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[FatSam]

I see Arsenal only signed David Raya today for £27 million, despite the fact he has been playing for them for the last year.  Are their fans going to be crying about this one, how it's all unfair manipulation of the rules?

It was a loan, so probably not.

Yeah, but why didn’t they buy him last month?

[pauliewalnuts]

I see Arsenal only signed David Raya today for £27 million, despite the fact he has been playing for them for the last year.  Are their fans going to be crying about this one, how it's all unfair manipulation of the rules?

It was a loan, so probably not.

Yeah, but why didn’t they buy him last month?

It is hardly manipulation though, is it?

[PeterWithesShin]

Leicester's appeal against the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability charge has been rejected by an independent commission.

The commission has ruled the top flight can punish the Foxes for an alleged breach for the three seasons leading up to 2022-23 after they were charged in March.

Leicester appealed against the charge as they were in the English Football League (EFL) at the time it was issued and felt the Premier League had no jurisdiction, having been relegated in 2023, but the commission has ruled English football's top flight can continue pursuing them.

Leicester are appealing against the latest ruling.

A statement said: “LCFC notes the publication today of the decision of the Premier League Commission. The Club is disappointed with the decision, which does not appear to reflect the wording of the Premier League’s Rules, and has lodged an appeal.”

The Premier League confirmed the appeal had been dismissed.

"An independent Commission has dismissed a challenge by Leicester City FC that it has no jurisdiction to consider an alleged breach of Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSRs)," a statement read.

Leicester, who returned to the Premier League at the first attempt by winning the Championship last season, were charged in March for an alleged breach of the Premier League's PSR rules.

At the time the club said they were "surprised" and "disappointed" by the timing of the Premier League's actions, while they were not in the top flight.

The club said they would "defend" themselves "from any unlawful acts by the football authorities, should they seek to exercise jurisdiction where they cannot do so".

Their latest accounts for the year ending 30 June, 2023 confirmed an £89.7m loss taking their total losses for their previous three Premier League campaigns to more than £215m.

The club will be able to claim 'add backs', such as money spent on football infrastructure, against that figure.

In the 12 months up to May 2022 they lost a club record £92.5m. A year earlier, in the season when they lifted the FA Cup for the first time, the club reported a pre-tax loss of £33.1m.

Top-flight rules allow clubs to make losses of £105m over a three-year period, or £35m per campaign, before facing sanctions.

[Dante Lavelli]

Anyone living abroad report on how other countries are dealing with this? 

I assume most countries have similar rules and also clubs prone to spending beyond their means.

[fredm]

I see Man Utd have signed a three year deal for the front of the shirt at £75m per year.

[Pat Mustard]

I see Arsenal only signed David Raya today for £27 million, despite the fact he has been playing for them for the last year.  Are their fans going to be crying about this one, how it's all unfair manipulation of the rules?

It was a loan, so probably not.

Yeah, but why didn’t they buy him last month?

It is hardly manipulation though, is it?

I’d say that’s exactly what it is - they got the benefit of a goalkeeper they couldn’t afford for a whole season, just because it suited Brentford to do the deal that way. I’m not saying it shouldn’t happen, but it’s a bit of a pisstake that we are getting criticised for the way our deals are being structured when everyone is at it in different ways.

[PeterWithesShin]

Arsenal have spent what, £90m on 3 keepers the last 5 years or so, thinking they were better than Emi?

[Dogtanian]

Arsenal have spent what, £90m on 3 keepers the last 5 years or so, thinking they were better than Emi?

And… were they? 

[Somniloquism]

Leicester's appeal against the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability charge has been rejected by an independent commission.

"Our cheating in 2022 didn't work so we shouldn't be punished for it when we come back up."

[Somniloquism]

I see Man Utd have signed a three year deal for the front of the shirt at £75m per year.

£60 mil. The 75mil figure is in dollars. TBF though their front of shirt sponsors have always been high because of the world wide shirt sales even when they are shit. The previous sponsor was £47mil a year when TeamViewer were cashing in big during the pandemic. But now they can't afford that anymore.

[Mellin]

Arsenal have spent what, £90m on 3 keepers the last 5 years or so, thinking they were better than Emi?

Thanks for reminding me how funny it is Emi and Emery cost them the league, especially with the complete moron brain block they have over both of them.

[pauliewalnuts]

Arsenal fans are the worse thing on the internet

Check out this twat for a great example

https://x.com/oscar_tees/status/1809745780380438594?s=46&t=s4PUnd105bLdPWkz1Dmnlg

[pablo_picasso]

Arsenal fans are the worse thing on the internet

Check out this twat for a great example

https://x.com/oscar_tees/status/1809745780380438594?s=46&t=s4PUnd105bLdPWkz1Dmnlg

Is he talking about Villa?

[kippaxvilla2]

John Townley is on the whole, very good.

Yeah, he is pretty much the only decent "journalist" about...

That's a bit unfair.

It's a bit tough for us to point out the shit ones with glee, yet not recognise the good ones.

Tanswell. Percy. Ornstein. There's three really good ones. Henry Winter. Even Matt Law. Decent.

Leon Hickman.

[cdbearsfan]

Arsenal fans are the biggest twats on Twitter*, Chelsea fans are the most boring. The latter will pay for blue ticks just so they can say stuff like "okay" or "this is good" in reply to Tweets. I've no idea what fun they get out of that.

Arsenal fans got "#waitforarsenal" trending after we beat Man City, the arrogant pricks. Then they got "#prayforvilla" trending before the return encounter. It was delightful to beat the twats, twice. They haven't stopped crying about it since.


* in football terms, I mean. Obviously all the actual Nazis and those that solely post about how much they hate Trans people are much worse.