FloydianMag

Hasn’t stopped him calling it right on FFP and FMV though, has it?

There isn’t any type of FFP that would benefit any club other than the old big 6, they will always have more financial muscle than the rest of the clubs therefore competing on ‘merit’ is bollocks. The only way you can compete with them is by being able to spend or even outspend them. You can, although rarely have a Leicester City who win ‘on merit’ but even they were bankrolled by their owners. The PL clubs are not above competition law that applies to the business world, they should not be allowed to interfere in any other clubs commercial activities which has happened with firstly FFP and since we were taken over twice with FMV and an even more onerous kind of FMV that was voted down at the end of November. If clubs overspend then yes they could go bust but that’s up to their owners as in the business world. Clubs are no longer ‘community clubs’ they are multi million pound businesses that have to comply with Competition Law whether you like that or not. We hit the jackpot in respect of wealthy owners, I’m sick of listening to the top 6’s money doing all the talking, the sooner FFP and FMV is gone the better.

I’ve had a feeling that the club are preparing some kind of action, ever since Dan Ashworth’s fishing trip at the beginning of November re loan players from Saudi. I could be wrong, hope I’m not.

It’s up to the clubs who suffer from FFP to submit a legal challenge and fuck the old top 6, we would be hated for doing so but then the cunts hate us anyway. Give them something to really fucking hate us for!!

Interesting article from Samuel’s https://x.com/mrroddygraham/status/1742469444184478122?s=46&t=RaLdCRuzyWBbm603Y3eUgg

Fucking hell……….Tonali will be back before this lot.

Obviously the club have their reasons why they haven’t……..yet. I hope that they are building a case against FFP and FMV.

The way to fuck FFP is to challenge it’s legality.

Reputed to be £40 million a season.

When the PL first introduced FMV in 2021 I’m sure Amanda did tell the meeting that what they were doing was a breach of Competition Law, then they attempted to make it more onerous last November and failed. There is also the fact that the other top 6 clubs believe their sponsorship deals should be higher due to history, heritage and coefficients is also a load of bollocks. The whole lot needs to be swept away so there is a level playing field, including FFP.

That’s the point of FMV though, its’s designed to prevent us from having the same levels of sponsorship as the rest of the top 6. The related party shite is anti competitive.

Could there be other reasons? Like challenging FMV for related party sponsorships, after all it didn’t exist until our takeover.

Given that we need to increase revenue streams to prevent us from falling foul of FFP I’m surprised stadium naming rights, training kit and training ground sponsors haven’t been announced. They’d both bring in significant amounts of revenue, strange.

The Adidas sponsorship deal reputed to be £40 million a year will be available for the summer window.

The number of times FFP and FMV is mentioned maybe we should have a separate thread on both the issues until they’re no longer relevant.

It was always thus when Arsenal, Man U and Liverpool were winning titles over the last 40 years interspersed by the odd club picking up a title every now and again. Someone richer turned up at Chelsea and Man City, then us and the self entitled bastards plotted and schemed to protect what they thought was their right to regularly win trophies, and now we have FFP and FMV. Fuck them, time for them to move aside for another 3-4 wealthier clubs to have their day in the sun.

Which brings us back to why should owners be prevented from investing in the club they own by artificial constructs like FFP?

Football clubs are businesses after all and are not above Competition Law, as for lawyers they all make excellent fees, well other than those that work in the criminal justice system. What needs to go is co-efficients, history and heritage that they use to justify higher levels of sponsorship etc then it would be a fairer competition.

Whether you think he’s a leech or not he’s an authoritative figure who knows his shit. FFP is fine as long as all clubs can spend the same amounts to ensure competitive balance.

Yes to shell companies allegedly, if FFP was to be shown to be anti competitive and illegal, they wouldn’t have needed to get involved in any shady dealings. Their owners could have give them the money, no?

TBF, it’s only impacted us since we were taken over. As for City I agree to an extent, however if FFP hadn’t of existed their owners might not have had to allegedly funnel money into City through shell companies.

NDM’s view. https://x.com/nickdemarco_/status/1741109630757921036?s=61&t=Yt8DTJJ-7Jh_ndgpdGSFKQ

If FFP is ruled as being anti competitive, as it should be, it’s City’s get out of jail free card, I’m sure their lawyers are all over this as should ours.

Governing bodies aren’t above the law.

FFP and FMV next? https://x.com/nickdemarco_/status/1741102055014433221?s=46&t=RaLdCRuzyWBbm603Y3eUgg