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A_G

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so this would destroy pretty much all of football
 

MLK79

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so this would destroy pretty much all of football
Infantino is just posturing. Fifa doesn't really have a foot to stand on here if it did happen. For this World Cup ban to make sense, it implies that top level footballers care more about playing for their country over the money their clubs pay them. Alas, as the end of the day, a footballer would choose the money over the mere chance of glory every 4 years.

Plus, if Fifa went through with this, after the first hosting without these players and the absolute drop off in not only revenue but viewership, Fifa would come back with their tail between their legs trying to work something out.
 

Oh_Snap

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so this would destroy pretty much all of football
Which plays right into the hands of the people that are planning the super league. From what i understood is that they said right away whoever plays in super league musn't play on international level.
 
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Toby

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All leagues really should introduce Germany's 50+1 rule. Cause what this really is about is rich clubs fearing super rich clubs, and after FIFA's regulations failed, looking for another option, including just using the Super League idea as leverage. This is Bayern, Barca and Real against City and Saint Germain with FIFA as a bit part player.

No 51% ownership of clubs is a far better incentive for clubs to be economically healthy than FFP. If Abu Dhabi doesn't own City, why should they give them 80m in excess of what sponsorship deals say. Fears of leagues going stale like the Bundesliga are unfounded, cause just as we see this season, good and stable work like at Dortmund can get you into punishing distance do clubs like Bayern.
 

A_G

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Throw the book at Chelsea and let the others off IMO
 

Toby

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The big problem here though is:

Football Leaks just released a massive amount of info and it creates public interest so everyone and his cat report about it. Of course FIFA/UEFA has to mimic some sort of response. But longtime football fans should know better. Nothing will actually happen.

Once the info leak and public interest die down, FIFA will resort to their modus operandi of corruption and letting them big dogs be them big dogs as they're tied to them financially.

As long as FIFA/UEFA are untouchable in Europe on a judicial level nothing will happen. They're all as corrupt as they come.
 

Gooner Zig

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The wording of that tweet doesn't make sense. Kante had his accountants and lawyers create an offshore company and then refused to be paid via it? Why create the offshore company in the first place then? It seems more likely that Chelsea insisted on this structure and then Kante was like "wtf, I just want to be paid normally"
 

Gooner Zig

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@Toby Andrl agreed.

Until there are some serious indictments in Europe, FIFA/UEFA will remain as they always have been, corrupt as ****.
 

BobP

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The wording of that tweet doesn't make sense. Kante had his accountants and lawyers create an offshore company and then refused to be paid via it? Why create the offshore company in the first place then? It seems more likely that Chelsea insisted on this structure and then Kante was like "wtf, I just want to be paid normally"

Kante is such a wholesome guy.
 

Toby

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@Toby Andrl agreed.

Until there are some serious indictments in Europe, FIFA/UEFA will remain as they always have been, corrupt as ****.

Yep. And they know that, too. When the FBI was sent to investigate with their jurisdiction to prosecute organizations/companies they were ****ting themselves.
 

Gooner Zig

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Don't really know what thread to put this in but Richard Scudamore is getting a £5m golden handshake where all the PL clubs have agreed to chip in I believe £250k towards it.

Do the clubs have no shame? Most of the PL aren't paying staff a living wage while they're giving away £250k for an individual who has already made himself incredibly wealthy.

I ****ing hate football sometimes.
 

Toby

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That wa four years ago. Until players don't step up or people stop showing and going to games, it won't stop. One ****ing player who says he won't go to Qatar and we'll at least have a public discussion
 

Batman

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That wa four years ago. Until players don't step up or people stop showing and going to games, it won't stop. One ****ing player who says he won't go to Qatar and we'll at least have a public discussion
Can we just take a moment to point out what an absolute f*cking treasure John Oliver is.
 

Rex Stone

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Don't really know what thread to put this in but Richard Scudamore is getting a £5m golden handshake where all the PL clubs have agreed to chip in I believe £250k towards it.

Do the clubs have no shame? Most of the PL aren't paying staff a living wage while they're giving away £250k for an individual who has already made himself incredibly wealthy.

I ****ing hate football sometimes.

Forgot the best bit. He’s being retained in an advising consultant role.

Aka continue to get paid a fat wedge to do nothing.
 

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