jacketspuds Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 With FFP driving even bigger differences between the top and bottom clubs in each league, the only competitive thing to do wiuld be to bring in a european super league. For me, FFP should be changed to allow owner investment as long as the debts of the club aren't increased. Anyway, back on topic apparently Pato has been offered to QPR. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) no what angers me is the decision to try and limit a club owner from spending his private wealth we will never be able to compete with utd, the idea that we could compete with them by running ourselves better is ridiculous, there's a reason they voted for these rules and lerner didnt, we are a million miles away from where they are and its exponential growth I'm not reading much about clubs like villa being held back because of FFP. Clubs like Man City, PSG, Liverpool, Real Madrid on the other hand are having to think a bit more before splashing the cash. There is little stopping villa having a spending spree (apart from the obvious). What the hell are you waffling about?! The bloody rules stop Villa going on a spending sorted spree my basic understanding of the rule is that if carlos slim wanted to buy us and pump a £1bn in, leaving him only around £49bn left to go which lets face it is a bit dangerous, he cant because thats unfair on everyone else - man utd win instead if he wants to pump money in to the club he has to create a loophole by sponsoring our shirts, our stadium, our womens teams, the bus route to the ground, the church, the social, for far more than the market value, this of course increases the market value of other teams, if our shirt deal is suddenly worth £50m a year then theirs is worth more - man utd win so we are left with the scenario that we are told that in a fair way we have to compete with them financially off the field, we have to get the deals that they havent got, only the goal txt alert service in vietnam is worth an estimated £2m a year, which is the equivalent of west broms and about 3 other prem teams main shirt sponsor, its safe to say their official japanese paint partnership deal is worth slightly more than ours - man utd win to me FFP should also take in to account other investments made by the owner, football is all about brand association and yet doesnt accept that owning a football team happens to help the majority of your other businesses, the reality in my mind is that man citys owners who also happen their fingers in the pies of etihad and abu dhabi tourism amongst a lot of other things, havent lost a penny at city, hence why america is next Edited January 23, 2015 by villa4europe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Ravel Morrison has agreed to join Lazio in the summer on a free transfer. Well, that's a bit weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Roma appear to be getting Luiz Adriano from Shakhtar. Good signing for them, if so. Probably not the only one looking for a way out of Donetsk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted January 26, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2015 Shaun Maloney joins Chicago Fire He does realise its further away from Glasgow than Birmingham doesn't he? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Ravel Morrison has agreed to join Lazio in the summer on a free transfer. Well, that's a bit weird. What hope is there for young players when they see people like this get breaks like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) Arsenal granted a work permit for Gabriel Paulista,makes a mockery of greg dyke saying these work permits would stop being given out to those who dont meet the criteria. And he looks like a corpse. Edited January 26, 2015 by Jimzk5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Looks like the son of former Villa player Martin Keown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Was just about to say he looks like Keown! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 my basic understanding of the rule is... ... create a loophole by sponsoring our shirts, our stadium, our womens teams, the bus route to the ground, the church, the social, for far more than the market value Didn't work out too well for City or PSG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Sky not putting any reporters outside grounds on deadline day. Wonder why that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jimzk5 Posted January 27, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2015 At least the memory will live on #transferdildoday 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted January 27, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2015 Sky not putting any reporters outside grounds on deadline day. Wonder why that is Bet the reporters are devastated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rjw63 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I doubt MON would spend that amount on him, not when we have Ashley Young, Milner, Downing and Albrighton competing for places on the wing already. I think our priority will be strikers and central midfielders, thats where the money with go. Apparently he's abit of a word removed anyway, he'd only end up annoying MON and spend his time at Villa Park sat on the bench like Reo-Coker. How times change although the previous post was about McLeish trying to sign Charles Insomnia for Scum Heath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 West Brom sign Callum McManamamanamanan for £3.75m - hell of a lot of cash for a flash in the pan winger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nath182 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) West Brom sign Callum McManamamanamanan for £3.75m - hell of a lot of cash for a flash in the pan winger. Even worse as it's reportedly £4.75m - BBC Sport Callum McManaman: West Brom sign Wigan winger for £4.75m West Bromwich Albion have signed Wigan winger Callum McManaman for a fee of about £4.75m. The 23-year-old has signed a three-and-a-half year contract at The Hawthorns and is new manager Tony Pulis's first signing. "I'm delighted we've got Callum and I believe he will be an exciting addition," Pulis said. "Callum is a player who can improve our options and I am really looking forward to working with him." McManaman was Wigan's joint top-scorer this season with five goals in his 23 appearances and scored twice in the top flight for the Latics in 2012-13. After his release by Everton, Huyton-born McManaman joined Wigan in 2007 and had a loan spell at Blackpool before his first-team breakthrough at the DW Stadium. He was named man of the match when the Latics beat Manchester City in the 2013 FA Cup final. McManaman is the second player to leave the struggling Championship side on Wednesday - after Adam Forshaw left to join Middlesbrough. Edited January 28, 2015 by Nath182 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Tony Pulis in overspending on average player shocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) Arsenal granted a work permit for Gabriel Paulista,makes a mockery of greg dyke saying these work permits would stop being given out to those who dont meet the criteria. And he looks like a corpse. He may or may not meet the criteria but he's better than a lot of dross that comes over that from the eu... He really is a top defender. He's coming over from La Liga, he plays for a club who have a great defence. I don't see why he shouldn't have got a permit. Edited January 28, 2015 by PaulC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Arsenal granted a work permit for Gabriel Paulista,makes a mockery of greg dyke saying these work permits would stop being given out to those who dont meet the criteria. And he looks like a corpse. He may or may not meet the criteria but he's better than a lot of dross that comes over that from the eu... He really is a top defender. He's coming over from La Liga, he plays for a club who have a great defence. I don't see why he shouldn't have got a permit. I dont have a problem with him getting a work permit, I was just saying how it makes a mockery of Greg dykes plan of getting more English players playing first team football with the aim of winning the world cup in 2022 by not allowing those who don't meet the existing criteria work permits That player Leicester signed also did meet the criteria, he also got through in this window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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