Saudi League

[JamesHFC]

Major attempts just now to attract big players over there. Ballon d'Or winner added to the recent addition of Ronaldo. Kan-te is now joining on a deal worth €100m per year.

Not sure how this will pan out. Is it just an attempt to win their World Cup bid or are they aiming to create more?

[Smartie]

Major attempts just now to attract big players over there. Ballon d'Or winner added to the recent addition of Ronaldo. Kan-te is now joining on a deal worth €100m per year.

Not sure how this will pan out. Is it just an attempt to win their World Cup bid or are they aiming to create more?

I was chatting about this with a few mates earlier.

Added to the news about the golf tours merging it feels like something is up.

[Newry Hibs]

Just waiting for the saudi backed LIV womens golf tour.

[Hillsidehibby]

I think they call it Sport washing

[Phil MaGlass]

Maybe we should join the Saudi League, might have achance of winning it and making a few bucks. :-)

[Winston Ingram]

Major attempts just now to attract big players over there. Ballon d'Or winner added to the recent addition of Ronaldo. Kan-te is now joining on a deal worth €100m per year.

Not sure how this will pan out. Is it just an attempt to win their World Cup bid or are they aiming to create more?

The PIF fund which owns Newcastle and Liv Golf has today completed a deal to buy the top 4 clubs in Saudi🥴

[JamesHFC]

The PIF fund which owns Newcastle and Liv Golf has today completed a deal to buy the top 4 clubs in Saudi🥴

They are choosing where the player goes, it's madness.

[SHODAN]

I won't watch any Saudi league or pay for any channel that buys the rights.

If they actually give a ****ing World Cup to them then I honestly might boycott it, and would hope that most countries do too. After Qatar that really would be taking the piss.

[cabbageandribs1875]

According to journalist Fabrizio Romano, Benzema will be handed a three-year contract by Saudi Arabian club Al Ittihad worth a staggering $643 million. That means Benzema will make $214 million per year, or $4.12 million per week.

[Donegal Hibby]

According to journalist Fabrizio Romano, Benzema will be handed a three-year contract by Saudi Arabian club Al Ittihad worth a staggering $643 million. That means Benzema will make $214 million per year, or $4.12 million per week.
There was a story in one of the papers that Newcastle United could have a frontline of Ronaldo , Benzema and ( if he joined a Saudi club ) Messi next season.

[Lago]

Just waiting for the saudi backed LIV womens golf tour.
Or beach volley ball 👌

[7Hero]

Just take one look at golf ..

PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan stated last year that the Saudi LIV project was nothing more than sports washing of Saudi Arabia’s reputation.

They (LIV) have now merged with the PGA with a huge cash injection which means the Saudi's now bankroll the whole of golf.

Anything is possible..

[Bristolhibby]

There was a story in one of the papers that Newcastle United could have a frontline of Ronaldo , Benzema and ( if he joined a Saudi club ) Messi next season.

Is this just another way to get round financial fair play rules (as slack as they are)?

J

[cabbageandribs1875]

There was a story in one of the papers that Newcastle United could have a frontline of Ronaldo , Benzema and ( if he joined a Saudi club ) Messi next season.


sure i read online earlier today that Messi was going back to Barcelona, it's easy to think we will see a glut of European players joining Saudi clubs in the next decade and if that does happen i wonder if clubs in Europe will start getting a bit edgy with all the best players preferring to transfer to Saudi clubs to chuck a load o cash into their future pension pots.


then again probably more likely UEFA will invite Saudi sides to play in the European tournaments :greengrin

[SteveHFC]

sure i read online earlier today that Messi was going back to Barcelona, it's easy to think we will see a glut of European players joining Saudi clubs in the next decade and if that does happen i wonder if clubs in Europe will start getting a bit edgy with all the best players preferring to transfer to Saudi clubs to chuck a load o cash into their future pension pots.


then again probably more likely UEFA will invite Saudi sides to play in the European tournaments :greengrin

Still expecting a Champions League final taken place in the Middle East in the future.

[ekhibee]

I won't watch any Saudi league or pay for any channel that buys the rights.

If they actually give a ****ing World Cup to them then I honestly might boycott it, and would hope that most countries do too. After Qatar that really would be taking the piss.

Totally agree. Unfortunately though football is corrupt through and through and that's why regimes like that can do what they like when they like. If a regime like that bought Hibs I would give up football altogether, Hibs are the only team I am interested in.

