They aren't really. A proper club ruined by its owners.Pretend football club!!!
Not really true, anyone who got average attendances of 30,000 plus on the old second and third tier of English football are a proper club. Sadly what they have become is jus horrible, a plastic soulless club who have lost their true identity.Pretend football club!!!
Pretend football club!!!
Sounds familiar, doesn’t it….. could never happen up hereSeems like a vendetta. The same thing is happening at all the big clubs, but for some reason it only seems City are being hounded.
26 thousand average gate in the 3rd divisionThey aren't really. A proper club ruined by its owners.
Not really true, anyone who got average attendances of 30,000 plus on the old second and third tier of English football are a proper club. Sadly what they have become is jus horrible, a plastic soulless club who have lost their true identity.
The Modern game sucks
Kind of going against your own point their mate in the end upNot really true, anyone who got average attendances of 30,000 plus on the old second and third tier of English football are a proper club. Sadly what they have become is jus horrible, a plastic soulless club who have lost their true identity.
The Modern game sucks
Not really true, anyone who got average attendances of 30,000 plus on the old second and third tier of English football are a proper club. Sadly what they have become is jus horrible, a plastic soulless club who have lost their true identity.
The Modern game sucks
Not if you get a club into huge debt then can't maintain it. Barca can't afford Messi wages unless they give rid of loads of players.Good on them. FFP is a complete farce anyway. If owners can inject cash into the club to pay for the expenditure then they should. They are not doing anything wrong as far as I'm concerned.
Barca and Real do this 'creative accounting' shit all the time and nobody bats an eyelid.
Good on them. FFP is a complete farce anyway. If owners can inject cash into the club to pay for the expenditure then they should. They are not doing anything wrong as far as I'm concerned.
Barca and Real do this 'creative accounting' shit all the time and nobody bats an eyelid.
Not really true, anyone who got average attendances of 30,000 plus on the old second and third tier of English football are a proper club. Sadly what they have become is jus horrible, a plastic soulless club who have lost their true identity.
The Modern game sucks
Surely it’s to prevent owners buying big then pulling out leaving club with high wages which they may not afford when the multi rich owners leaveGood on them. FFP is a complete farce anyway. If owners can inject cash into the club to pay for the expenditure then they should. They are not doing anything wrong as far as I'm concerned.
Rubbish.Pretend football club!!!
An excellent question!Fair enough but why are the likes of Barcelona, Madrid and certain others allowed to basically do and spend whatever they like when they are in so much debt??
I suspect the ordinary/real City fans will be quite happy with the success though.It isn't ordinary City fans fault that their club has been taken over by Arab billionaires. City are a great, old school football club.
From The Mail on Sunday
In the 10 years to the end of 2020, City earned £1.7bn in commercial income. In the same period, Liverpool, Chelsea, and Arsenal averaged £1.1bn each, meaning City earned £600m more from commercial deals than those other clubs of similar size and status.
The difference with City's commercial earnings is that — unlike any of the other three — they are hugely reliant on sponsors in one territory, the UAE.
This potentially becomes a problem for City if it is conclusively proved that chunks of money apparently being paid as sponsorship by 'arms length' third parties was or is in fact ultimately being funded by City's owner or parties related to him, and not by the bodies claimed.
Doesn't take an expert in accountancy to see what's been going on for a long time.
Ultimately, nothing will happen as too many important people have their noses in the trough.
Journo's will get back in line and quieten down if the sheik can be bothered to make the phone call.
Exactly.Good on them. FFP is a complete farce anyway. If owners can inject cash into the club to pay for the expenditure then they should. They are not doing anything wrong as far as I'm concerned.
Barca and Real do this 'creative accounting' shit all the time and nobody bats an eyelid.
City are my English team but even I find it hard to argue against the argument that they've lost their soul.
All the top teams have bar Liverpool.
For the record, the championship is more entertaining than the EPL as a result.
City are winning on the football pitch.Seems like a vendetta. The same thing is happening at all the big clubs, but for some reason it only seems City are being hounded.
They aren't really. A proper club ruined by its owners.
They were my English team growing up in the 70’s and into the 80’s but I’ve long lost interest in following even the results of any English team. City are a circus but they’re not alone.City are my English team but even I find it hard to argue against the argument that they've lost their soul.
All the top teams have bar Liverpool.
For the record, the championship is more entertaining than the EPL as a result.
Not really true, anyone who got average attendances of 30,000 plus on the old second and third tier of English football are a proper club. Sadly what they have become is jus horrible, a plastic soulless club who have lost their true identity.
The Modern game sucks
City are my English team but even I find it hard to argue against the argument that they've lost their soul.
All the top teams have bar Liverpool.
For the record, the championship is more entertaining than the EPL as a result.
Aye, it's only the Spanish that's behind this.City are winning on the football pitch.
Chelsea were banned from European competition for a season for similar.
And then come back and win the champions league.
I am no fan of either club but it’s clear the Spanish are behind this as they are hating the fact they cannot compete with the English clubs financially.
If City are being investigated this way, then PSG, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool etc. should be too
If the SFA weren’t so institutionally corrupt they should be looking at the links to celtc with all of this. What is the set up between city and celtc? How much does celtc pay to loan their players? There’s a danger it’s corrupting our league.The real issue is "The City Group"
As we have seen locally this group can manipulate domestic leagues by simply dosing "their" teams with players - managers - staff to boost that teams chance to get through a rough patch or gain upper hand in league.
There is a real danger of financial doping to the extent that one group / business positions itself to win all the marbles - their only competition is like minded companies and bored billionaires.
Look at Barca and its wage offerings for state sponsored dosing !
Really?what are you basing this pish on.26 thousand average gate in the 3rd division
If Chelsea were in the 3rd division their games could be played in a public park
How are the Spanish behind the EPL investigating City?City are winning on the football pitch.
Chelsea were banned from European competition for a season for similar.
And then come back and win the champions league.
I am no fan of either club but it’s clear the Spanish are behind this as they are hating the fact they cannot compete with the English clubs financially.
If City are being investigated this way, then PSG, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool etc. should be too
I drifted from Liverpool when I found out that they had been buying houses around An field and letting them fall into disrepair thus destroying the value of the houses that were left meaning they got cheap land around the stadium for redevelopmentThat’s Liverpool who were one of the founders of the ESL, put staff on furlough during the lockdown (after announcing a large profit) and also tried to trademark the word “Liverpool” ?
They used to get about 18 to 20,000 when they were in the old Div 2.Really?what are you basing this pish on.