Uefa boss to scrutinise Manchester City's Etihad deal

[zuricity]

Wait until Karl Heinz Rummenigge gets wind of this. He'll be declaring war on Uefa....

[phips]

our bench last night was about 80m pounds more than our starting XI wasnt it?

[Patrick]

Complete farce.

Imagine if they actually decide that it's a bum deal. Then what? We give the money back? They ban us from Europe? We give up the massive local regeneration project?

They are a bunch of bureaucratic idiots who made a set of rules without really thinking through the consequences

Welcome to the consequences.

Truth is you came up with this shit to protect the established football hierarchy when you saw what us upstarts at city were up to, well too late, drop yer pants bend over and stop bleating

[john@staustell]

After Herr Rumenigge's recent comments UEFA better tread very carefully in he next two years or they may find the whole organisation is made redundant!

[Slim]

Complete farce.

Imagine if they actually decide that it's a bum deal. Then what? We give the money back? They ban us from Europe? We give up the massive local regeneration project?

They are a bunch of bureaucratic idiots who made a set of rules without really thinking through the consequences

Welcome to the consequences.

Truth is you came up with this shit to protect the established football hierarchy when you saw what us upstarts at city were up to, well too late, drop yer pants bend over and stop bleating

I assume we keep the money but it doesn't add to our bottom line when we are dealing with the FFP regulations. Or part of wouldn't anyway.

I think people are assuming UEFA and their new weapon don't want a scalp here, they will be after someone and I think we need to be very smart to ensure it's not us.

[feedthegreek]

thought id bump this with a link looks like karl heinz as had a change of heart.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14825620.stm

[Blue Since 76]

For once, the rags have actually helped us - if you get get £10m sponsorship a season for a training kit that no one will ever see you wear and which you are banned from wearing in Europe, getting £40m a season for shirt, stadium, training ground and whle surrounding area sounds pretty cheap.

The scousers can keep it shut too - £20m a season for just shirts for a team not even in Europe. Yes, they have a lot of fans worldwide, but there's no reason why we can't claim similar, considering the additional exposure we'll have.

[ENIAM NAM]

For once, the rags have actually helped us - if you get get £10m sponsorship a season for a training kit that no one will ever see you wear and which you are banned from wearing in Europe, getting £40m a season for shirt, stadium, training ground and whle surrounding area sounds pretty cheap.

The scousers can keep it shut too - £20m a season for just shirts for a team not even in Europe. Yes, they have a lot of fans worldwide, but there's no reason why we can't claim similar, considering the additional exposure we'll have.

We sell about 150k shirts a year and Liverpool sell close to million. Umbro pay us about 20% of what Liverpool get. Sounds about right.

We are still in the very early days of success. It takes years to build up a worldwide following. We will get there, but it will take time.

Agree about the utd training kit deal, all these inflated deals help us.

[Blue Since 76]

For once, the rags have actually helped us - if you get get £10m sponsorship a season for a training kit that no one will ever see you wear and which you are banned from wearing in Europe, getting £40m a season for shirt, stadium, training ground and whle surrounding area sounds pretty cheap.

The scousers can keep it shut too - £20m a season for just shirts for a team not even in Europe. Yes, they have a lot of fans worldwide, but there's no reason why we can't claim similar, considering the additional exposure we'll have.

We sell about 150k shirts a year and Liverpool sell close to million. Umbro pay us about 20% of what Liverpool get. Sounds about right.

We are still in the very early days of success. It takes years to build up a worldwide following. We will get there, but it will take time.

Agree about the utd training kit deal, all these inflated deals help us.

As I said, the scousers are popular worldwide, probably in the top bracket along with Real, Barca and one other. However, our profile over the last two years has grown enormously and will be further helped by the signing of players like Aguero (960k followers on twitter) and appearances in the CL. When we win it, everyone will know our name.

[Slim]

For once, the rags have actually helped us - if you get get £10m sponsorship a season for a training kit that no one will ever see you wear and which you are banned from wearing in Europe, getting £40m a season for shirt, stadium, training ground and whle surrounding area sounds pretty cheap.

The scousers can keep it shut too - £20m a season for just shirts for a team not even in Europe. Yes, they have a lot of fans worldwide, but there's no reason why we can't claim similar, considering the additional exposure we'll have.

We sell about 150k shirts a year and Liverpool sell close to million. Umbro pay us about 20% of what Liverpool get. Sounds about right.

We are still in the very early days of success. It takes years to build up a worldwide following. We will get there, but it will take time.

Agree about the utd training kit deal, all these inflated deals help us.

As I said, the scousers are popular worldwide, probably in the top bracket along with Real, Barca and one other. However, our profile over the last two years has grown enormously and will be further helped by the signing of players like Aguero (960k followers on twitter) and appearances in the CL. When we win it, everyone will know our name.

Look at the wonders if did for Porto.

[john@staustell]

thought id bump this with a link looks like karl heinz as had a change of heart.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14825620.stm

Ignore KH's tiff about the Boateng deal, I said a month ago that this was all about the clubs being fed up being bossed around by Blatter and his mate Platini.

I expect FFP to be binned.

[steveo_88]

"I have some questions, yes," said Jean-Luc Dehaene, the chairman of Uefa's Club Financial Control Panel.

"If we see clubs that are looking for loopholes we will act," he said.

Had to snigger at the first part, all I could think was "Where's my cut?"

Second reminds me alot of Formula 1. Bernie and Max are always looking to change the rules to equal the playing field, at the moment the big thing is blowing out the exhaust to gain momentum out of corners. Tactically F1 teams are always looking for the edge over their opponents like any other sport.

However I believe F1 is moving in the right direction financially by limiting how money can influence development, for example limiting wind tunnel time this gives less wealthy teams a chance to stay ahead or an equal chance to catch up by development. It's always going to be a sport aimed primarily at the super rich but limiting the impact of cash on the track makes it more competitive.