Zatman Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Gérard Pique team has paid £400000 to be promoted to Spanish 3rd tier. They were playing 5th division last season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 38 minutes ago, Zatman said: Gérard Pique team has paid £400000 to be promoted to Spanish 3rd tier. They were playing 5th division last season Let's hope they get relegated then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Zatman said: Gérard Pique team has paid £400000 to be promoted to Spanish 3rd tier. They were playing 5th division last season Eurgh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted July 30, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 30, 2019 Not saying it makes it wonderful but there's a bit more to it than that. Firstly, FC Andorra (the team in question) did win their league in the fifth tier last season. Furthermore, there was an available place in the third tier and the payment was required of any team to take it. They've also played in 2B before - throughout most of the eighties and nineties - but fell into financial difficulties. Obviously it's not nice to hear that a team has 'bought' a place in a league but I'd imagine that's how it works anywhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted July 30, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Zatman said: Gérard Pique team has paid £400000 to be promoted to Spanish 3rd tier. They were playing 5th division last season Hmm. Better or worse than Fiorentina being promoted for 'sporting merit'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big mean bunny Posted July 30, 2019 Visiting Supporter Share Posted July 30, 2019 The regional Spanish leagues are insane, you can win your league and still go into a playoff, and win your playoff and still not be promoted. And Spain and Italy both make clubs pay costings upfront from what I have heard on both the Tifo and On the Contient podcasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 19 hours ago, Troglodyte said: Not saying it makes it wonderful but there's a bit more to it than that. Firstly, FC Andorra (the team in question) did win their league in the fifth tier last season. Furthermore, there was an available place in the third tier and the payment was required of any team to take it. They've also played in 2B before - throughout most of the eighties and nineties - but fell into financial difficulties. Obviously it's not nice to hear that a team has 'bought' a place in a league but I'd imagine that's how it works anywhere. Isn't that basically what Arsenal did? Regardless that whole tale is beyond corrupt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted July 31, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 31, 2019 What's corrupt about it? Unpalatable maybe, but corrupt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Yep it's not corrupt The problem is that they can do it not that they did Not really a stick to beat pique with either, the rules let him do it, im sure the utd lot would do it with Salford too if they had the chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Shambles, total shambles. Quote Total confusion - still no CL winner Two months ago the African Champions League final was played. But no one still knows which team is the champion. This despite the fact that the case was up in Cas, the sports arbitration court. The rounds of the final of the African Champions League have been many, chaotic and bizarre - and it all started last May in the final return for 60,000 spectators in Dakar. Moroccan Wydad were down by 1-2 overall against Tunisian Esperance, when Walid El Karti nodded the receipt - but the goal was sent off. The Wydad players wanted the VAR to be used just as it did in the first final meeting - but the system was out of order, something that the judges knew but not the players. Wydad protested and refused to continue playing - after 95 minutes of waiting, the referee made the decision to award Esperance the victory and the title without the final being played. But - a few days later, Caf, the African Football Association, forced the Tunisians to send back the trophy and medals, and decided that the final should be replayed on neutral ground. Both clubs appealed the decision to Cas, the sports arbitration tribunal, and both Esperance and Wydad considered that they should be named champions and receive the prize money. Now Cas believes that the African Football Association Executive Committee did not have the authority to order the final replay - and rescind the decision. https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/LAmBb1/totalforvirring--fortfarande-ingen-cl-vinnare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Aberdeen Europa League opponents yesterday travelled from Georgia to Qatar, then Qatar to Edinburgh then took a bus to Aberdeen. Probably cost them the entire prize money Unsurprisingly lost 5-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 We dont have a positive football thread but Leipzig get a lot of stick but they had a really nice event post game for the fans today. Brought the entire squad out, interviewed a few including Lookman. Then kicked some footballs to the fans. Was nice touch and can't imagine some Premier League ckubs doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 On 03/08/2019 at 22:02, Zatman said: Leipzig get a lot of stick Anti-Bundesliga FC. What's not to like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted August 5, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted August 5, 2019 (edited) Bournemouth want more than £75m for Ake. WTF. Edited August 5, 2019 by PieFacE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitized43 Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 21 minutes ago, PieFacE said: Bournemouth want more than £75m for Ake. WTF. This will be Leicester's problem now. Any player they go for the price is instantly jacked up becuase the sellers know they're minted. They're either going to have to pay silly money or look abroad for cheaper options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVillan Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 23 minutes ago, desensitized43 said: This will be Leicester's problem now. Any player they go for the price is instantly jacked up becuase the sellers know they're minted. They're either going to have to pay silly money or look abroad for cheaper options. Brighton slapped an extra 5m on Dunk within minutes of Maguire becoming almost official. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitized43 Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 9 minutes ago, ChrisVillan said: Brighton slapped an extra 5m on Dunk within minutes of Maguire becoming almost official. Thius is the reason why you sign replacements before you let your man go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Juventus tweeted trying to start a campaign against piracy of their games safe to say the response has not been positive in support of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 On 30/07/2019 at 21:55, Troglodyte said: Not saying it makes it wonderful but there's a bit more to it than that. Firstly, FC Andorra (the team in question) did win their league in the fifth tier last season. Furthermore, there was an available place in the third tier and the payment was required of any team to take it. They've also played in 2B before - throughout most of the eighties and nineties - but fell into financial difficulties. Obviously it's not nice to hear that a team has 'bought' a place in a league but I'd imagine that's how it works anywhere. On 31/07/2019 at 05:06, big mean bunny said: The regional Spanish leagues are insane, you can win your league and still go into a playoff, and win your playoff and still not be promoted. And Spain and Italy both make clubs pay costings upfront from what I have heard on both the Tifo and On the Contient podcasts. This is the way it works in Australian basketball outside the top tier. The second and third tier are not guaranteed promotion even if they win the league. You apply to the association and give your business model, including information on your squad and the potential it has to compete in a higher division. The association makes the final decision. The fee for joining a higher league is obviously higher than for a lower division, and all teams pay the same fee. Hardly corrupt, unless I'm missing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Lukaku transfer fees are now north of £200 million. amazing for a guy with no first touch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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