[Hannah_hfc]

This reminds me a little of the Chinese Super League clubs buying up players on crazy money a few years back and it never took off in terms of global publicity. Hopefully this turns out the same way.


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[Donegal Hibby]

Is this just another way to get round financial fair play rules (as slack as they are)?

J
I honestly don't know though I think there could be something in it with the Newcastle owners buying 4 Saudi clubs with Ronaldo at one and Benzema supposedly going to join one too . Messi apparently going back to Barcelona though there were reports that Messi's father had been out discussing terms as well . What was once described as the beautiful game has become full of greed and corruption now sadly.

[Forza Fred]

Sports washing…..where they improve the world view of their country by displaying ‘stars’

Can’t say it bothers me……..if they want to spend their oil and gas money on fitba, so be it.

[neil7908]

Awful, awful country that should be kept out of sport and indeed any other aspect of global governance.

I hate the direction football is going and if they do begin to gain real influence, then I'll stop watching anything that's not Hibs. Qatar WC was a shocker but the Saudis are another level of cruelty and women hating.

[MWHIBBIES]

There was a story in one of the papers that Newcastle United could have a frontline of Ronaldo , Benzema and ( if he joined a Saudi club ) Messi next season.

None of those players will play for Newcastle next season. Or ever.

[Alfiembra]

Playing devil’s advocate here, but didn’t we all wish Martin Boyle all the best when he went there for the “life changing opportunity” for him and his family?
Agree with everything that’s been said condemning the regime out there, but are we being somewhat hypocritical if a massive financial investment was to come into our club that it wouldn’t be welcomed regardless of its origin

[Since90+2]

They'll be a Saudi Team in the Champions League within 10 years, probably 5. Money talks.

Uefa will sell it as "widening the biggest club tournament in the world to the wider football audience" or some other nonsense.

[Onion]

According to journalist Fabrizio Romano, Benzema will be handed a three-year contract by Saudi Arabian club Al Ittihad worth a staggering $643 million. That means Benzema will make $214 million per year, or $4.12 million per week.

That would be obscene.

Sporting world needs to resist the lure of dirty money and, if they don't, I hope they feel the full backlash from the public. The PGA/LIV deal will be interesting to watch over coming weeks as players, fans and governments digest the reality of what's going on.

[Gloucester Hibs]

They'll be a Saudi Team in the Champions League within 10 years, probably 5. Money talks.

Uefa will sell it as "widening the biggest club tournament in the world to the wider football audience" or some other nonsense.

Or the re-emergence of the European Super League with some Gulf state sides lobbed in

[Wembley67]

Playing devil’s advocate here, but didn’t we all wish Martin Boyle all the best when he went there for the “life changing opportunity” for him and his family?
Agree with everything that’s been said condemning the regime out there, but are we being somewhat hypocritical if a massive financial investment was to come into our club that it wouldn’t be welcomed regardless of its origin

Exactly, like most football fans our support is exactly the same - short memories :wink:

[Donegal Hibby]

None of those players will play for Newcastle next season. Or ever.
Why are you so confident saying this btw ?

[Jim44]

I think the Saudi link in sport stinks. The LIV/PGA Tour/DP World Tour now in bed with one another is a prime example of the hypocrisy of erstwhile opponents and the power of the dirty Saudi dollar. Football, apparently, is the the next victim and then what ……. ITF and Major League sport in USA? Saudi world sport dominance is not a fantasy.

[Tambo]

Zaha offered 15 million a year to join Al-Nassr, not a crazy amount compared to the others being thrown about.

You would think it will only be a matter of time before they start trying to bid big money for players if the league really kicks off global.

I have watched a few games on YouTube which was always ronaldos team and the standard atm ain't great.

[Pretty Boy]

It's quite nuts that in the space of about half a decade the Saudis have serious stakes in all kinds of major sports.

They have always been big players in horse racing but the Saudi Cup is another level. They call the shots with a few big time boxing promoters, as of yesterday they have huge control over world golf, they have a foothold in the EPL and state ownership of 4 teams is smart from a recruitment perspective for them domestically (assuming they use it almost like a draft system you will have Ronaldo v Messi v Benzema v A N Other). It would be a brave man betting against them getting the WC as well.

[supermcginn]

Why are you so confident saying this btw ?

