Man City - the new bitters?

[Barrington Womble]

33 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

Yup, the Super Cup, played over a couple of legs, so they get at least three games.

 

They also have an agreement to sign and train Saudi players.

But that's not a la Liga competition, it's run by the Spanish federation. 

[Bruce Spanner]

11 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

But that's not a la Liga competition, it's run by the Spanish federation. 

Tomato/Tomato same teams, same bullshit.

[Barrington Womble]

Just now, Bruce Spanner said:

Tomato/Tomato same teams, same bullshit.

Not really. It would be like blaming the choices of uefa or the fa on Liverpool. 

[RedKnight]

8 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

Not really. It would be like blaming the choices of uefa or the fa on Liverpool. 

Plus there's open warfare between the Spanish FA and La Liga over such things.

[Bruce Spanner]

14 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

Not really. It would be like blaming the choices of uefa or the fa on Liverpool. 

 

5 minutes ago, RedKnight said:

Plus there's open warfare between the Spanish FA and La Liga over such things.

In my rush to create a false equivalence I didn’t know this…

[Barrington Womble]

4 minutes ago, RedKnight said:

Plus there's open warfare between the Spanish FA and La Liga over such things.

I don't know the day to day politics of it to be honest. I just know they're separate entities and it would be amazing if they're collaborating because there seems no effort from any of the bodies that run the game, no matter where in the world or what level to cooperate.

[RedKnight]

8 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

I don't know the day to day politics of it to be honest. I just know they're separate entities and it would be amazing if they're collaborating because there seems no effort from any of the bodies that run the game, no matter where in the world or what level to cooperate.

There was something about it in the last issue of When Saturday Comes over Pique pulling a fast one and creating a four team super cup out in the desert.

[Jennings]

Some money will change hands and the news will go away.

[Bjornebye]

1 hour ago, dave u said:

Their complaint isn't about sportswashing or human rights issues though. It's about financial doping and not playing by the rules, so La Liga clubs playing in Saudi isn't anything to do with this particular issue. Personally I'd say it's an issue and they shouldn't be taking Saudi cash, but it's unconnected to their complaint.

 

As Barry Wom says, La Liga did clamp down on Barca, forcing them to get rid of Messi. I don't see the PL or Ligue 1 doing similar to City and PSG.

And the PL forcing Everton to get rid of Jonjoe Kenny 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

5 minutes ago, Jennings said:

Some money will change hands and the news will go away.

I'm shocked and disappointed that you could suggest such a thing.

[The Midnight Rambler]

Nice.

[John102]

Are City and Barcelona in some unholy alliance? I vaguely remember someone mentioning debt being restructured through middle eastern banks but cant remember if that was true or just theory.

[Barrington Womble]

14 minutes ago, John102 said:

Are City and Barcelona in some unholy alliance? I vaguely remember someone mentioning debt being restructured through middle eastern banks but cant remember if that was true or just theory.

I am pretty sure it came out that it was a combination of middle East and American banks. I'm sure the American one was a big one, like JPM or BAML. 

[jonnyp]

2 hours ago, The Midnight Rambler said:

Nice.

Both teams are set to earn one bajillionsquillion dollars each from tv rights, sponsorship and online viewing.

[Funkasy]

They have bought Palermo fc

[manwiththestick]

1 minute ago, Funkasy said:

They have bought Palermo fc

All above board I'm sure, nothing to see here.

[dockers_strike]

1 minute ago, Funkasy said:

They have bought Palermo fc

They can money launder through 11 clubs across virtually all continents now and there seems little FIFA, UEFA and any other confederations wish to do about it.

[Vincent Vega]

 

[Pete]

Rich law breaking Stockport County. 

[manwiththestick]

Let's face it, they just have free reign to do whatever they want now.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

*rein

 

Sorry

[TheHowieLama]

20 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

*rein

 

Sorry

Free rain.

[Vincent Vega]

2 hours ago, Vincent Vega said:

 

Dodgy fuckers. 

 

[Barrington Womble]

5 hours ago, Vincent Vega said:

 

Just like the Tories they've even stopped caring about how it looks. They've been called out on the lack of due diligence before and then they pull these fellas out. 

[Freddo]

Surely other clubs will and come together to rail against these oil state clubs. They have moved the goalposts so far that it is impossible to go back.

Uefa, Premier League and Ligue un have allowed these clubs to change the landscape forever.

That isn’t fair to other clubs and it’s almost like fuck the clubs that have made the game what it is, it’s new money so fuck em.

Lets start a league that doesn’t involve any of them. Not one of the fuckers. 
And what happened to the PL investigation against the fuckers? Surely these sponsorship deals have to pass some regulatory test.