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Hopefully he can bring his Georgian mate with him.

Uefa don’t give out stringer punishments so maybe that’s a factor? Or maybe it’s as a suggested as city are playing politics? Drop the charges or we blow this wide open? edit. Also, Uefa aren’t the ones restricting income, if the PL are knocking back sponsorships this hurts them both domestically as well as in Europe. Lots of food for thought though.

From what I heard anchoring hasn’t passed yet, they will explore it more by consulting directly with the PFA now. It will also be open to legal challenge. The league is such a mess, they used to pass rules by consensus they’d get everyone on board and pass rules without issues, now they try to strong arm and it might come back to bite them

Yeah, these are factors why I’m unsure as well. I mean what value do Sela get out of this deal with us? How does sponsorship of us help Sela? Noon is a bit different as they actually exists and selling iirc. If you remember shortly after the takeover it did seem as if they were intent on raising our profile in MENA I wonder if @McCormick could chime in and let us know if that’s still the case?

You can’t compare because they had no limits on what they could and couldn’t do. Also the league is much more competitive now and revenue gap with the financial restrictions are obscene. We are half of spurs I think people don’t realise how much of a gap that is and how hard it is to bridge.

If city get rid of RPT rules then it’s over for the PL it will kill FFP as they can just park losses at whatever market values they like on clubs who don’t even matter But part of me wonders if city are making threats to horse trade and politic.

Yea, I’m also trying to understand what PIFS intention long term buy and hold does seem to be it. I think we will have a pretty clear picture when they decide what to do with the stadium, if it’s incremental then I’ll be pretty certain we are just an investment and not a vanity project.

Absolutely multi club is so crucial and under rated. It’s another reason why I’m surprised we’ve been so slow you can park losses and profits anywhere you choose with it.

This is really interesting because it actually infers city have had deals either rejected or revalued. In order to sue for damages some loss would have needed to have taken place. I wonder if this has impacted us in terms of less sponsors etc.

I used to think that too, I actually think the worst outcome would be the rules being blown all the way open and the league becoming a two horse arms race between us and city. it’s a damn shame those selfish cunts decided to close the shop and lock us out. I’d be more than happy with a historic budget being worded out (say whatever city have spent over the years adjusted for inflation with some leeway so they can invest) couldn’t be worked out. The goal for financial regulations should be to protect clubs from going bust whilst creating a level playing field. Those owners who are willing to foot the bill should be allowed to up to a point.

Yeah, I mean we have the Saudi connection so no matter what we do, we will always get the least slack. it’s why I feel we’ve been sitting on the sidelines, PR wise we don’t want to bring so much negativity on ourselves; let someone else challenge the rules.

It’s not at all reasonable everyone has been constrained by these rules IF someone just exceeds them and ask for an increase it makes a totally mockery out of them. Its just odd, it’s as if it’s dawned on them they are fucked and are exploring other options which doesn’t involve selling a crown jewel.

Schar out for season is a disaster. 3 centre half’s down. Will it ever end.

Oh dear, @brummiebetter brace himself for that points deduction.

Yeah. I couldn’t agree more but it’s the members so make up the league and decide all of this, if they’ve made rules which are actually unlawful good luck to them. I think it’s the changing of the make up of the league which has done it in. Before ambitious people took over us Villa and forest everyone loved FFP.

That’s one angle for sure personally I’m not putting too much stock in the expiry date of the clause, if someone offers that amount of money in July he would be off (assuming he wants to go). Clubs rarely keep hold of players that want to leave.

I hear ya, when they came to us I was laughing because to try and play that way against us at our home felt absolutely mental to me.

I think your perceptions are slightly off/ tinted by recency bias. Ultimately they are shopping in the same market as us, they can’t attract the elite so anyone they sign willl be something of a project or a player passed over/deemed not good enough by a city/madrid.

It’s a bit harsh, it’s the first wobble since they’ve appointed him. You can’t really remodel a squad in 2 windows either. The media wankathon in the first half of the season has done them no favours either entire squad made out to be world beaters.

You can’t equate the two, they need money and as the owner has shown they are more than happy to role out the red carpet for us. Don’t think it will happen either mind, the plans we have for SJP are still shrouded in mystery as we know absolutely nothing at this stage.

I don’t think he’s naive, he just has that I won’t budge from my principles way, which obviously becomes a massive issue when things aren’t going well.

Thank goodness! Was worried the fa would take the piss.

Yeah, that would make some sense, it’s totally bizarre how he came with his exclusive and it’s been crickets from everyone else.

I hear you.