Varadi Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 It's beyond retarded. Teams with a bottomless pot of money are effectively ruining the game and the punishment is "send a little of that money our way and we'll say no more about it" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Did anyone genuinely think that anything else was going to happen? NUFC are the only ones "abiding by the rules" but you don't need to be that clever to that it's just a way for Ashley to not have to spend anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 21 man squad from 25 is pretty significant mind if that part is true. Means 4 expensive players are more than likely going to not be registered and potentially move elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 21 man squad from 25 is pretty significant mind if that part is true. Means 4 expensive players are more than likely going to not be registered and potentially move elsewhere. Depends on whether they count HG slots though. You could easily get the Rodwells and Lescotts to sit out and it wouldn't affect them much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 A fine ffs - they're absolutely taking the p*ss Wonder who gets that money btw?? It's divided amongst the clubs who've met their FFP conditions... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 21 man squad from 25 is pretty significant mind if that part is true. Means 4 expensive players are more than likely going to not be registered and potentially move elsewhere. @RBairner 22m Champions League squad cut will particularly bite as 8 players must be locally trained. Even with 25-man squad #PSG struggled with this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 21 man squad from 25 is pretty significant mind if that part is true. Means 4 expensive players are more than likely going to not be registered and potentially move elsewhere. @RBairner 22m Champions League squad cut will particularly bite as 8 players must be locally trained. Even with 25-man squad #PSG struggled with this. De-bu-chy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 21 man squad from 25 is pretty significant mind if that part is true. Means 4 expensive players are more than likely going to not be registered and potentially move elsewhere. @RBairner 22m Champions League squad cut will particularly bite as 8 players must be locally trained. Even with 25-man squad #PSG struggled with this. De-bu-chy. Was my immediate thought. Bin off vdW. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Corruption reigns supreme. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I actually think that these penalties are very good, although I expect appeals and for them to be reduced. The squad restrictions will mean the big players wont be happy missing out on CL especially in the year after the WC where they typically could get a big transfer away. The fines should mean that the clubs have to generate £50m more this year to reach the same P/L that they were fined for this year. In theory that means they will have to increase their revenue by £75-100m in a very short space of time or get hit with a more severe penalty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 21 man squad from 25 is pretty significant mind if that part is true. Means 4 expensive players are more than likely going to not be registered and potentially move elsewhere. Probably just pay them more to hang around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 21 man squad from 25 is pretty significant mind if that part is true. Means 4 expensive players are more than likely going to not be registered and potentially move elsewhere. Probably just pay them more to hang around. According to BBC "A wage cap could also be introduced on the errant clubs to ensure there is no rise on this season's squad wage bill for the Champions League." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 A fine ffs - they're absolutely taking the p*ss Wonder who gets that money btw?? It's divided amongst the clubs who've met their FFP conditions... The Champions League clubs? Oh, great - give them more of the money! Fair enough if it's distributed to all of the clubs in the top European leagues but still you're talking about a pittance once it's been divided, so it's pointless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 A fine ffs - they're absolutely taking the p*ss Wonder who gets that money btw?? It's divided amongst the clubs who've met their FFP conditions... The Champions League clubs? Oh, great - give them more of the money! Fair enough if it's distributed to all of the clubs in the top European leagues but still you're talking about a pittance once it's been divided, so it's pointless. The later iirc... I agree it's not going to be that much... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 21 man squad from 25 is pretty significant mind if that part is true. Means 4 expensive players are more than likely going to not be registered and potentially move elsewhere. Probably just pay them more to hang around. According to BBC "A wage cap could also be introduced on the errant clubs to ensure there is no rise on this season's squad wage bill for the Champions League." To be fair, I was surprised when I read the reports. It's further than I expected the UEFA to go - a squad limit and a wage cap can actually hurt them quite a bit. We'll see what happens after appeals, etc... but UEFA has taken the matter seriously, imho. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 It's better than I expected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Yeah me too. I know it's not what FFP looked like it was going to do originally, but that'll have a big impact on their summer transfer dealings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammys_Tekkers Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Can see PSG going all out on a few French players this summer then. Lloris, Pogba and Griezmann are the first few that come to mind, Sirigu, Lavezzi and either Motta or Verratti will probably be sold as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Pardew must be adding this to his excuse book. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 8 players locally trained or promoted from own academy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I actually think that these penalties are very good, although I expect appeals and for them to be reduced. The squad restrictions will mean the big players wont be happy missing out on CL especially in the year after the WC where they typically could get a big transfer away. The fines should mean that the clubs have to generate £50m more this year to reach the same P/L that they were fined for this year. In theory that means they will have to increase their revenue by £75-100m in a very short space of time or get hit with a more severe penalty Doubt it works this way. The fines will not count towards their P/L for next season (in fact, according to UEFA, it's probably applied to this past season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Can see PSG going all out on a few French players this summer then. Lloris, Pogba and Griezmann are the first few that come to mind, Sirigu, Lavezzi and either Motta or Verratti will probably be sold as well. The same Lavezzi we were linked with recently? It's all falling into place! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 PSG set for quadruple FFP sanctions Paris Saint-Germain can expect to be hit by a four-pronged punishment when UEFA hands out its first financial fair play (FFP) sanctions later this week, L'Equipe has claimed. France's main sports daily reported on Tuesday the French champions have failed to convince European football's governing body their recently signed contract with the Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) is not overvalued. The deal, which brings the club up to 200 million euros a year, thus allowing them to squeeze inside FFP thresholds, has reportedly been valued at only half that amount by UEFA experts. Consequently, UEFA and PSG have reached agreement on a moratorium which protects the club from any further, immediate sanctions, but does impose upon their owners, Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) a number of damaging restrictions. PSG, which boasts Europe's highest wage bill at 240 million euros, will not be allowed to increase the amount it pays in salaries, and they will have to sell players before being able to spend in the coming transfer window. UEFA will also reportedly ask PSG to limit their transfer activity, allowing them to buy one player at 60 million euros, but forbidding them to break down that sum to buy two players, for example, at 30 million euros or three at 20 million euros. PSG's Champions League campaign next season will be hit with Les Parisiens permitted to only name a 21-man squad instead of the usual 25. Eight of those players will need to be homegrown, thus restricting coach Laurent Blanc's options. Furthermore, PSG will have to pay a 60 million euro fine spread over the next three years and reduce their losses to 30 million euros, rather than the 45 million euros stipulated by FFP regulations, by the end of the 2014-15 season. http://www.espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1811094/psg-set-quadruple-financial-fair-play-sanctions-uefa?cc=4716 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 So that means they are now only allowed to buy 1 player this summer? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 So that means they are now only allowed to buy 1 player this summer? No idea. It's a weird ruling for sure. There's only so few players that you could spend 60m on, and that includes some huge wages too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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