Because Newcastle aren't being run like some basket case, they are signing players that fit Howe's style of play and work ethic. They are also signing young players such as Isak who have the potential to grow and become world class. The biggest asset they have is team spirit, there wont be any superstars at the end of their careers arriving and rightly so.

[JamesHFC]

It's quite nuts that in the space of about half a decade the Saudis have serious stakes in all kinds of major sports.

They have always been big players in horse racing but the Saudi Cup is another level. They call the shots with a few big time boxing promoters, as of yesterday they have huge control over world golf, they have a foothold in the EPL and state ownership of 4 teams is smart from a recruitment perspective for them domestically (assuming they use it almost like a draft system you will have Ronaldo v Messi v Benzema v A N Other). It would be a brave man betting against them getting the WC as well.

They agreed a 10 year deal with the WWE also, after seven shows in Saudi they generated over $100 million more than every Wrestlemania combined.

[AgentDaleCooper]

Got to say that I have zero respect for players like Ronaldo, Benzema and Messi (if he goes there). They like to do the whole 'i'm not interested in politics' thing, but the fact is that they are being used as political capital and making an absolute mint in the process.

Boyler, to be fair, wasn't being used in such a way, as far as i know.

[neil7908]

Got to say that I have zero respect for players like Ronaldo, Benzema and Messi (if he goes there). They like to do the whole 'i'm not interested in politics' thing, but the fact is that they are being used as political capital and making an absolute mint in the process.

Boyler, to be fair, wasn't being used in such a way, as far as i know.

Agreed. Boyle and the others are in completely different situations financially as well. Boyle has obviously made good money at Hibs but a chance to earn £20k a week would be a genuine life changing sum for him.

The others have more money than they, their kids, or their grandkids will ever be able to spend. They don't need the money, it's pure greed.

[Donegal Hibby]

Because Newcastle aren't being run like some basket case, they are signing players that fit Howe's style of play and work ethic. They are also signing young players such as Isak who have the potential to grow and become world class. The biggest asset they have is team spirit, there wont be any superstars at the end of their careers arriving and rightly so.

Newcastle United have indeed a great team spirit and I'm not saying it's going to happen though I wouldn't dismiss it so quickly either. I doubt there's many clubs in Europe that if offered Benzema , Ronaldo or Messi on loan would turn there noses up at the chance of getting them . Newcastle have signed some young players though they have also being linked to guys like neymar, kane , Tierney who are not exactly young players.

Newcastle could this summer easily go out and spend £600 , £700 hundred million on players if they want to though probably have to be careful with the fair play rules which has me wondering with the owners buying these Saudi clubs is there something else behind this .

[Onceinawhile]

They agreed a 10 year deal with the WWE also, after seven shows in Saudi they generated over $100 million more than every Wrestlemania combined.

It's actually obscene how much they paid WWE £1b for 10 shows.

[Torto7]

Good. Hopefully all the other big leagues suffer. The EPL has got massive due to washing money and inflating value to obscene levels. F them, all I care about is watching Hibs. 10 years from now you'll have a super league based out of Saudi. Buy everything make them zillionaires "they deserve it". :jamboak:

[NAE NOOKIE]

If Saudi clubs are willing and able to pay that sort of money it drives a coach and horses through Europe's FFP nonsense, with players simply going to a country where cash is limitless and subject to little or no tax and where no club is stopped from being competitive because they can't match the crowds or global appeal of the biggest clubs

In a nation of 36,000,000 people the top club averages 40,000 the next best is on a par with Hibs at 17,000 and after that crowds fall off a cliff to sub 10K for practically every club in the league. In Europe the best they would be able to buy on income related to turnover / profit from trading as a football club would be EFL championship players at best.

[Willis1875]

Messi opts for the riches of Inter Miami instead of taking the Saudi money

[MWHIBBIES]

Why are you so confident saying this btw ?

Because none of them are signing for Newcastle this window, and it's totally against Newcastle's policy so far. Would destroy their wage structure. Lazy lazy journalism.

[JamesHFC]

Messi opts for the riches of Inter Miami instead of taking the Saudi money

An agreement to spend time on loan at Barcelona I expect.

[Willis1875]

An agreement to spend time on loan at Barcelona I expect.

