Generic small time football blather thread FOREVER

[Ayatollah Hermione 13869]

No transfer fee, just an absolutely massive signing on fee instead

[Howay 12496]

 Goes on to say “still might not happen”, aye you really fucking nailed that story. What a total fucking whopper this loser is. Claims he’s got the Saudi takeover right too in the thread, despite him being completely wrong the whole time as they absolutely were/are interested his initial point was that it was all bullshit he didn’t start off by saying the PL would basically block it. Helmet. 

[Alex 35083]

He’s got this weird obsession with bringing up things he’s said in the past to prove he’s right about stuff. Especially given most of his tweets regarding us highlight the opposite 

[Dougle 3329]

If it wasn’t for this board I would have never heard of the loathsome cunt.

 

 

[Howmanheyman 33221]

3 hours ago, Alex said:

He’s got this weird obsession with bringing up things he’s said in the past to prove he’s right about stuff. Especially given most of his tweets regarding us highlight the opposite 

LM's young'un?

Edited August 9, 2021 by Howmanheyman

[Alex 35083]

37 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said:

LM's young'un?

I almost used the phrase LeazesMag-like  

[ewerk 30611]

12 hours ago, Howay said:

 Goes on to say “still might not happen”, aye you really fucking nailed that story. What a total fucking whopper this loser is. Claims he’s got the Saudi takeover right too in the thread, despite him being completely wrong the whole time as they absolutely were/are interested his initial point was that it was all bullshit he didn’t start off by saying the PL would basically block it. Helmet. 

'You won't be hearing from me for a while'. 24 fucking minutes he lasted.

[Monkeys Fist 42449]

He just checked his roast chicken and it needed another 20 minutes. 

[Isegrim 9775]

 

[PaddockLad 17262]

But properly constituted PIF, a business entity spending legally earned petro dollars around the world are utterly beyond the pail according to the Premier League? What a  load of fuckin shit man

 

 

[Alex 35083]

1 hour ago, PaddockLad said:

But properly constituted PIF, a business entity spending legally earned petro dollars around the world are utterly beyond the pail according to the Premier League? What a  load of fuckin shit man

 

 

And their being subjected to nothing like the same tests the Saudis were either. And, quite apart from anything else, who’s more likely to leave the clubs in a proper fucking mess? 

Edited August 10, 2021 by Alex

[ewerk 30611]

TBF those takeovers were approved by the EFL rather than the PL and if anything are strong arguments for more stringent examinations when it comes to the takeover approval process.

They're totally different from our situation as it's clear that the people looking to buy us have more than enough funds to support the club in perpetuity. It's obvious that this isn't about transparency and due diligence and everything to do with the 'Big Six' wanting a closed shop where no one else can challenge.

[Alex 35083]

Aye. I appreciate it was the EFL and a few people have mentioned ours would have gone through no problem if we were a division lower, assuming a price was still agreed etc. But the double standards are ludicrous given clubs can be promoted to the top flight anyway. 

[Kid Dynamite 7029]

 

[The Fish 10857]

Mental.

[Polarboy 2311]

I thought his blubbing at his farewell presser for Barca was a bit much. The only reason he's leaving is because PSG are the only people willing and able to pay his ridiculous wages. 

[Howmanheyman 33221]

Glory, glory Man United.

 

 

 

 

[Monkeys Fist 42449]

3 hours ago, Polarboy said:

I thought his blubbing at his farewell presser for Barca was a bit much. The only reason he's leaving is because PSG are the only people willing and able to pay his ridiculous wages. 

I thought the same at first, but he’d agreed a 50% pay cut with Barca, and was apparently willing to accept less again in order to stay, but Spanish wage laws prevented it. 
 

Still absolutely obscene the money he’s on, but he’s not to blame for that. 

[Polarboy 2311]

55 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said:

I thought the same at first, but he’d agreed a 50% pay cut with Barca, and was apparently willing to accept less again in order to stay, but Spanish wage laws prevented it. 
 

Still absolutely obscene the money he’s on, but he’s not to blame for that. 

 

As far as I'm aware it was going to be a five year contract at Barca, so in reality he'd have been getting what he's getting for his two year PSG contract. Obviously we're not privy to all the ins and outs, but it seems to me that he had a number for the amount of money he wanted, he couldn't get it at Barca, so left. I don't see what Spanish wage laws would prevent him from taking a wage of some sort, whatever figure that was going to be, but perhaps I'm wrong. 

[ewerk 30611]

Spanish law prevents anyone from taking a pay cut of any more than 50%, even if he wanted to do it.

[Polarboy 2311]

It still all seems very weird. We're supposed to believe that Barca offered him the deal over five years, then suddenly realised that it would have left them up shit creek with the government/FFP and or their long term financial stability, he then offered to take a more than 50% cut, only to be told that it wasn't legal to do that in Spain, which in terms of wage laws you'd think the money men would have been instantly aware of before it was even floated as an idea. Either something else is going on, or Messi's agent and the finance people at Barca are running around like Benny Hill. 

Edited August 11, 2021 by Polarboy

[RobinRobin 11275]

6 hours ago, ewerk said:

Spanish law prevents anyone from taking a pay cut of any more than 50%, even if he wanted to do it.

[ewerk 30611]

10 hours ago, Polarboy said:

 Messi's agent and the finance people at Barca are running around like Benny Hill. 

Given their financial situation that's a distinct possibility. I think there were people at the club deeply worried about what offering a new deal would mean financially, their president was determined to do it to make a statement and keep the fans happy and it wasn't until very late on that he realised just how much shit they would be in if they went through with it.

[Alex 35083]

10 hours ago, Polarboy said:

It still all seems very weird. We're supposed to believe that Barca offered him the deal over five years, then suddenly realised that it would have left them up shit creek with the government/FFP and or their long term financial stability, he then offered to take a more than 50% cut, only to be told that it wasn't legal to do that in Spain, which in terms of wage laws you'd think the money men would have been instantly aware of before it was even floated as an idea. Either something else is going on, or Messi's agent and the finance people at Barca are running around like Benny Hill. 

Maybe the situation where a player offered to take a 50% wage cut hadn’t happened before  

[ewerk 30611]

Burnley at home in the League Cup if anyone cares. Anyone? Anyone?