The hollow notion of “Financial fair play” has never stopped Manchester Citeh from buying everything in sight.
Quote from: martin o`who?? on June 01, 2018, 10:13:30 AMThe hollow notion of “Financial fair play” has never stopped Manchester Citeh from buying everything in sight.Man. City takeover happened before it came in I think and they then established themselves in CL so could attract massive sponsorship deals.Problem with us is we never achieve anymore. We couldn't get into top 4 with all the mass spending under Lerner so had to face those consequences and now we can't even get promotion after spending 50m in two years on many proven players at this level.The way to evade FFP is simply to go up and predictably we're making it look like the most difficult thing to achieve in football.Surprised at the amount of people who want us to spend another 50m on more unsuitable players, it hasn't worked and we need a more long term approach that will hopefully yield short term success otherwise the club will be in even more financial trouble in a couple of years.
There is talk that if we paid the fines we could overcome FFP and continue to spend. First of all I have also heard of possible point deductions and Villa being a big name in the Championship would definitely be under scrutiny. Also the owner(s) of Aston Villa or should I say the custonians do they really have the funds
Quote from: SoccerHQ on June 01, 2018, 10:19:58 AMQuote from: martin o`who?? on June 01, 2018, 10:13:30 AMThe hollow notion of “Financial fair play” has never stopped Manchester Citeh from buying everything in sight.Man. City takeover happened before it came in I think and they then established themselves in CL so could attract massive sponsorship deals.Problem with us is we never achieve anymore. We couldn't get into top 4 with all the mass spending under Lerner so had to face those consequences and now we can't even get promotion after spending 50m in two years on many proven players at this level.The way to evade FFP is simply to go up and predictably we're making it look like the most difficult thing to achieve in football.Surprised at the amount of people who want us to spend another 50m on more unsuitable players, it hasn't worked and we need a more long term approach that will hopefully yield short term success otherwise the club will be in even more financial trouble in a couple of years.It's this bit, isn't it. Everyone who's allegedly flouted the regulations in the past has made bloody sure they get promoted. We could spend billions in the summer, and I still wouldn't put more than a tenner on us not fucking it up.
Quote from: wittonwarrior on June 01, 2018, 09:00:30 AMThere is talk that if we paid the fines we could overcome FFP and continue to spend. First of all I have also heard of possible point deductions and Villa being a big name in the Championship would definitely be under scrutiny. Also the owner(s) of Aston Villa or should I say the custonians do they really have the fundsI've never been convinced that Tony has the funds - if he has, why did he wait until the club was devalued by relegation before buying it?
It's all well and good having these options now however if clubs have failed it for season just gone, why has no one had an embargo yet or even a slap on the wrist? doesnt seem like they are doing much about it
I've never been convinced that Tony has the funds - if he has, why did he wait until the club was devalued by relegation before buying it?