Hopefully,he deserves the right send off from Barcelona

[Donegal Hibby]

Because none of them are signing for Newcastle this window, and it's totally against Newcastle's policy so far. Would destroy their wage structure. Lazy lazy journalism.
This is true that none of them are signing for Newcastle though two are at clubs owned by Newcastle owners. One of these Saudi clubs could for arguements sake go out and buy (just a example ) say a Bellingham or a mbappe and immediately loan them to Newcastle and the same could happen to Benzema or Ronaldo and I don't think there's any laws against it , wonder does it get around the fair play issues as well ? I think there's more to Newcastle owners buying these clubs than meets the eye tbh .

[neil7908]

Messi opts for the riches of Inter Miami instead of taking the Saudi money

Very pleased to hear that and further evidence of why he is the GOAT both on and off the park.

[Haymaker]

I think the Saudi link in sport stinks. The LIV/PGA Tour/DP World Tour now in bed with one another is a prime example of the hypocrisy of erstwhile opponents and the power of the dirty Saudi dollar. Football, apparently, is the the next victim and then what ……. ITF and Major League sport in USA? Saudi world sport dominance is not a fantasy.

Due to the spiraling costs and dwindling number of people able to afford them, it is only a matter of time until the Big 4 in the US start getting investment from Saudi.

[Bristolhibby]

It's quite nuts that in the space of about half a decade the Saudis have serious stakes in all kinds of major sports.

They have always been big players in horse racing but the Saudi Cup is another level. They call the shots with a few big time boxing promoters, as of yesterday they have huge control over world golf, they have a foothold in the EPL and state ownership of 4 teams is smart from a recruitment perspective for them domestically (assuming they use it almost like a draft system you will have Ronaldo v Messi v Benzema v A N Other). It would be a brave man betting against them getting the WC as well.

F1 another one taking the Saudi Riyal.

J

[zitelli62]

This is true that none of them are signing for Newcastle though two are at clubs owned by Newcastle owners. One of these Saudi clubs could for arguements sake go out and buy (just a example ) say a Bellingham or a mbappe and immediately loan them to Newcastle and the same could happen to Benzema or Ronaldo and I don't think there's any laws against it , wonder does it get around the fair play issues as well ? I think there's more to Newcastle owners buying these clubs than meets the eye tbh .

Is it any different to what the city group do?

[Pagan Hibernia]

Messi opts for the riches of Inter Miami instead of taking the Saudi money

such a shame we’ve been robbed of the bizarre spectacle of Phil Neville managing Lionel Messi, courtesy of him being emptied a few days ago.

[MWHIBBIES]

This is true that none of them are signing for Newcastle though two are at clubs owned by Newcastle owners. One of these Saudi clubs could for arguements sake go out and buy (just a example ) say a Bellingham or a mbappe and immediately loan them to Newcastle and the same could happen to Benzema or Ronaldo and I don't think there's any laws against it , wonder does it get around the fair play issues as well ? I think there's more to Newcastle owners buying these clubs than meets the eye tbh .

There isn't. That will not happen. There are actually rules against such behaviour.

[A Hi-Bee]

Only country where it really can cost an arm or a leg to be there.

[Haymaker]

such a shame we’ve been robbed of the bizarre spectacle of Phil Neville managing Lionel Messi, courtesy of him being emptied a few days ago.

Probably why he was emptied :greengrin

[Donegal Hibby]

There isn't. That will not happen. There are actually rules against such behaviour.
Actually mate I really don't know what the rules are on it tbh with you . I Just think maybe there's more to the Newcastle owners taking over the these clubs though I could be wrong . Often am 😁 . 3:42 in is were this is discussed.
https://youtu.be/0SQSzHXnWkQ

[Haymaker]

Got my tickets sorted for when they pop up to New Jersey end of August

[Smartie]

Got my tickets sorted for when they pop up to New Jersey end of August

What is that for?

Golf?

Football?

A beheading?

[cabbageandribs1875]

Messi opts for the riches of Inter Miami instead of taking the Saudi money



they'll need him, bottom of the league with 11 defeats from 16

[cabbageandribs1875]

What is that for?

Golf?

Football?

A beheading?


i shouldn't, but :hilarious

[Haymaker]

What is that for?

Golf?

Football?

A beheading?

Probably all three as Trump National will surely hold a tour event

[Tambo]

Messi opts for the riches of Inter Miami instead of taking the Saudi money

I'm not sure if true but the reports yesterday was he was offered up to 500! Yes 500 million a year.

de Gea set to snub a lucrative off also.

[1875Sean]

they'll need him, bottom of the league with 11 defeats from 16

In another country you would be worried about relegation

[cabbageandribs1875]

Saudi Arabian side Al Ahli are reportedly willing to offer man city winger Riyad Mahrez £85m + Bonuses to dump city for a two year deal, with the option of a third year.

