Everton in particular aren't looking to compete with Man City, they just don't want points deductions for putting money into the club.
Chelsea fan trying to find a way out of the associated shame
I don’t read that rag
I think it's reasonable to ask about an amendment to the rules before "opting out" of the premier league altogether.
Nah, it will, someone will let something slip.
The fact they are going to be hated rather than just disregarded by the majority of the PL clubs and the EFL if they win just doesn't seem to register with them. The fact their players will end up as the easy target for the hate as well.
Villa.
It's amazing how it ever happened really but then it just felt inevitable when they cam in. You basically let them do what they want (which by the way, I don't think they've even done that well considering they've completely outspent everyone and now it looks the gap in spending is even more ridiculous than we already know) until something doesn't go their way and then they will throw all their toys out of the pram. In a way, the gov has no option but to back the PL because the alternative is so obviously going to turn the PL into some minor European league over time. Football is always working in cycles, Serie A was top, then La Liga, I couldn't really see how the PL would relinquish top spot given the money, but I guess this is it. Become some monopoly league of a team no one really cares about and have the colossal international fan base gradually move it's attention's elsewhere.
Fixed
true, not sure they've got the ability to get something together that quickly, but I'll never underestimate their powers to do something horrid.On player transfers? How do they do that?
I'm all for contrasting opinions but I feel you're jumbling everything into one and also not really understanding the issue here.
The point has always been we don’t need a sugar daddy as such, more that we need someone to repay all the debt and sort the footballing side of the club out and then leave the club to run itself- we are in a very different position to City as we can finance everything from the clubs income alone without resorting to cheating. People were pro Qatar as they offered both sides of the equation whilst Ineos really only solve the footballing side.
That only works around the current competitive levels of spend though. With related party sponsor controls off, and the clubs we are competing with doubling / tripling or more the expenditure we can't compete with that so easily at all, even with our commercial strength. Any owner will, if they want to compete, have to resort to the same tactics around sponsorships eventually. For Qatar that would have been a lot easier than Ineos, but only if they were willing to do the same sponsorship dodginess.
We’ve outspent the likes of Barca and Real since Fergie retired, those two have had near galactico 11s at one point in the last decade, we’ve pissed away over £1bn in transfers even with the debt repayments, we could easily have built a super team without Qatari money but the debt is never getting repaid or the stadium properly remade without an owner like that, that’s why many people were pro Qatar, I’m not sure what they’re money could do that we already can’t without the debt, we can afford almost any player in the world even now.
