Village Idiot Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 http://estaticos04.marca.com/imagenes/2011/07/24/futbol/equipos/valencia/1311539533_extras_portada_0.jpg Banega to Real Madrid This will have royally p*ssed off Valencia fans (they are big rivals with RM too). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Fun financial/sports tidbit. The bank that loaned the money Real Madrid used to buy Cristiano Ronaldo is using said loan (among other assets) as collateral to ask the Central European Bank for stabilization funds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Fun financial/sports tidbit. The bank that loaned the money Real Madrid used to buy Cristiano Ronaldo is using said loan (among other assets) as collateral to ask the Central European Bank for stabilization funds. Further reading on this, and it sheds some light on how those transfers are structured, as the bank has disclosed the terms of the loan in order to use it as collateral. Apparently Real Madrid have yet to pay a single euro of Cronaldo's transfer fee themselves (the banks did), and they have been only paying interest on the loan so far. They are scheduled to pay the principal in 3 installments, in July of 2012, 2013 and 2014. Interesting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gash Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Will that outbound money add to FFP for those years or will it not count as a previous transfer so doesn't matter? http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loshraWzXN1qb2wovo1_500.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Will that outbound money add to FFP for those years or will it not count as a previous transfer so doesn't matter? No idea, I'm not familiar enough with the FFP or accounting practices to judge. But I suppose not since the contract was signed when these rules didn't exist so can't be expected from Real Madrid to adhere to them. Still, it's a lot of money going out of the club (according to the newspaper I took all this from there's a similar loan in another bank that comes in at the same time). But I was surprised to learn that they themselves haven't actually paid the fee yet. It might be common practice when financing big transfers, mind. FWIW this is the article in Spanish: http://www.elpais.com/articulo/economia/Bankia/usara/prestamo/fichaje/Cristiano/Ronaldo/pedir/liquidez/BCE/elpepueco/20110725elpepueco_1/Tes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Lookslike the Argentine league is changing format to something daft involving 38-40 teams in the top flight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 That sounds very daft indeed. That would be too long of a season unless the plan is to play each other once... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Had to stop reading that Man U piece after the three possible managers mentioned to take over after SAF as Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, and Carlos Quieroz. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 That sounds very daft indeed. That would be too long of a season unless the plan is to play each other once... I think it's going to be regionalised which is equally as bad as pretty much all the big clubs are BsAs based so be interesting to see how they put it together. Why they just can't have a normal league like is beyond me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Lookslike the Argentine league is changing format to something daft involving 38-40 teams in the top flight. Just read on it, sounds beyond weird. 5 conferences with 8 teams each, and seeded so Boca, River (heh), Racing de Avellaneda, Independiente and San Lorenzo don't play in the same one. Then there's a split where the top 4 teams of each conference go into another league to compete for the title proper and the bottom 4 compete to avoid relegation. It also looks like they won't have a balanced schedule, yank-tastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Sounds absolutely atrocious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 That sounds very daft indeed. That would be too long of a season unless the plan is to play each other once... I think it's going to be regionalised which is equally as bad as pretty much all the big clubs are BsAs based so be interesting to see how they put it together. Why they just can't have a normal league like is beyond me. Aye, it's puzzling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Craig-NUFC Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Hasn't there been a shake up to the Argentinian league structure every time River or Boca come close to/get relegated? And have they not looked at how rubbish the State league is in Brazil? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Lookslike the Argentine league is changing format to something daft involving 38-40 teams in the top flight. Nothing to do with River Plate going down? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Hasn't there been a shake up to the Argentinian league structure every time River or Boca come close to/get relegated? And have they not looked at how rubbish the State league is in Brazil? This Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 There's a piece about this in The Blizzard this issue. Can't remember the exact point, but it sounds dubious to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Batista has been sacked from Argentina. To be frank, I think he merited at least a bit more time, since the next major tournament is still 3 years in the horizon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Not if you take into consideration the horror show of a performance he put on at the Copa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Now they have 3 years to find the balls required to appoint a coach who will selected and field a balanced team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Yeah but they need more stability, and he didn't have that much time to give Argentina a shape. Spain limped away from the 2006 WC and the same manager delivered the EC 2 years later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 I have absolutely no faith in the AFA to make a good appointment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 3 years is enough time to find stability with a new competent manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 I have absolutely no faith in the AFA to make a good appointment. You nor me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Sabella, Martino and Bianchi are the candidates according to the Argentine press. I'm only familiar with Bianchi who was an abject failure at Atlético (which is not unusual at that place, that said). His last stint at Boca hasn't been great either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Sabella lacks the experience, Martino has already refuted the link, and Bianchi hasn't been in a job for half a decade. Half a decade too long. 1 good coach out of 3 there, which is Martino as he has a lot of experience of international football. He's apparently already said no. Well Sabella may actually be good, but I don't think he has enough experience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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