Popular Post Davkaus Posted May 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2019 It's no more silly than the second division being called The Championship, and the third division being League 1. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Article from April that's kinda sad (unless you are a player agent) Quote Premier League: Clubs increase spending to £260m on football agents in 2018-19 Premier League clubs have paid out more than £260m to football agents during 2018-19 - an increase of £49m on the previous 12 months. Liverpool were the highest spending club in the top flight, paying £43m to agents between 1 February 2018 and 31 January 2019. Chelsea (£26m) and Manchester City (£24m) were the next biggest spenders. Championship clubs spent more than £50m while Sunderland accounted for more than 50% of League One's £5.5m outlay. Fees to agents went up despite spending on transfers falling by more than £500m when compared with the previous season. The Football Supporters' Federation said that fans will find the spending "shocking" and called for even more transparency in how the money was spent. A spokesman said: "Many will find the volume of money going out of the game shocking - particularly at a time when many lower league clubs are in serious financial difficulty. "Though supporters back the right for players to have representatives that look after their interests, they struggle to understand the justification for some of these astronomical fees seen today. Greater transparency and accountability is needed." Liverpool spent £27m on agents in 2017-18 to conclude deals for players including Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah, and their 2018-19 expenditure covers a period in which they have invested heavily to compete for the Premier League title. Brazil midfielder Fabinho (£39m) arrived from Monaco, while his international team-mate Alisson cost a then world record £66.8m fee for a goalkeeper after being signed from Roma. The Reds also spent around £50m on Naby Keita, and Switzerland midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri joined from Stoke for a fee of £13m. Premier League spending 2018-19 Current position Team Estimated transfer spending 2018-19* Agents spending 1 Feb 2018 - 31 Jan 2019 *Source: www.transfermarkt.co.uk 1 Man City £69.38m £24,122,753 2 Liverpool £163.98m £43,795,863 3 Tottenham £0 £11,141,255 4 Arsenal £73.35m £11,181,730 5 Chelsea £189m £26,850,552 6 Man Utd £74.43m £20,759,350 7 Wolves £101.03m £6,479,714 8 Watford £27.09m £10,894,179 9 Leicester £103.14m £12,720,618 10 Everton £89.82m £19,116,370 11 West Ham £94.82m £14,414,845 12 Bournemouth £80.19m £10,295,433 13 Crystal Palace £10.67m £6,976,425 14 Newcastle £53.78m £8,868,027 15 Brighton £77.63m £6,859,429 16 Southampton £56.03m £6,151,107 17 Burnley £29.7m £3,975,928 18 Cardiff £46.08m £2,802,375 19 Fulham £100.8m £8,234,360 20 Huddersfield £45.63m £5,023,807 Championship clubs paid out a combined £50m, around £8m more than a year ago. Former Premier League clubs Stoke, Swansea and West Brom - who were all relegated in 2017-18 - contributed 35% of the divisional total. A question of finance Overall, English football spent around £318m on agents, which represents a £60m increase from one year ago. But spending on transfers was significantly down. Across the summer 2018 and January 2019 transfer windows combined, Premier League clubs spent an estimated £1.4bn. That figure is the second highest for an entire season following a record spend of £1.9bn in 2017-18. The level of spending on agents in the English game has raised questions in the past as to whether that amount of money could be put to better use. In July 2018, Gary Neville suggested that a levy on agents' fees would be an effective way for the Football Association to fund grassroots football. The former England defender was giving evidence to a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) parliamentary hearing shortly after the FA had announced plans to sell Wembley Stadium for £600m to help pay for grassroots football improvements. Neville questioned the FA's logic at the time - calling the sale plans "ridiculous" and "a short-term plan we'll regret forever". The FA, in pressing the case for improvements to justify the proposed sale, said in 2018 that only one in three pitches at grassroots level were of adequate quality. Fulham owner Shahid Khan withdrew his £600m offer for the stadium last October. League One & below League One sides spent £5.5m, with Sunderland accounting for half of that total on their own. Expenditure on agents in League Two remained just below £1m at £940,555 with Northampton paying out more than any other club in the division, spending £92,125. Strugglers Macclesfield spent only £1,000 on agents, the lowest amount of any club across the top four divisions. In the National League, Salford paid out £76,338 to agents - more than eight clubs in League One and 21 clubs in League Two. