The Football News Thread 2023/24

[Deutsch Wolf]

Covering all angles but specifically the Ziegler list.

Not sure why that would rile you so much

 

[Johnny75]

Not sure why that would rile you so much

Just another nail in the cuntery coffin for our owners. I honestly despise them.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

For something one source says they did while another source says they did not?

Okaaaay

 

[Johnny75]

For something one source says they did while another source says they did not?

Okaaaay

Oh I despised them before that. Just an excuse to vent about them some more.

 

[Kenny]

Another saying we voted on the dark side

coalition of eight clubs understood to be Chelsea, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Everton, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Burnley defeated a temporary Premier League ban on loans between clubs with the same owner
The Premier League asked the clubs to pass an amendment to ban loans into the league for this January alone while they attempt to draft new rules to deal with loans and multi-club ownership.

In private conversations with the 20 clubs, the Premier League asked for extra time to get to grips with the difficult issue of clubs loaning players in from partner clubs. While a majority of 12 voted in favour, it did not reach the required threshold of 14.
In a separate vote, the clubs also rejected new amendments to harden up so-called associated party transactions governing the commercial deals agreed between clubs and external companies. It is understood 13 clubs voted in favour, one short of the required majority. In that vote, Burnley switched sides. Those rules would have put much greater personal liability on directors.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

So they don’t even have 100% certainty on the number in favour and the number against. Fuck off. Wank journalism.

 

[Kenny]

2 votes.

1 for 12-8 and t'other 13-7 because Pitt the even younger got hold of Burnley before the vote

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Have Burnley got another club in their portfolio with the American owners?

I really don’t see much benefit to us here as Grasshoppers is unrelated in the legal sense.

 

[Tredman]

Its a general principle I think - Fosun thought they would be able to move money around easily by flipping players.

 

[Kenny]

Have Burnley got another club in their portfolio with the American owners?

I really don’t see much benefit to us here as Grasshoppers is unrelated in the legal sense.

As Dan has said Fosun have looked at teams in Europe + protecting what's left of the Mendes partnership. Long term view from us I guess.

Burnley...might be a similar long term aim and their owners have other clubs in mind down the line.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Probably go and buy Valencia knowing our luck

 

[Kenny]

K.V Oostende was a rumoured target earlier in the year

 

[Squeak]

Not officially as it's Guo's wife who owns them (and they're looking to get rid apparently).

Plus there's no chance we'd ever loan anyone off them.

No, but we have loaned players to them. So possibly protecting that for the future?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Loans out have never been in question, that was always going to be fine.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Loans in the normal state of affairs aren’t an issue. Frankly neither is virtually anything you can do on normal circumstances. The issue is having the PIF teams outside UEFA FFP and therefore able to pay the earth and then loan in at a low value to the the team in the group that is restricted. We don’t have that. And we won’t. City have NYFC to do it. Newcastle have half of Saudi Arabia.

 

[Tony Towner]

Argentina played Brazil last night. 6 of each of the starting 11s play in England, plus another player from each has done in the past. We moan about it for all the right commercial reasons, but it is remarkable what the PL has become.

 

[jd1981]

England u17 knocked out of World Cup by Uzbekistan

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Barnsley chucked out of the FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player.

 

[jd1981]

Barnsley chucked out of the FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player.

Does that mean Horsham go through?

 

[Kenny]

Yup