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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)

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MemphisWill said:
The problem with Chelsea is it's going to be pretty impossible to prove that Saudi "own" Chelsea. Chelsea are owned by an investment firm. That investment firm also has billions in assets from the PIF under management. It's not hard to show on paper how the two are not related. But it's easy to understand that even without shares, the PIF can exert huge influence over Clearlake.

You have wonder about the people who chose Clearlake as the winning bid for Chelsea, and how they may have benefitted from that choice.

The fact that the very nature of investment firms makes it hard to determine who is actually calling the shots with groups like Clearlake and ENIC is the best case you have for semi-nationalization of the sport and institution of a 50+1 scheme. Legally, however, it's still a pipe dream, if you ask me. I find it hard to believe there's actually any legal path leading to that.

As far as side stepping FFP, I'm not saying all the clubs are doping at the City level. But I have zero doubt that justifying the cost of a transfer in the current regulatory situation is simply an accounting task. There's zero evidence any major PL club has ever suffered limited spending or been forced to sell players due to FFP constraints. I don't think there ever will be.
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yep I get all this. But in the scheme of things we are just talking Chavs, City, Newcastle, PSG and maybe Man U (too many IMO). Of those listed one is under unprecedented charges.

Chavs ARE selling now as a direct consequence of avoiding FFP sanctions, they have until 30th June to be compliant by generating funds. They wouldn't be selling if this wasn't the case. It's just it's clear now they are gaming the system via Saudi to buy the players.

My biggest issue with FFP has been the punishments handed out, they've not been a deterant, in the case of Leicester it was actually an incentive! But Championship wasn't geared to punishing Clubs that then gained promotion (once they gained promotion they couldn't be fined because they were no longer in the league - this happened to QPR, they only got fined once they went back down) and the winning the PL.
 
Larry David said:
I totally agree keeper is a huge position for us but at the same time we can’t let people pull our pants down

In his last year he’s worth 25 mill, and I’m not a levy apologist before anyone labels me, in fact I’m quite the opposite
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Mid/lower PL clubs really take the piss when it comes to selling to the big 6. We can't compete with the others on those terms, clever deals like Jan, Toby, Dele etc. is what got us into the top 6 in the first place. We have to keep trying to do that to overcome the financial gap.
 
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