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Offline AsTallAsLions

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Re: Financial fair play
« Reply #1125 on: August 14, 2019, 04:24:43 PM »
I see Man Citeh have escaped a transfer ban for breaching FIFA rules on transfers & registration of players under age of 18. A measly £315k fine instead which will obviously dent their bank balance. Fucking joke - a 10 point deduction would've been far more severe.

Any explanation as to why they've escaped a transfer ban which is what Chelsea received for the exact same offense?

Unbelievable when you think about it. This level of preferential treatment of moneyed clubs doesn't happen in any other sport.

Offline paul_e

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Re: Financial fair play
« Reply #1126 on: August 14, 2019, 04:35:16 PM »
I see Man Citeh have escaped a transfer ban for breaching FIFA rules on transfers & registration of players under age of 18. A measly £315k fine instead which will obviously dent their bank balance. Fucking joke - a 10 point deduction would've been far more severe.

Any explanation as to why they've escaped a transfer ban which is what Chelsea received for the exact same offense?

Unbelievable when you think about it. This level of preferential treatment of moneyed clubs doesn't happen in any other sport.

Man City it's the first time they've been punished, Chelsea it's the 2nd.

Offline Villafirst

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Re: Financial fair play
« Reply #1127 on: August 14, 2019, 04:48:23 PM »
I thought Citeh had been fined before for breaching FFP?

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Financial fair play
« Reply #1128 on: August 14, 2019, 05:00:31 PM »
They are currently under investigation by UEFA over FFP, and a couple of years ago the Premier League fined them and also banned them from signing academy players for a couple of years.

Offline paul_e

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Re: Financial fair play
« Reply #1129 on: August 14, 2019, 05:11:51 PM »
I'm just repeating something I read a few days ago but I should've said Fifa punishments.

Looking at the cases it seems Chelsea's breeches were far more serious than Man City.

Offline AsTallAsLions

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Re: Financial fair play
« Reply #1130 on: August 14, 2019, 05:19:38 PM »
I'm just repeating something I read a few days ago but I should've said Fifa punishments.

Looking at the cases it seems Chelsea's breeches were far more serious than Man City.

Were they larger? More soiled?

Offline Damo70

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Re: Financial fair play
« Reply #1131 on: August 14, 2019, 05:28:19 PM »
I'm just repeating something I read a few days ago but I should've said Fifa punishments.

Looking at the cases it seems Chelsea's breeches were far more serious than Man City.

Were they larger? More soiled?


Maybe Citeh were let off for being too big for their breeches.

Offline Villafirst

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Re: Financial fair play
« Reply #1132 on: August 14, 2019, 06:18:33 PM »
I see Man Citeh have escaped a transfer ban for breaching FIFA rules on transfers & registration of players under age of 18. A measly £315k fine instead which will obviously dent their bank balance. Fucking joke - a 10 point deduction would've been far more severe.

Any explanation as to why they've escaped a transfer ban which is what Chelsea received for the exact same offense?

Unbelievable when you think about it. This level of preferential treatment of moneyed clubs doesn't happen in any other sport.

Man City it's the first time they've been punished, Chelsea it's the 2nd.

No, Man City were fined £49m by UEFA in 2014 for breaching FFP rules, and had their squad numbers capped. They are anything but squeaky clean. A 10 point deduction would hurt them far more.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Financial fair play
« Reply #1133 on: August 14, 2019, 06:33:35 PM »
Them getting a 10 point deduction and still winning the league with Liverpool second would have been very, very, very, entertaining.

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Re: Financial fair play
« Reply #1134 on: August 14, 2019, 07:05:35 PM »
I see Man Citeh have escaped a transfer ban for breaching FIFA rules on transfers & registration of players under age of 18. A measly £315k fine instead which will obviously dent their bank balance. Fucking joke - a 10 point deduction would've been far more severe.

Any explanation as to why they've escaped a transfer ban which is what Chelsea received for the exact same offense?

Unbelievable when you think about it. This level of preferential treatment of moneyed clubs doesn't happen in any other sport.

Man City it's the first time they've been punished, Chelsea it's the 2nd.

No, Man City were fined £49m by UEFA in 2014 for breaching FFP rules, and had their squad numbers capped. They are anything but squeaky clean. A 10 point deduction would hurt them far more.

I'm not sure what an FFP fine has to do with exploitation of minors though, which is what this is all about. Given Man City are the only big club to have been investigated and not given a transfer ban I think it's fairly safe to say that this isn't 'big club bias' but rather than each case has been handled on merit and this one is towards the lower end.

Offline Villafirst

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Re: Financial fair play
« Reply #1135 on: August 14, 2019, 07:36:42 PM »
My point is the cheating and trying to gain an advantage contrary to the rules.

Offline TheMalandro

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Re: Financial fair play
« Reply #1136 on: August 14, 2019, 07:44:44 PM »
Nicked one of our best youngsters too.

The compensation is a joke, the authorities should also add a % of any future transfer to it.

Offline AsTallAsLions

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Re: Financial fair play
« Reply #1137 on: August 15, 2019, 09:20:49 AM »
I see Man Citeh have escaped a transfer ban for breaching FIFA rules on transfers & registration of players under age of 18. A measly £315k fine instead which will obviously dent their bank balance. Fucking joke - a 10 point deduction would've been far more severe.

Any explanation as to why they've escaped a transfer ban which is what Chelsea received for the exact same offense?

Unbelievable when you think about it. This level of preferential treatment of moneyed clubs doesn't happen in any other sport.

Man City it's the first time they've been punished, Chelsea it's the 2nd.

No, Man City were fined £49m by UEFA in 2014 for breaching FFP rules, and had their squad numbers capped. They are anything but squeaky clean. A 10 point deduction would hurt them far more.

I'm not sure what an FFP fine has to do with exploitation of minors though, which is what this is all about. Given Man City are the only big club to have been investigated and not given a transfer ban I think it's fairly safe to say that this isn't 'big club bias' but rather than each case has been handled on merit and this one is towards the lower end.

So effectively they are cherry-picking which rules to break and when to break them. Great, that's not in the least bit insidious, I guess we should all support this lenient 'punishment' handed down to them in spite of mounting evidence that they are chronic cheats who won't stop. The reality is they can easily afford all the fines under the sun and until they suffer actual, tangible repercussions, football will be worse off.
« Last Edit: August 15, 2019, 09:22:28 AM by AsTallAsLions »

Offline garyshawsknee

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Re: Financial fair play
« Reply #1138 on: August 15, 2019, 09:39:33 AM »
Nicked one of our best youngsters too.

The compensation is a joke, the authorities should also add a % of any future transfer to it.

They've talked about stopping this since the days of Barry coming to us. It's a joke clubs can get away with it still just having to pay tiny compensation.

Offline dcdavecollett

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Re: Financial fair play
« Reply #1139 on: August 15, 2019, 11:38:21 PM »
Tiny?

Didn't we have to pay £1m to Brighton for Barry? (A bargain, admittedly)

 


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