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47817930 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 that's where I think wolves have definitely benefitted from mendes, fosun can pay him a good wage to make up for a lower fee from wolves giving them more money to play with under FFP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 There's showboating and there's trying out all the buttons on fifa to see what they do 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 someone's about to take a yellow card for the team 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Lets hope he gets Chris Brunt-ed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 I presume he is on the team that's 3-0 up. If anything deserves a broken leg in football it is that. No class. I remember Nani ball juggling against Arsenal at 4-0 up. You just don't do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 The game is well and truly back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mic09 Posted May 15, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2019 I really hope we go up. But I'll tell you what, this Championship business is so much better than the Premier League. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 10 hours ago, LakotaDakota said: There's showboating and there's trying out all the buttons on fifa to see what they do Conjures fond memories of Kerlon getting clattered after gaining all of 5 yards with his seal dribble. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mic09 said: I really hope we go up. But I'll tell you what, this Championship business is so much better than the Premier League. Weird isn't it, We have been crap for a huge chunk of this season yet still won 20 games. The only time we ever won 20 games in one premier league season was the very first year of the competition. Chuck in last seasons 24 wins and it took us just about 6 full season in the premier league to win as many games as we have won in the last 18 months. People moaned about some of the football last year but in the entire 130 odd years the club has been around we have only won more than 24 games in a season 6 times and you would need to be in your 70's to remember even 4 of those Same as you i want to go up but the prospect of getting slaughtered every other week and inbetween trying to fight for points against brighton, southampton, newcastle & burnely isn't very appealing. Edited May 15, 2019 by LakotaDakota 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Yep, it'll be a shock to the system to have to get used to being played off the park by sides worth more than a billion pounds every 3rd week. Whatever happens from here, the Championship has been a really enjoyable league to watch us play in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 So we are basically saying that winning 50-60% of your fixtures is more fun than being rubbish? Obviously that's more achievable in The Championship, but I'm still not ready to concede that's where we belong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Only point of the Championship is to get out from it. Only reason I'm currently enjoying it is that we might get out of it. Tin pot league with awful teams, players, fans, stadiums and referees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 14 minutes ago, sne said: Only point of the Championship is to get out from it. Only reason I'm currently enjoying it is that we might get out of it. Tin pot league with awful teams, players, fans, stadiums and referees. Yeah thats sort of attitude sums up some sections of our fans. Its 4th or 5th most attended league in Europe, has 2 former European Cup winners the same amount as La Liga and some teams play good football 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Just now, Zatman said: Yeah thats sort of attitude sums up some sections of our fans. Its 4th or 5th most attended league in Europe, has 2 former European Cup winners the same amount as La Liga and some teams play good football Glad you enjoy it. I don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 I think the enjoyment of the championship comes with the comparison of how shit it is being bottom half of the PL and the expectation that we are heading there again have these last couple of years been better than the lambert years? yes IMO 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Let's not forget that the only reason we are ably to be competitive in the Championship is that by swapping owners twice we've been able to cover massive losses, hopefully bypass the FFP rules and run a PL sized organisation competing against clubs that are hand to mouth. Without "cheating" we'd be looking enviously towards Sunderland now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 ruben loftus cheek is a doubt for the EL final after injuring his ankle in a post season friendly vs new England revolution post season friendlies can get in the **** sea anyway but playing one in between the season ending and a european cup final? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: I think the enjoyment of the championship comes with the comparison of how shit it is being bottom half of the PL and the expectation that we are heading there again have these last couple of years been better than the lambert years? yes IMO The answer is so obviously 'yes' that I can't fathom how anyone could think otherwise. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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