nemtizz Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 PIF saving Chelsea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, Whitley mag said: If we’d sold a player for 47 million in last year of their contract to a Saudi team, the usual suspects would be calling for a PL investigation right now. Not a dicky bird will be said if other clubs are benefitting from the Saudi riches though, just hope our owners aren’t giving a leg up to rivals here for the transfer window. We are basically the only club that can't benefit from the Riches and so I'll not be happy if it gets clubs like Chelsea out the hole they are in https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/22731277/chelsea-todd-boehly-saudi-arabia-pif-transfers-ffp/ Just will ruin what is left of the integrity of football. I have no doubt PIF care more about improving their own league that any impact of their actions on the competitiveness of Newcastle's rival clubs. Edited June 18, 2023 by duo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 @TheregularsNot coming to us. You’ll be disappointed… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 1 minute ago, LFEE said: @TheregularsNot coming to us. You’ll be disappointed… Not going to the Saudi League either - fair play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 Do wonder if this Saudi league stuff is an attempt to leverage into UEFA/FIFA… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 15 minutes ago, Shays Given Tim Flowers said: Do wonder if this Saudi league stuff is an attempt to leverage into UEFA/FIFA… to get the World Cup? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viana Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 6 hours ago, leffe186 said: Wouldn’t that be pretty solid grounds for a PL investigation then? Genuinely amazes me it passed the test. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Anyone else a bit worried about how this is all going? I read last night that PIF have billions of pounds worth of assets managed by Clearlake Capital, who worked with Boehly to buy Chelsea. Now Saudi Arabia are hoovering up Chelsea's unwanted, overpaid talent which will reset them for FFP. Led me down a rabbit hole and didn't realise just how much Qatar/Saudi Arabia etc own in the U.K. Worrying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Froggy said: Anyone else a bit worried about how this is all going? I read last night that PIF have billions of pounds worth of assets managed by Clearlake Capital, who worked with Boehly to buy Chelsea. Now Saudi Arabia are hoovering up Chelsea's unwanted, overpaid talent which will reset them for FFP. Led me down a rabbit hole and didn't realise just how much Qatar/Saudi Arabia etc own in the U.K. Hide contents Worrying. If they started paying Neves money for the Chelsea cast offs then yes maybe you could get worried by it. It seems Chelsea are just trying to offload unwanted high earners and because Saudi has unlimited funds available they're quite happy to take them to give the Saudi league some credibility. Have they even stated that these Chelsea players are going for transfer fees rather than just offloading their contracts? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, KDT said: If they started paying Neves money for the Chelsea cast offs then yes maybe you could get worried by it. It seems Chelsea are just trying to offload unwanted high earners and because Saudi has unlimited funds available they're quite happy to take them to give the Saudi league some credibility. Have they even stated that these Chelsea players are going for transfer fees rather than just offloading their contracts? Yes Romano said that Chelsea rejected Inter's Koulibaly loan offer because they will receive a fee from Saudi Arabia, so I guess we'll see just how much they're going to get. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 They are meant to be getting 35m for Koulibaly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, r0cafella said: They are meant to be getting 35m for Koulibaly Where's that from? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 5 minutes ago, Froggy said: Yes Romano said that Chelsea rejected Inter's Koulibaly loan offer because they will receive a fee from Saudi Arabia, so I guess we'll see just how much they're going to get. Man City paying them over £30m for Kovacic with 1 year left on his deal is arguably more of an issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, KDT said: Man City paying them over £30m for Kovacic with 1 year left on his deal is arguably more of an issue. That's a bargain IMO. Kovacic is class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lish007 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Froggy said: Anyone else a bit worried about how this is all going? I read last night that PIF have billions of pounds worth of assets managed by Clearlake Capital, who worked with Boehly to buy Chelsea. Now Saudi Arabia are hoovering up Chelsea's unwanted, overpaid talent which will reset them for FFP. Led me down a rabbit hole and didn't realise just how much Qatar/Saudi Arabia etc own in the U.K. Reveal hidden contents Worrying. Yeah, I've always known how involved Saudi Arabia are with the UK which is why it pissed me off when self righteous fans jumped on us to say we should be boycotting our club. Look, it's not my idea of a great outcome being owned by a regime like this but neither do I want my country involved either but what choice do i have? Suck out all the joy on offer, never take an Uber, disown fb, stop driving my van? The corruption is full blown. We might as well get used to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 1 minute ago, Froggy said: That's a bargain IMO. Kovacic is class. Absolutely nothing to do with him being a bad player because obviously he's not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 8 minutes ago, KDT said: Where's that from? Romano I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 PIF slags bailing our top four rivals out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyc35i Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 9 hours ago, The Prophet said: Who cares? As long as they're still pumping money into us. Helping our rivals in the league reset their FFP position is the issue. They already have a head start on us and far superior spending power because of it. I’m all for PIF continuing to invest in the infrastructure of the club, but that can only take you so far Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 1 hour ago, andyc35i said: Helping our rivals in the league reset their FFP position is the issue. They already have a head start on us and far superior spending power because of it. I’m all for PIF continuing to invest in the infrastructure of the club, but that can only take you so far Surely investing in the club is their number one asset? You don't become the best by worrying about what everyone else is doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Does anybody else find PIF’s general lack of visibility at NUFC curious? They appear to have no involvement in day-to-day running of the club at all. If this was a super important vehicle for them, then it seems a reasonable bet that they would want their own people more involved. Personally, I think that tells its own story. But that’s probably just me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: Does anybody else find PIF’s general lack of visibility at NUFC curious? They appear to have no involvement in day-to-day running of the club at all. If this was a super important vehicle for them, then it seems a reasonable bet that they would want their own people more involved. Personally, I think that tells its own story. But that’s probably just me. They must be preparing to sell us. worrying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Just now, Jack27 said: They must be preparing to sell us. worrying. No, I don’t think that of course. No worries from me at all. I just don’t think we sit as high in the priority list as some assumed, and now some are realising that with KSA clubs funded by PIF actively enriching and bailing rival clubs out of the shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 7 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: Does anybody else find PIF’s general lack of visibility at NUFC curious? They appear to have no involvement in day-to-day running of the club at all. If this was a super important vehicle for them, then it seems a reasonable bet that they would want their own people more involved. Personally, I think that tells its own story. But that’s probably just me. That was the point though wasn’t it? I do think it’s a bit short sighted aiding Chelsea by buying some of their dead weight for good money though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Very frustrating seeing Chelsea get rid of their unwanted players. Koulibaly and Mendy have been absolute disasters, Ziyech didnt score a goal last season. Koulibaly has another 3 years on his contract and Mendy another two, same for Ziyech. There's no way any club was going to come close to matching their salaries. At best, they'd have been able to loan them out, or move them on while still paying a significant portion of their wages. Now, they're going to get rid of their wages completely, due to these Saudi clubs buying them. Getting ridding of these three, and Kante, who are all the wrong side of 30 is absolutely ideal for Chelsea and it puts them in way better nick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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