Man City CL Ban Overturned

[Garrincha]

Always hated FFP even if City win this one atleast they are not ring-fenced at the top just because of right place right time. If they can buy the best players & success let other teams a few years later.

If UEFA want a more balanced competition need to go the wage budget route but really the horse bolted & gone.

 

[Aevi]

The state of football, it's disheartening. The money, the corruption, even the mysterious lack of players being caught using performance drugs, it's all slowly killing the game for me. Real shame.

 

[Ceballinhos]

Always hated FFP even if City win this one atleast they are not ring-fenced at the top just because of right place right time. If they can buy the best players & success let other teams a few years later.

If UEFA want a more balanced competition need to go the wage budget route but really the horse bolted & gone.

imo the only way to have a balanced competition is to go to the closed league road, like in American sports, which comes with its own issues.

I'm losing more and more interest into football because the competition is basically dead in most leagues. Smaller clubs have no room from improvement even if they work great, an oil club or super club will buy all their best players, they have no way to avoid that, and then they have to start from scratch, and with the money from their sales they can't attract similar players to the one they've just sold.

 

[EinmalImmerEwig]

:rofl:

:cringe:

The former Chief Financial Officer of the German Football League has this to say

I heard "from UEFA or European football in Nyon," that "an unbelievably high pressure has been built up by Manchester City and that the lawyers have acted aggressively, armed to the teeth". There were "intimidation attempts",

Now I don't want to be all ITK, as everyone involved in football here ( Zürich ) heard that as well.
Lawyers are one thing ( and they are, by definition, arseholes ) but "intimidation attempts" goes way beyond what these ****ing parasites should be allowed to do, but again, the Law is an Ass.

"Pep" taking a selfie celebrating his Victory? He's in the business too, may they all rot.

 

[krackpot]

they don't know it now, but UEFA is killing football with this inaction.

Less and less fun to follow the leagues now.

 

[EinmalImmerEwig]

they don't know it now, but UEFA is killing football with this inaction.

Less and less fun to follow the leagues now.

Yes and no.
UEFA is itself only trying to safeguard the interests of the football clubs that are rich and powerful and on their side.
UEFA bribes English Clubs to play in the Europa League quite openly, because without these bribes they wouldn't play, and then nobody would watch their ****ty cup competition.
UEFA also keep changing the format of the Champions League, so that they can profit.

Money is killing football. Jimmy Hill killed football. Bosman killed football.


Sir Henry Norris killed football?

 

[krackpot]

Yes and no.
UEFA is itself only trying to safeguard the interests of the football clubs that are rich and powerful and on their side.
UEFA bribes English Clubs to play in the Europa League quite openly, because without these bribes they wouldn't play, and then nobody would watch their ****ty cup competition.
UEFA also keep changing the format of the Champions League, so that they can profit.

Money is killing football. Jimmy Hill killed football. Bosman killed football.


Sir Henry Norris killed football?

With how we perform, wee still would've been in the Championship if not for him.

But you're partly right, as football has become a spectacle now, more than sport. Just like what the IPL has done to cricket, football is now a plaground for betting companies, and money launderers.


I think 20 years down the line, we will look back at how UEFA has inactively let football devolve into farce:

5 subs allowed is ridiculous and unfair
TV money directly going to the clubs?
No doping mechanism to speak of
No regulation of the betting industry

 

[Kobi]

Maybe UEFA should give each club a list of the rules and regulations with a price list alongside, save any future confusion.

 

[L3T5 PL4Y]

Joke. That means we'll again see a crazy transfer window from them inflating prices and distorting the market again. What's the point of having these regulatory bodies honestly.

That's three monumental mountains to get close to again for us with the clubs below constantly improving while 4th and 5th would be our level unless something major happens going our way.

 

[Michael AFC]

UEFA needs to bin CAS. They keep overturning something like 90% of UEFA's decisions.

Just imaging the Saudis, Qataris and this lot in the Premier League

 

[Lidl_Reed]

UEFA needs to bin CAS. They keep overturning something like 90% of UEFA's decisions.

Just imaging the Saudis, Qataris and this lot in the Premier League

Lol, CAS is recognised by nearly every spoting body. Bitter Arsenal fan

 

[Lidl_Reed]

LOOK AT THAT LIST OF LEGENDS HAHAHAHAH

 

[Mo Britain]

What a surprise.

UEFA should bring Vince McMahon to run European football. it's quite clear they want a circus and not a competitive sport.

 

[A_G]

@Makingtrax

 

[krengon]

LOOK AT THAT LIST OF LEGENDS HAHAHAHAH

"Especially Arsenal "

Seems like the rumours were true lol

 

[GDeep™]

Pep admires Wenger so much he thinks Wenger must have broke the bank.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Wenger did it all with so little spending Wenger didn't spend as much as Fergie.

 

[Fewtch]

He’s fuming at Wenger . He probably thinks Wenger personally called a hit on him from the FIFA headquarters.

 

[krengon]

Wenger lives rent free in Pep's head lol.

 

[krengon]