It was found next to the office with brown paper envelops addressed to Platini ..
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It was found next to the office with brown paper envelops addressed to Platini ..
AS a portion of that amount is for sponsorshiip of a whole complex to be built (admittedly including a new traning facility for City) - the amount "allocated " to sponsor that will probably be deducted anyway I would have thought - as its not directly football related earnings (or however UEFA word it)
Baring in mind the rumoured amount Utd are trying to chase Nike for their new kit deal to be started in a couple of years time - with the above deduction it could be similar amounts (the dubiousness from the £400m amount to my mind is the stadium naming rights which is shows to rarely if ever work for the sponsor in the case of a stadium already built as nearly everyone continues to call it the "old" name anyway)
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I completely agree with you as the big danger is falling out of the top 4 as the walls could come down on us very fast. It's a very important season for us gunners. I will of course reserve judgement on AW regarding transfers until the window has closed. The question i have is currently at this moment in time if we was given another top 4 finish next season without any trophies would us gunners take it and be happy?
I honestly wouldn't know how long mentally it takes to recover from such a bad leg break but i certainly do want to see AW give ramsey a chance. I know Diaby is still playing for us after his break and if it was not for him currently loving that injury table i feel he would be playing a bit more.
It's shame because we all saw flashes of what Rambo could be like just before that break and there is no doubt a massive talent.
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Just lol. But for the health of the business in general, the football market must be regulated. Letting clubs do whatever they want is just not good for the majority (look at Scotland, or Spain, where two clubs just dominate/ruin the competition). Football's still a sport, and if a handful of clubs are artificially boosting themselves in the UK, or relying on old glories to bring in many times the revenues of smaller clubs, there's no fair competition across the league.
Bring in central academies with drafting + collective revenues, I say.
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look at many other business markets in the world, you will find 1 or 2 companies dominating the market.
look at mp3 players - ipod dominate the market
look at operating systems - microsoft dominate the market
look at hoovers - dyson dominate the market
look at processors - intel dominate the market
look at search engines - google dominate the market
look at video uploads - youtube dominate the market
look at social networking - facebook dominate the market
that's the way business works, yeah it may be unfair to smaller companies, but that's just life. either manufacture better products or services or expand or be forced to be at the bottom of the food chain.
let's say i started a business tomorrow, competing with super giants like asda, tesco, etc. do you think i would get any help from anybody, are there any restrictions put on tesco or asda? nope, after all manchester city and chelsea aren't making any money, so why does anyone need to step in, its not as if they have a monopoly?
as far as i can see some billionaires are re-distributing their wealth, would you rather they keep it or spend it somewhere else in another country?
manchester city aren't making any money, they are losing it, in most cases where a regulating organisation steps in, is when a company is making too much money and has become far too powerful and zero other companies can compete and now they have a monopoly.
this isn't the case.
as for Scotland and Spain, without Rangers, Celtic, Barcelona or Real Madrid, their leagues would be nothing, maybe not so much true for Spain, they have a couple of good smaller teams, but it's certainly true for Scotland. Scotland only has a population of 5 million, therefore with the majority of that population being based in and around Glasgow, its obvious the Glasgow teams are going to be the most well supported.
If i was starting a business in Scotland i would want my locations to be in and around Glasgow, as i would then have more potential customers. If i stayed in England i have a host of big cities to have locations in, London being the biggest, but others are also bigger than Glasgow in comparison.
By coming in and saying you can only spend the money you generate is going to alienate potential rich buyers, these rich buyers are boosting the british economy. Lets take an average player at Chelsea on £120K a week, £60K goes towards the taxman, with the other £60K, most likely will be spending at least £10K a week of it towards cleaners, maids, petrol, cars, food, clothes, house, electricity, etc. So in fact the wealth is being distributed everywhere not just to the players or taxman.
This boosts our GDP and our Economy (which is down the pan right now and has been for quite a while now), without this money coming in from billionaires, we would be a lot worse off.
The only people complaining are those that support teams not owned by Abromovich or Mansour, like i said if the shoe was on the other foot, you would all be loving it.
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the american model will never ever happen over here though, too many people would object, especially the top 4-6 clubs
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A salary cap would be a much better idea. It would make the league much more competitive.
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Football is in such a mess compared to the way the American sports are run we're such a shambles. Watching the NFL or NHL each year is great, there are always teams who will be very competitive but the very nature of their leagues and the financial rules means any team can be competitive and have a chance. I'm also in favour of the playoff system. Some people will probably say that isn't fair though. Drafts are also a great idea, especially with the weakest teams getting the first picks in the following year.
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Yeah it's a much better setup than football in Europe. Unfortunately I don't think we'll ever get something like that over here but I suppose the financial fair play rules are going a step in the right direction.
Fabregas in essence is a product of Barcelona's youth system, same with Pique. None of the players mentioned (the only exception being Villa) are actually first team regulars & Chygrinsky & Ibra have both been sold on.
Of course they buy, im not saying they don't. What I was saying was, they do not go out and buy a new starting XI every season. The players mentioned have all been bought over the course of what, the last 3-5 seasons? The backbone of Barca's team is players from the youth system, with players bought to fit in and around them.
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Fabregas came to Arsenal when he was 16 and he's now 24. So even though he trained with Barcelona before that I would say he is more a product of the Arsenal youth system than the Barcelona youth system.
Im a Utd fan, but I would still say Pique was a product of Barca rather than ourselves. The years they played before they moved would have been the learning of the style of football Barca play. They would always have that instilled in them. Moving to Arsenal & Utd would be them then fine tuning their skills and developing, but the mentality of the player would still be that of the brand of football they grew up with.
I believe that's why Barca have already taken Pique back and continue in the pursuit of Cesc.
I believe that's why Barca have already taken Pique back and continue in the pursuit of Cesc.
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If those quotes from Modric are true, get the sod out now.
I don't want another Berbatov where we sell on deadline day and don't bring in a replacement.
I don't want another Berbatov where we sell on deadline day and don't bring in a replacement.
Numbers to back up my words. Did it say over what time period? So say Barca bought Keita in 2008 (Not sure on actual year) and he's the longest serving current player in the squad they have bought. If you get me.
At a guess I think the longest serving player at Real that was bought from another club would be...Sergio Ramos? 2007 perhaps? £20m ish?
Casillas, Granero & Pedro Leon the only players from the youth system, and only Casillas players regular football?
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according to wiki, they sold ibrahimovich for 24million euros, whats that £20 million or something?
arsenal should have just gave them fabregas for ibrahimovich? would have been an amazing deal.
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CITEH ARE EVIL!!!11!twelve!!!
http://www.transferleague.co.uk/league-tables/2003-2011.html
Oh wait, Chelsea have spent MOAR.
theres not much in it and city were at the top until torres and luiz were bought.
arsenal in minus figures lulz, they make more than they spend
Just look up the squad pages?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011–12_FC_Barcelona_season#Squad_information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011–12_Real_Madrid_C.F._season#Squad_information
That's the current squads.
Misread what you said, apologies, thougth you were asking for numbers, not agreeing!
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