tomav84 Posted June 6, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 6, 2023 Like it or not, it probably warrants its own thread. they've got ronaldo and benzema. they're about to get zaha and kante. they're trying to get messi. where do we think this is heading? a saudi team in the CL in the future? and something else i dont get...FFP is a FIFA thing right? how are they getting around this with these insane contracts they're giving players? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted June 6, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 6, 2023 Probably end up with a Super League but globally, with Saudi teams amongst European and others. All about the ££ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 FFP is a UEFA thing just for teams in Europe, not FIFA. The PL also has their own version of FFP which was agreed by most of the 20 teams at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, tomav84 said: Like it or not, it probably warrants its own thread. they've got ronaldo and benzema. they're about to get zaha and kante. they're trying to get messi. where do we think this is heading? a saudi team in the CL in the future? and something else i dont get...FFP is a FIFA thing right? how are they getting around this with these insane contracts they're giving players? I think it's a uefa thing. If a saudi team joined uefa (no idea how that could happen) they'd be subject to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 As a protest I will never ever post in this thread.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NoelVilla Posted June 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2023 3 minutes ago, NoelVilla said: As a protest I will never ever post in this thread.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 12 minutes ago, tomav84 said: where do we think this is heading? a saudi team in the CL in the future? They qualified already for next season 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 A bunch of big names past there peak. Will gain attention a few months then after season 2 nobody will care Sky showed Chinese Super League games for a while now doubt they bother 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 It’s similar to what China did, and Russia to a lesser degree. Nobody gave a shit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Saudi have the dumbass money to keep it going. Well till the oil runs out/people stop using it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sne Posted June 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2023 They are being recruited as much to be poster boys for the Saudi 2030 WC bid as they are to play football. €200m per year for Benzema, good for him. He'll be able to buy unlimited under aged prostitutes without having to extort his teammates for money. Good day for Saudi today now that they've also bought golf. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted June 6, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 6, 2023 They'll have to try harder than this to buy football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Wish tv companies would not even acknowledge it. I have no internet in past it players picking up a fortune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 In fairness, Benzema is the current Ballon d’Or winner so “past it” isn’t quite the best label. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachoFantastico Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 This just feels like the Chinese Super League all over again, and look how well that turned out. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 12 minutes ago, Jareth said: They'll have to try harder than this to buy football Like building new stadiums in Greece... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted June 6, 2023 Author VT Supporter Share Posted June 6, 2023 one thing i'd at least respect, is a player to come out and say "look, the financial package was such that my family is finacially secure for generations to come" rather than the BS of how good a league it is 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 19 minutes ago, Jareth said: They'll have to try harder than this to buy football The thing is, they don't. Buy Newcastle. Buy the best players. Buy the World Cup. "Isn't Saudi Arabia amazing?". With this sort of wealth, the Super League will become a thing again. Football is entirely about money - and they've got lots of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OutByEaster? Posted June 6, 2023 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2023 I don't think you can ignore this - the Saudi's have a habit of following through on buying sports. They'll start with the oldest big names, try to encourage some sort of relevancy and then start trying to poach players in their prime. The Premier League will be keeping a very close eye on this - it's a threat. It's not even really a league like other leagues - the top four teams are all owned by the same thing and that thing is the PIF - it's more of a national thing than a traditional sporting organisation - and unlike China or other states, political change isn't going to provide a distraction - it's a family, a collection of boys buying toys - if they want them they'll have them. FFP won't apply because they write the rules, they write the laws, Saudi Arabia is their garden, their home, a property disguised as a nation - you can't apply rules to someone about how they play a game in their own house. I hate the Saudi attitude to stuff, I mean I get it, you buy everything because you have money today from oil and then hopefully when the oil runs out you're still relevant because you own everything - but they do nothing good for sport and not a fat lot of good for anything else. I hate what that says about the global values of the society we've made - that money will, should and does always trump any other kind of value - I guess that's not on them, it's on us, but I hate it as a symbol of it anyway. At some point in the next twenty of thirty years we'll have a situation where every major final in sport is held in the Middle East - the final Grand Prix of the season, the Champions league final, every heavyweight championship fight, the World Cup, the Cricket World Cup, the Rugby World Cup - they'll all be there. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 30 minutes ago, Genie said: It’s similar to what China did, and Russia to a lesser degree. Nobody gave a shit. China actually paid big transfer fees for the players they signed, Saudis’ are signing people On free transfers on ridiculous wages and signing on fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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