The Bear Posted 23 May 2023 Share Posted 23 May 2023 2 minutes ago, Staff said: Not one chance Neves goes to Barcelona, let alone for 60m 😂 It's been in the works for a while now. He already has a multi-year contract agreed with them in principle. Only snag is their current manager Xavi hasn't been keen, but could be open to a move now as of reports yesterday. Plus they have issues with La Liga allowing them to sign players to sort out as well. Oh and I never said he'd go for £60m. That was the estimated total of him and other pkayer sales. Neves is due to leave for around £40m. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 23 May 2023 Share Posted 23 May 2023 Wonder if lopategui is looking at what happened here with rodgers last year and wants to get everything agreed ahead of the window opening public statements about a lack of funds etc are just good for keeping fees down a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadt Posted 23 May 2023 Share Posted 23 May 2023 Just now, st albans fox said: Wonder if lopategui is looking at what happened here with rodgers last year and wants to get everything agreed ahead of the window opening public statements about a lack of funds etc are just good for keeping fees down a bit He’d have been in Spain then, doubt he would have known anything about Rodgers or our situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Fresh Posted 23 May 2023 Share Posted 23 May 2023 4 hours ago, The Bear said: We can afford another window of spending, particularly because the sale of Neves and other fringe players will bring in plenty to offset the FFP issues of any large transfer spend. Binning fringe players sounds easy on paper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lionator Posted 23 May 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 23 May 2023 It is sad that FFP was designed to make things more competitive but it’s the likes of us, Wolves and forest eventually who will suffer the worst effects of the rules. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phil Bowman Posted 23 May 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 23 May 2023 27 minutes ago, Lionator said: It is sad that FFP was designed to make things more competitive It really wasn't. Quite the opposite. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Bear Posted 23 May 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 23 May 2023 (edited) Yes it was designed to stop any teams with smaller income suddenly spending and competing with the big boys after a rich takeover. All under the guise of protecting clubs from going bankrupt. It's nonsense and needs scrapping. Edited 23 May 2023 by The Bear 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniFox21 Posted 23 May 2023 Share Posted 23 May 2023 20 minutes ago, The Bear said: Yes it was designed to stop any teams with smaller income suddenly spending and competing with the big boys after a rich takeover. All under the guise of protecting clubs from going bankrupt. It's nonsense and needs scrapping. In its current format it absolutely needs scrapping, but a rule on stopping teams spending above their ability is needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosbehFox Posted 23 May 2023 Share Posted 23 May 2023 1 hour ago, st albans fox said: Wonder if lopategui is looking at what happened here with rodgers last year and wants to get everything agreed ahead of the window opening public statements about a lack of funds etc are just good for keeping fees down a bit Lopategui very much has an opinion of being his own man too. He will **** the job off if he thinks it’s not worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARM1968 Posted 23 May 2023 Share Posted 23 May 2023 28 minutes ago, The Bear said: Yes it was designed to stop any teams with smaller income suddenly spending and competing with the big boys after a rich takeover. All under the guise of protecting clubs from going bankrupt. It's nonsense and needs scrapping. 100%. We need a spending cap. Same for each team. Wage cap - same for each team. Level playing field as far as can be achieved and then see what happens. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joachim1965 Posted 23 May 2023 Share Posted 23 May 2023 4 minutes ago, ARM1968 said: 100%. We need a spending cap. Same for each team. Wage cap - same for each team. Level playing field as far as can be achieved and then see what happens. Never happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobHawk Posted 23 May 2023 Share Posted 23 May 2023 35 minutes ago, joachim1965 said: Never happen. Sadly your right, but for the good of the sport it should. Unfortunately too many people make too much money for anything to really be done about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue-fox Posted 23 May 2023 Share Posted 23 May 2023 Wage cap should be a thing 100% 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXSE Posted 23 May 2023 Share Posted 23 May 2023 This is actually staggering..... The British government actually had a hand in the Saudi take over of Newcastle. https://twitter.com/TheNewsAgents/status/1661050607044804609?t=l2IXsQzXKb2xpnDNngInWA&s=19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bourbon Fox Posted 23 May 2023 Share Posted 23 May 2023 1 hour ago, UniFox21 said: In its current format it absolutely needs scrapping, but a rule on stopping teams spending above their ability is needed Spend cap? Pay whatever wages you like but a limit on transfer spend in a calendar year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambert09 Posted 23 May 2023 Share Posted 23 May 2023 Am I the only one who gets annoyed when you see people comparing man city’s net spend and highlighting that it’s lower than other clubs. On the surface it might look lower but the ridiculous packages they give players isn’t part of that. For example that shows haaland was signed for 50m but ignores that the total package given to him, to get him to sign almost doubles it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fishwick Posted 23 May 2023 Share Posted 23 May 2023 8 hours ago, Bert said: 9 hours ago, Dave Fishwick said: not sure about that On the basis of? They’re higher than them in the league, they’ve already beaten them (comfortably) twice this season…. it just isn't how odds work otherwise the higher ranked team would always be favourites they're rated very similar by the models and Everton's home advantage would always tip it in their favour, they'd be something like 6/5 if this was the first game of next season with the same teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trabuch Posted 24 May 2023 Share Posted 24 May 2023 I'm almost looking forward to the shifting of this thread to general football and sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridFox Posted 24 May 2023 Share Posted 24 May 2023 2 hours ago, Lambert09 said: Am I the only one who gets annoyed when you see people comparing man city’s net spend and highlighting that it’s lower than other clubs. On the surface it might look lower but the ridiculous packages they give players isn’t part of that. For example that shows haaland was signed for 50m but ignores that the total package given to him, to get him to sign almost doubles it. Added to the fact the numbers are likely cooked up anyway 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalis Posted 24 May 2023 Share Posted 24 May 2023 2 hours ago, trabuch said: I'm almost looking forward to the shifting of this thread to general football and sport. Thats going to feel strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJQuik Posted 24 May 2023 Share Posted 24 May 2023 5 hours ago, Lambert09 said: Am I the only one who gets annoyed when you see people comparing man city’s net spend and highlighting that it’s lower than other clubs. On the surface it might look lower but the ridiculous packages they give players isn’t part of that. For example that shows haaland was signed for 50m but ignores that the total package given to him, to get him to sign almost doubles it. That and even if it was true, it's just a case of investing so much they can make money off of what they already have. Kind of like Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates having an endless money pot via passive income from their billions even if they do absolutely nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mister Posted 24 May 2023 Share Posted 24 May 2023 They should just get rid of FFP and let every club spend as much as they want to their hearts content. FFP was just implemented to create a closed shop among big clubs and kill competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox_up_north Posted 24 May 2023 Share Posted 24 May 2023 Just bring back the superleague. Let Man City, Newcastle, etc sod off to their own special club and leave us to get on with it. If some kid in China has more interest in watching Man United vs Real Madrid every week, let him. Just don't let them stay in our league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LcFc_Smiv Posted 24 May 2023 Share Posted 24 May 2023 (edited) Sky sports reporting that Pep wants the investigation against Man City fast tracking, funny to see what precedent is set when we’ve already been told theres no chance of that happening in regards to Everton. Edited 24 May 2023 by LcFc_Smiv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 24 May 2023 Share Posted 24 May 2023 10 minutes ago, LcFc_Smiv said: Sky sports reporting that Pep wants the investigation against Man City fast tracking, funny to see what precedent is set when we’ve already been told theres no chance of that happening in regards to Everton. When he says ‘fast tracking’ I suspect he’s referencing the fact that most commentators expect it to drag on for years ! He knows that this is the case and its just sound bites 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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