Man City star offered eye-watering £85million contract to ditch Guardiola in statement move (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/man-city-star-offered-eye-watering-85million-contract-to-ditch-guardiola-in-statement-move/ar-AA1clFsR?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=06e7633d47af4bda815f4713555c8fd8&ei=60)



and another one for Saudi Arabia

End of an era at Chelsea as Pochettino loses Blues great to insane contract offer (teamtalk.com) (https://www.teamtalk.com/chelsea/end-of-an-era-chelsea-pochettino-loses-blues-great-insane-contract-offer)


Benzema will soon be joined at Al Ittihad by fellow Frenchman, N’Golo ****e.

The eye-catching piece of the deal is unquestionably the salary, with ****e in line to earn a staggering €100m per season through a combination of ‘image rights, commercial deals and ‘creative’ portfolio’. €100m per year equates to a weekly wage north of £1.65m.

[A Hi-Bee]

Saudi Arabian side Al Ahli are reportedly willing to offer man city winger Riyad Mahrez £85m + Bonuses to dump city for a two year deal, with the option of a third year.

Man City star offered eye-watering £85million contract to ditch Guardiola in statement move (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/man-city-star-offered-eye-watering-85million-contract-to-ditch-guardiola-in-statement-move/ar-AA1clFsR?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=06e7633d47af4bda815f4713555c8fd8&ei=60)



and another one for Saudi Arabia

End of an era at Chelsea as Pochettino loses Blues great to insane contract offer (teamtalk.com) (https://www.teamtalk.com/chelsea/end-of-an-era-chelsea-pochettino-loses-blues-great-insane-contract-offer)


Benzema will soon be joined at Al Ittihad by fellow Frenchman, N’Golo ****e.

The eye-catching piece of the deal is unquestionably the salary, with ****e in line to earn a staggering €100m per season through a combination of ‘image rights, commercial deals and ‘creative’ portfolio’. €100m per year equates to a weekly wage north of £1.65m.

Aye it pays to stick in at school.
:faf: What do they say money talks while BullS**e walks.

[SHODAN]

I sincerely hope no network will buy the rights to this farce.

[James Stephen]

What is that for?

Golf?

Football?

A beheading?

🤣

[cabbageandribs1875]

so it's looking like Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani is the new owner of Man u

been congratulated by some even though not official

Sheikh Jassim congratulated on Man Utd takeover by Qatari businessman before announcement (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/sheikh-jassim-congratulated-on-man-utd-takeover-by-qatari-businessman-before-announcement/ar-AA1ctYAG?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b2a8fb707bf443d18fd8cd1dd5c3c4ee&ei=28)

[neil7908]

so it's looking like Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani is the new owner of Man u

been congratulated by some even though not official

Sheikh Jassim congratulated on Man Utd takeover by Qatari businessman before announcement (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/sheikh-jassim-congratulated-on-man-utd-takeover-by-qatari-businessman-before-announcement/ar-AA1ctYAG?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b2a8fb707bf443d18fd8cd1dd5c3c4ee&ei=28)

My interest in anything football related outside Hibs is dropping almost every week. Games in a horrible place and my only hope is there will be a hard reset down the line at some point.

[cabbageandribs1875]

My interest in anything football related outside Hibs is dropping almost every week. Games in a horrible place and my only hope is there will be a hard reset down the line at some point.



Chelsea player N'golo K ante joins Benzema at Al-lttihad for a three year contract worth £86m, out injured a lot last season

Gary Neville says Premier League should stop Saudi Arabia transfers - BBC Sport (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65956434)


Gary Neville has called on the Premier League to stop the transfer of players to Saudi Arabia until it is certain the integrity of its competition is not being put at risk.

[NAE NOOKIE]

The Saudi league is all beginning to sound like football in the USA back in the 70s with folk like Beckenbauer, Best and Pele all playing retirement fitba out there, it did nothing to advance the game after the initial enthusiasm and it took the Yanks another 20 odd years to get back on track by making a conscious decision to grow the game organically after holding the world cup and restricting the influx of past their best Galacticos.

The Saudis certainly backed their team in big numbers at next door neighbours Qatar during the world cup, but the attendances for most clubs in their domestic football would embarrass a mid table EFL1 club.

