gillie wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:Platini has no option but to challenge PSG. If he doesn't it's all over.
He has no need to challenge yet, as it's not yet time for the sanctions to be applied.
But when that time comes, we will be looking like saints, whether we reach the threshold or not, & PSG will be taking the wankers on, with us & various others waiting for the outcome & ready to move in a way that suits us.
If he fails, the Sheikh can do as he pleases.
I hope we stick to the original plan of bringing through our own players & striving to become self sufficient, but also blow everyone out of the water when a Messi becomes available. Pay the big money, for the really big players, like Barca do.
I agree Ted and what makes me think FFP will not work is Monaco no Euro football this season and no gaurantee they will have it next season.Add in their ground is miniscule in real terms so they can't generate funds from gate reciepts i think both them and PSG have some sort of get out clause re:FFP.
Well there's a potential legal challenge first I believe, then I recon the next phase, if that was to fail, is the test for so called 'fair value' sponsorship & the competence & neutrality of the panel which is to decide on it. Then imo, the quotes from Platini re owners such as Berlusconi etc asking him to change the rules because they can't afford to finance their clubs anymore, THE WAY THEY HAVE BEEN DOING, because the New owners have too much money. So it was ok for them to have an advantage when they could afford it, but now the middle east is involved, a rule change to stop the Sheikhs doing what Berlusconi has been doing, because presumably it's better to have AC Milan at the top, is required ?
I would have thought that this is the very definition of corruption ?
If I was the owner of PSG & the courts ruled against me, I would go for Platini in person.
Here is another angle on which I would be interested in the opinion of any lawyer types:
We & other clubs sit back & allow PSG & Monaco etc to hoover up players we would have bid for. Similarly, we offer limited terms to other players, some of whom turn down our offers to sign, & we allow players such as Balotelli & Tevez to leave, all of this because we are trying to comply with FFP. We crash out of the Champions Lg but PSG go much further. We miss the title. We hold back on signing sponsorship deals because we believe they could be challenged.
FFP is declared illegal.
Can we sue UEFA for probable loss of earnings due to us complying with FFP & others gaining an advantage ? Anyone know whether that is a legal possibility ?
If so, when the legal challenge to FFP is made, if we quietly inform UEFA of our intention to sue should the case go against them, but we are willing to settle out of Court should FFP be scrapped, what would UEFA do ?
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 5:36 pm