified for this season's Europa League, let alone win it!
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Do you get the impression that UEFA are a bit more in awe of the Sheiks and oil-rich cash-happy owners though, than the irresponsible types who mismanaged Malaga?
Money pumped into the game is no bad thing, as long as it's done so properly and that those doing it play by the rules.
I get the feeling that UEFA is kind of in awe of some of these characters and will make it a case of one rule for one, and another for someone else? That doesn't sit well with me.
posted on 17/5/14
I get the feeling that UEFA is kind of in awe of some of these characters and will make it a case of one rule for one, and another for someone else? That doesn't sit well with me.
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Of course, as Wenger said, how can you tell the TV companies who paid loads for the rights that PSG won't be involved in the CL
posted on 17/5/14
UEFA knows that football fans and broadcasters would like to the players like Aguero, Ibra, Yaya etc on their tv screens as long as the going concern of these clubs are not under threat.
Malaga on the other hand is a different kettle of fish. They were banned simply because they were skint and could not meet their financial obligation. Surely that is not the case for City or PSG.
posted on 17/5/14
That's the easy conclusion to draw Moist, and it wouldn't really come as a shock given int'l football bodies' track record, but I don't know the regulations anywhere near enough to say whether the rulings are in accordance with them or not.
I'd rather think that PSG's and City's breaches merit the sanctions imposed according to the regulations and not something worse. I don't know whether other clubs are wary of up kicking up a fuss if the sanctions were considered too lenient, but it might have been the case.
Thing is that as it stands, FFP might as well be called PSQ (Preservation of the Status Quo), and I don't like that.
The issue, imo, that should really worry UEFA is the sustainability of clubs' debt. If some crackpot wants to donate billions out of his own cash into a club, then let him. Providing the club isn't burdened with unpayable debt, I don't see a problem with it. Sooner or later the money will run dry and as long as it doesn't, we'll have more clubs in the mix. The more the merrier imo.
posted on 17/5/14
The issue, imo, that should really worry UEFA is the sustainability of clubs' debt. If some crackpot wants to donate billions out of his own cash into a club, then let him. Providing the club isn't burdened with unpayable debt, I don't see a problem with it. Sooner or later the money will run dry and as long as it doesn't, we'll have more clubs in the mix. The more the merrier imo.
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Exactly and if/when the house of cards falls, it could well have a serious knock-on effect!
posted on 17/5/14
comment by Moistthighs (U3249)
posted 52 minutes ago
The issue, imo, that should really worry UEFA is the sustainability of clubs' debt. If some crackpot wants to donate billions out of his own cash into a club, then let him. Providing the club isn't burdened with unpayable debt, I don't see a problem with it. Sooner or later the money will run dry and as long as it doesn't, we'll have more clubs in the mix. The more the merrier imo.
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Exactly and if/when the house of cards falls, it could well have a serious knock-on effect!
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Well if the billionaire gets bored, all that will happen is for such clubs to sell their assets to finance current liabilities. But if the club is debt free, then there will be no adverse effect if the owner leaves. They will simply put the club up for sale a la Villa and Lerner and move on.
posted on 17/5/14
comment by Moistthighs (U3249)
posted 2 hours ago
Clubs HAVE been banned on FFP ground, it just depends on the seriousness of the infringement.
But for their ban on Malaga, Sevilla wouldn't even have qualified for this season's Europa League, let alone win it!
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Do you get the impression that UEFA are a bit more in awe of the Sheiks and oil-rich cash-happy owners though, than the irresponsible types who mismanaged Malaga?
Money pumped into the game is no bad thing, as long as it's done so properly and that those doing it play by the rules.
I get the feeling that UEFA is kind of in awe of some of these characters and will make it a case of one rule for one, and another for someone else? That doesn't sit well with me.
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not in awe of them. In the back pockets of maybe
Keep those brown envelopes coming