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could only go online just now, and what did I have to see.... only 2 hours after the tix went on sale, the whole Aviva stadium is sold out

too bad really, would have loved to go.

clover68

13 years

Man Utd vs Man City 1 - 6

glad for Mr Mancini

bartajax

13 years

What the fuck is Ajax doing

And I hope the Uefa or Fifa will do something against clubs like City who spend 400 milion on players every winter and summer. It destroys soccer imo.

MacStripey

13 years

Bayern lost last night vs Hannover, hahaha

BelgianBono

13 years

Originally posted by bartajax:What the fuck is Ajax doing

And I hope the Uefa or Fifa will do something against clubs like City who spend 400 milion on players every winter and summer. It destroys soccer imo.

So you're wanting Real and Barca to go down as well ?

Andrew_C

13 years

Originally posted by bartajaxWhat the fuck is Ajax doing

And I hope the Uefa or Fifa will do something against clubs like City who spend 400 milion on players every winter and summer. It destroys soccer imo.

They are bringing in the financial fair play system next season, which i think is aimed to make sure clubs are financially accountable for their spending.

bartajax

13 years

Originally posted by BelgianBono:[..]

So you're wanting Real and Barca to go down as well ?

I think it isnt fair that, here in The Netherlands Feyenoord wasnt allowed to buy players because they had a loss of 20 million but clubs like Barca, Real, United, all have a loss of 200 million but they are still allowed to spend millions every transfer period.

So yes.

iTim

13 years

Originally posted by bartajax[..]

I think it isnt fair that, here in The Netherlands Feyenoord wasnt allowed to buy players because they had a loss of 20 million but clubs like Barca, Real, United, all have a loss of 200 million but they are still allowed to spend millions every transfer period.

So yes.

It is unfair but that's the way football rolls. The possible difference between Feyenoord and Barcelona/Madrid/United is that the latter three teams can guarantee unbelievable amounts of revenue over thre course of a season through ticket sales, worldwide merchandise and TV licensing. If the dutch FA stepped in and placed a transfer embargo on Barcelona/Madrid/United until their finances were right, they could sort it out with minimal impact on the field (No-one sold, wages remain unchanged etc). In 2009/10, the toal revenue for those three clubs ranged from €349.8m to €438.6m. The top 20 cut off point was €109.4m and no Dutch teams were in the top 20 (or even top 30, where the cut off was €94m).

I have no problem with the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United etc buying big for the quest of success. My problem occurs when multi-millionaires take over a new club with the sole aim of spending as much as possible in order to achieve short term success. Completely destroys football and any club that does it has only the respect of it's own fans in my mind. It's taken Barcelona/Real Madrid/United/Liverpool/Milan/Arsenal etc decades to get themselves to where they are today in modern football.

BelgianBono

13 years

Originally posted by bartajax:[..]

I think it isnt fair that, here in The Netherlands Feyenoord wasnt allowed to buy players because they had a loss of 20 million but clubs like Barca, Real, United, all have a loss of 200 million but they are still allowed to spend millions every transfer period.

So yes.

I'm on your side, don't worry, cause it's the same in Belgium... Some clubs here went bankrupt and needed to go to 3rd division for debts of 1 to 2 million euros...
So yeah, it's quite unfair. Probably has to do something about the national rules.

Risto

13 years