by RG30 » 03 Aug 2021 12:58
by Snowflake Royal » 07 Aug 2021 19:23
Dirk Gently For those interested in such things, may I just flag a programme going out next Monday (9th August) at 9pm on Al Jazeera:
“Al Jazeera Investigations : The Men Who Sell Football”: The I-Unit goes undercover to expose how English football clubs can be bought by criminals and become vehicles to launder the proceeds of their crimes.
From what I understand, this will definitely be of interest to RFC supporters.
Although not many people can get Al Jazeera, they live stream it and add it to Youtube to make it more accessible.
by Winston Biscuit » 07 Aug 2021 21:33
by Simmops » 07 Aug 2021 22:33
by 6ft Kerplunk » 08 Aug 2021 08:47
Winston Biscuit If messi just took lower wages he could stay, right?!
by Ark Royal » 09 Aug 2021 10:12
6ft KerplunkWinston Biscuit If messi just took lower wages he could stay, right?!
Think Barcelona's finances are that ballsed he'd have to pay them to stay. Which I guess he could easily afford to do. Quite surprised they haven't found a way round it with sponsorship. If he goes their commercial income will drop massively leaving them in even more of a hole.
by genome » 09 Aug 2021 11:00
Winston Biscuit If messi just took lower wages he could stay, right?!
by Winston Biscuit » 09 Aug 2021 11:31
genomeWinston Biscuit If messi just took lower wages he could stay, right?!
Read that Barcelona need to get their wages to turnover ratio down to 70% as per the league rules, before they can register any player. It's currently at 95%, even with Messi leaving. So Messi wouldn't even be able to play for them for free
by genome » 09 Aug 2021 11:53
Winston Biscuit either way, he is in this situation due to money - a combination of the club spending stupidly and him regularly demanding more and more contracts on higher wages (maybe there he is not in the wrong as the club could have said no)
by Winston Biscuit » 09 Aug 2021 12:43
genomeWinston Biscuit either way, he is in this situation due to money - a combination of the club spending stupidly and him regularly demanding more and more contracts on higher wages (maybe there he is not in the wrong as the club could have said no)
It does make you wonder. Say Messi was on £1,000,000 a week (which I think he was). What difference would moving up to, say, £1,200,000 a week on a new contract make? There must come a point when you're earning so much money that any increase to your wage makes no difference to your lifestyle and it just becomes greed.
by Nameless » 09 Aug 2021 14:08
Snowflake RoyalDirk Gently For those interested in such things, may I just flag a programme going out next Monday (9th August) at 9pm on Al Jazeera:
“Al Jazeera Investigations : The Men Who Sell Football”: The I-Unit goes undercover to expose how English football clubs can be bought by criminals and become vehicles to launder the proceeds of their crimes.
From what I understand, this will definitely be of interest to RFC supporters.
Although not many people can get Al Jazeera, they live stream it and add it to Youtube to make it more accessible.
hmmm, son of a Russian billionaire who made his money in the Soviet collapse, and a chinese billionaire who made his money buying old fallout shelters and converting them to malls...
no potential criminal links there
by From Despair To Where? » 09 Aug 2021 14:11
by Orion1871 » 09 Aug 2021 14:22
From Despair To Where? So, throughout the course of his whole career, Messi has earned €1B+ from Barcelona just in wages or does that €555m include image rights?
Does it get to the point where it just becomes a game to see how much the club are willing to pay for the LOLs?
Didn't his tax evation case also revolve around an alleged agreement that the club would pay his tax on top of his basic wages or was that Ronaldo when he had one of his many contracl strops at Real?
by Winston Biscuit » 16 Sep 2021 18:46
by Brum Royal » 17 Sep 2021 09:43
Barcelona have confirmed they made a loss of £481m in the last financial year. The club also have debts of £1.3b
by Sutekh » 17 Sep 2021 09:50
Brum Royal BBC headline:Barcelona have confirmed they made a loss of £481m in the last financial year. The club also have debts of £1.3b
For £s read Euros in both cases.
by Deadlock » 17 Sep 2021 20:54
Winston Biscuit Sounds like Derby are getting a 9 point deduction
by Winston Biscuit » 17 Sep 2021 21:38
DeadlockWinston Biscuit Sounds like Derby are getting a 9 point deduction
They're appointing administrators, so that'll be another 12 points off.
by Winston Biscuit » 17 Sep 2021 21:48
by From Despair To Where? » 17 Sep 2021 22:02
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