UEFA warning ahead of financial fair play rules

[paulc]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...time-high.html

Man City wages at 111% or something.. that is mental

I long for the day the sky bubble bursts and we can get back to un hyped football. Brian Clough was right in his book about the game being sensationalised

[Boogs]

Chelsea have spent 60 mil on players since Jan .
So much for this rule being implemented

[Alex]

Depends on there operating profit plus a £40m cash injection.

[baitman]

psg, citeh, plastic flag chavs, who will be the first to receive uefa sanctions

[Nick77]

psg, citeh, plastic flag chavs, who will be the first to receive uefa sanctions

None because all the FIFA bribes have probably come from these clubs...

[Fivex]

None because all the FIFA bribes have probably come from these clubs...

Well in that case I hope we have the foresight to bribe FIFA even more than these clubs have to implement the FFP ruling to its harshest extent.

What they gonna do, ask for a refund?

[Nick77]

Well in that case I hope we have the foresight to bribe FIFA even more than these clubs have to implement the FFP ruling to its harshest extent.

What they gonna do, ask for a refund?

This is why FFP is horse**** - the only way to make things fair is to have a wage cap like in US sports, end of!

[G]

Chelsea signed up with Gazprom as their official energy partner. The same Gazprom who made Roman a wealthy man back in the day.

[Boogs]

FFS. They Bought Romans company in 2005 and his son owns shares in Gazprom. 3 year deal rumoured at €40 mil per season. FFP will now have clubs finding sponsors for everything and the players will have as many sponsors on the kit as F1 drivers!

[Chris]

PARIS: A Qatari investor is in advanced discussions with Paris Saint-Germain about a 100-million-euro ($130 million) per year sponsorship contract over several seasons, sources in France and Qatar told AFP yesterday.

The size of the contract with the financial insititution, which is likely to last for four years, could be worth between 350 million and 400 million euros, the same sources added.

In February, publicity material at the Parc des Princes ground said that the Paris club and the Qatar National Bank (QNB) had established links.

“There is a partnership project between Paris Saint-Germain and a Qatari financial institution for a sum of about 100 million euros a year,” one well-placed source in French football told AFP, confirming details given by a member of the club owners’ entourage.

PSG, who are owned by Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), said in response that they had “no comment to make on any contract,” adding: “We will give details about our contracts as and when they’re signed.”

According to a document sent to AFP, the financial establishment in question wants to become PSG’s shirt sponsor from next season.

The United Arab Emirates-based airline Emirates is the current shirt sponsor. It has had its name on club jerseys since 2006 in a 3.5-million-euro a year deal that runs out in 2014, according to PSG.

Despite the reports about a new sponsor, Emirates told AFP that they were close to agreeing a renewal of their shirt sponsorship deal with the club.

“We will not comment on press stories,” said Boutros Boutros from Emirates’ sponsorship division.

“All I can say is that we have an excellent relationship with the club, and with the owner of the club, Nasser Al Khelaifi, and that we are at the final stage of renewing our shirt sponsorship of the club for another five years.”

Qatari investors would also like to have their name on the club’s home ground, the Parc des Princes, although that name will stay, as the ground belongs to the local authority in Paris.

With new backing, PSG, who have spent nearly 250 million euros on transfers since QSI became owners in June 2011, are hoping to bring their finances into line with European governing body UEFA’s Financial Fair Play system.

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sportingintelligence @sportingintel
PSG and their reported €100m-a-year deal with a Qatari bank just as FFP bites: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

sportingintelligence @sportingintel
Wonder how PSG negotiation went? PSG: 'Can you beat our current €3.5m-a-year shirt deal?'. Qatar Bank: 'Would €100m-a-year be ok?'. PSG: OK

[Shaggy]

It's laughable. A total mess, it'll never work.

[RedAndWhite]

sportingintelligence @sportingintel
Wonder how PSG negotiation went? PSG: 'Can you beat our current €3.5m-a-year shirt deal?'. Qatar Bank: 'Would €100m-a-year be ok?'. PSG: OK

Comolli gone into banking??

[Fivex]

It's laughable. A total mess, it'll never work.

It's a ****ing racket. Football is eating itself and nobody's doing anything about it.

I can't begin to imagine the 'perks' that the governing bodies must be receiving to turn a blind eye to this.

[baitman]

Comolli gone into banking??

[Leyton388]

In a few years there are only going to be about 3 or 4 teams that win everything year after year. We will never be able to compete with the finances the likes of city, chelsea, psg and to a lesser extent the mancs have. Then you have madrid and barca as well.