Comments on: Will big football clubs beat Financial Fair Play rules?

By: michael

michael — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 06:56:45 +0000

Why is it Platini hasn't said a word regarding PSG but premier league clubs are like satan's children when it comes to FFP is this another anti premier league stance why is it its ok to be in £1 billion pound of debt but an owner cant pump money in every time FFP is mentioned by Platini manchester city is the only team mentioned is it the old order of europe content with the status quo there by limiting the chance of someone breaking up there little click

By: Nobody

Nobody — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 03:13:05 +0000

What about teams in the Premier League like QPR who are buying like crazy and won't be hit by any silly ban from the Champions' League?

By: bentyler15

bentyler15 — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:26:47 +0000

I agree, it has paid off for the Toon and now they can start building stronger after their strong finish last season

By: gazza

gazza — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:29:34 +0000

To add my opinion, the Uefa FFP Rule is a stupid one. Why? Football is a business and if some Qatari sheik chooses to invest in football such that he will initially lose billions with the hope that the club will become profitable in the long run that is his choice. Why is UEFA trying to regulate ppl's investments. Even if someone chooses to put billions in football just for the fun of it, with no hope of positive returns, it is his own money and no one should tell him how to spend it.

UEFA FFP RULE WILL NOT LEVEL THE FIELD IN ANY WAY. The biggest beneficiaries of this rule is the big clubs who are already established with huge fan base and huge revenue streams. For the smaller clubs, they become even more disadvantaged. One, the bigger clubs will no longer pay them big money for their players because they want to be profitable by any means possible to comply with the FFP rule. Two, the smaller clubs will forever remain small because sugar daddy owners will no longer be interested in investing in football.

By: Becca1028

Becca1028 — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:04:54 +0000

It is certainly going to be interesting what happens to Paris Saint Germain in the years to come. I do have to correct some mistakes of the author however, particularly in response to the name rights of the stadium. As of right now Parc des Princes (the home stadium of PSG) is considered a French national landmark, and as such the team needs to apply for a number of permits to be able to complete changes. I highly doubt that the French government is going to agree right away to changing the name of the stadium. They have already stated that they will not allow any major structural changes to the existing stadium.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 07:23:28 +0000

I'm no expert on the matter and it appears our friend Pedro isn't either. This article is weak, nothing we didn't know already.

By: Naya ismaila

Naya ismaila — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:15:45 +0000

I really think real madrid will never be relegated to segunda because they have lost money.

By: Jacque

Jacque — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 05:35:20 +0000

Fully agreed on your comments (XxBodyThiefxX)

By: sam

sam — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:19:42 +0000

look at newcastle united (howay the lads!). they spent minimal last season and the season before, looking for talent rather than players with massive price tags who are supposed to be talented. they finished 5th in the league, beating Liverpool (who had spent major money) and chelsea. A good scouting team and the desire not to pay over the odds is all you need. TOON ARMY !

By: XxBodyThiefxX

XxBodyThiefxX — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:09:19 +0000

And the rich get richer... Football is just another commercial venue, while there's such large ammounts of money involved, the big clubs WILL find loopholes within the loopholes to keep milking the paying fans.

Yes, clubs WILL keep raking in the cash with sales of jerseys, sponsorship rights and tv air time, which – unfortunately – means spending big on big players, to milk the fans big... The warm, wet circles keep getting bigger, wetter and warmer...

Then again, there are clubs like Arsenal that do NOT have sugar-daddy owners paying (transfer) bills, that keep clean financial books and that still manage to keep afloat, qualifying year in and year out to the Champion's League, even after selling their world-class players (Cesc, Vieira, Nasri, Henry, Flamini, Adebayor, etc.) to fund a competitive – if unasuming – Champion's League team...

IF (and that's a B.I.G. IF) FIFA was REALLY thinking of leveling out the field, then they'd have to start by banning sugar-daddy ownership, Qatari stadium sponsorships, yearly jersey / kit changes and preferential treatment for tv air time... Which, of course, will NOT happen ANYTIME soon?!