Slim wrote:I think people are misconstruing what will happen if the sponsorship deal breaches their fair market value rules.
We still get to keep the sponsor, we still get to keep the money.
But when they consider our application to the Champion's League next year, they won't take into account the actual pound value of the deal, rather they would only use a portion to the limit of what they consider fair market value. However, being that the filth are getting £10M/year from their training kit sponsor and Barca are finishing up what will be(I think) a £40M/year deal for their shirt sponsor, I think £400m/10 years is safe.
And even if we were to go out and buy Messi and Ronaldo next summer, it's extremely unlikely the UEFA punishment would be exclusion from the Champion's League.
And seeing they cant even deal with FC Sion for fielding 5 illegal players blatantly, or something!
Aren't we in a 'monitoring period' or something? So it wouldn't have any effect on anyone yet, would it? 2014?
I reckon this months figures will still see the wages increasing, but after that the wages will be reducing and the revenues increasing. So Platini can go and do one.