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Flying Okapis
Most Well-Known Member
Yeeeeeah good luck with that
Does anyone even respect UEFA anymore, Barca & Juve still giving them the swerve.
Joke of an organisation.
Country: South Africa
Player:Nketiah
I saw our financials summarised on Swiss Ramble yesterday, we definitely have been spending big amounts over the last bit, with little revenue.
All things considered though, we are still ok, because of the special Covid conditions provided for. But we need to start balancing the books again.
So from a transfer point of view, I think this is the last heavy spending summer for us. We probably will do one or two signings max from here on out IMO.
All things considered though, we are still ok, because of the special Covid conditions provided for. But we need to start balancing the books again.
So from a transfer point of view, I think this is the last heavy spending summer for us. We probably will do one or two signings max from here on out IMO.
DJ_Markstar
Based and Artetapilled
Player:Martinelli
FFP is a load of bollocks anyway, imagine coming up with "fair play" rules that are intrinsically designed to reinforce the existing power bases and then calling it fair what a bunch of Orwellian BS
A much better way to do it (if you actually want financial fair play) would be to introduce a simpler and more transparent salary cap/transfer cap, but they won't do it for obvious reasons.
what a bunch of Orwellian BSA much better way to do it (if you actually want financial fair play) would be to introduce a simpler and more transparent salary cap/transfer cap, but they won't do it for obvious reasons.
Country: Nigeria
Player:Saliba
Selling players for fees will be nice.
Country: South Africa
Player:Nketiah
Its coming buddy, dont worry about that.
I like the Edteta jab though
On the whole, the financial situation for many clubs has been problematic for a while now, exacerbated by Covid. Wenger himself predicted that players would be difficult to move on, and would run down their contracts instead.
There is just too much of a financial imbalance between the PL and the rest of the world at the moment, it is basically a super league.
Country: Nigeria
Player:Saliba
Hasn't stopped Liverpool and Chelsea getting decent fees for their players though.
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Deleted member 102404
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Or kroenke could just buy 20 million shirts.
Fair strategy , how else did City overtake Man Utd on commercial revenue in just a few years ,lol
Country: South Africa
Player:Nketiah
Well you can probably trace why it happens. In Liverpool's case the low wages contributes to more business dealings across Europe. In Chelsea's case I'm not as clear, have my suspicions of course, but prefer not to speak on them.
For us, when you have players like Özil and Kolisinac on massive contracts, you are going to struggle to sell them. Add to that the struggles in the market. They will not take a pay cut either, and thus you have the Mexican standoff type situation IMO.
We have adjusted our wage structure now and combined with matters improving across Europe, we stand a better chance of getting good deals for our players.
Country: Nigeria
Player:Saliba
City have been doing good business in terms of selling players for a few years now. They've a huge fortune selling their academy graduates something we seem to be very bad at.
.I get your point about the commercial revenue though.
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Deleted member 102404
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Chelsea also do good business at selling players…for remarkable fees.
It’s laundering IMO.
Look at Ferran Torres. Here’s a guy bought for 20m who fails to deliver in the PL, gets dropped and then gets sold for a 30m profit. Nice business.
Seems strange though when at the same time the UAE are doing deals with Barca to have them on a lucrative tour of the country and setting up an ongoing commercial sales operation.
Then later Dubai offering Barca a billion plus loan…
These are cosy little relationships.
It’s EASY to say to a club, you give me £60m for player x (who’s really worth £10m) and we’ll drop 50m back to you via one of our other enterprises…. As long as you have the relationships set up .
Voila . Books balanced
If City had bought Pepe for £72m, no doubt they’d be selling him for £80m.
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DJ_Markstar
Based and Artetapilled
Player:Martinelli
I'd say winning games and being more likeable (read: less unlikeable) definitely contributes
Riou
In The Winchester, Waiting For This To Blow Over
Country: Northern Ireland
Player:Gabriel
Gunner D
Coronavirus Truther; ex. Gunner boy dd
Wtf are you on about?
Country: England
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Deleted member 102404
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Don’t worry, it’s above your head.
Gunner D
Coronavirus Truther; ex. Gunner boy dd
Above my head? You’re one of the worst posters on here.Don’t worry, it’s above your head.
Country: England
Long thread for those interested:
The tl:dr however:
Unless I have read that incorrectly though, looks like all those cash reserves that has been built up over the Emirates years has now been more or less spent. @Makingtrax Discuss.
The tl:dr however:
#AFC have also needed to eat into their cash balance, which has fallen significantly from the £231m peak in 2018 to only £19m in 2021, though this was impacted by COVID and delayed season ticket renewals. Now firmly in the bottom half of the Premier League.
#AFC have had to show some fancy footwork off the pitch to remain competitive during their extended Champions League absence, especially after being hit particularly hard by COVID, but they would appear to have just about managed to do so while still complying with FFP rules.
Unless I have read that incorrectly though, looks like all those cash reserves that has been built up over the Emirates years has now been more or less spent. @Makingtrax Discuss.
I mean it’s fairly logical, when you consider the club is incapable of recouping fees for any players. We don’t earn any money from sales.