If European clubs are getting antsy about losing top stars to the Saudis perhaps it's time to revisit the ludicrous FFP system which prevents many clubs being able to afford top stars no matter how rich the owners might be. It's designed to keep the 'big' clubs at the top and nothing less. Not much use to Real Madrid or Man United the day Mbappe decides to sign for Cut yer hand off FC for a weekly wage of £2,000,000 at a fraction of the tax he probably pays in France.

[Callum_62]

Chelsea player N'golo K ante joins Benzema at Al-lttihad for a three year contract worth £86m, out injured a lot last season

Gary Neville says Premier League should stop Saudi Arabia transfers - BBC Sport (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65956434)


Gary Neville has called on the Premier League to stop the transfer of players to Saudi Arabia until it is certain the integrity of its competition is not being put at risk.So richest league in the world wants to stop players moving to newer richer league

It's only a problem when it's not us!

Hilarious

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[JimBHibees]

So richest league in the world wants to stop players moving to richer league

It's only a problem when it's not us!

Hilarious

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Absolutely hypocrisy are us

[Torto7]

I hope the Saudis buy everyone. Mbappe next on 400million a second. The players deserve it. It's the markets way of deciding worth. Some tit kicking a ball around or some girl with a fake arse on tiktok are far more important to society than a nurse or a teacher, the market says so. Greedy grubby gits have been telling us this for generations so it must be true.

[Dmas]

Absolutely hypocrisy are us

There’s increasing concern down there that Chelsea ownership isn’t as it seems and there’s over inflation of prices for there player being touted to get them out the poo poo for FFP maybe more towards that Neville’s concerned about, if not then I totally agree with ur point.

[PatHead]

Neville couldn't give a toss about ffp. If he did he would have been criticising English clubs long ago. Did he not go to Qatar to commentate on the World Cup?

All they are worried about is the league not attracting the best players and the dominos falling in England with the clubs going to the wall.

Can't happen soon enough.

[cabbageandribs1875]

So richest league in the world wants to stop players moving to newer richer league

It's only a problem when it's not us!

Hilarious

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fair point :agree:

[Lancs Harp]

Ive just been offered £20,000 a year to support a Saudi team..... told them to stuff it.

[cabbageandribs1875]

There’s increasing concern down there that Chelsea ownership isn’t as it seems and there’s over inflation of prices for there player being touted to get them out the poo poo for FFP maybe more towards that Neville’s concerned about, if not then I totally agree with ur point.


the premier league really don't want to address the FFP situation, it's taken them four years to even mention man city, Everton will soon be the next under investigation for horendous FFP breaches, they really should have been docked points the season ended but of course the premier league don't want controversy, Leeds and Burnley were going to possibly take legal action last season and i read the other day at least three again this season(inc Leeds)

https://www.footballinsider247.com/kieran-maguire-shares-astonishing-everton-ffp-reveal/


Aston Villa SHOULD have had action taken against them the season they got promoted to the Premier League but of course once they got promoted to the milk and honey league that was forgotten about.

[Lancs Harp]

the premier league really don't want to address the FFP situation, it's taken them four years to even mention man city, Everton will soon be the next under investigation for horendous FFP breaches, they really should have been docked points the season ended but of course the premier league don't want controversy, Leeds and Burnley were going to possibly take legal action last season and i read the other day at least three again this season(inc Leeds)

https://www.footballinsider247.com/kieran-maguire-shares-astonishing-everton-ffp-reveal/


Aston Villa SHOULD have had action taken against them the season they got promoted to the Premier League but of course once they got promoted to the milk and honey league that was forgotten about.

Top clubs earning top dollar employ top lawyers.

[cabbageandribs1875]

Top clubs earning top dollar employ top lawyers.


it really shouldn't be about lawyers though, it should be about the rules and why it appears it's not all that hard to break them, the rules the premier league made.

the premier league is like a club and they try to make sure their members are protected even if some members break their very own rules

[Lancs Harp]

it really shouldn't be about lawyers though, it should be about the rules and why it appears it's not all that hard to break them, the rules the premier league made

It shouldnt be mate but sadly it is. As in many walks of life in the modern age money is God.

[Lendo]

https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1671624718489735171?s=20

Football is done.

[MWHIBBIES]

https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1671624718489735171?s=20

Football is done.

It's not done because that won't happen. Don't believe everything you read on twitter.

[.Sean.]

Chelsea player N'golo K ante joins Benzema at Al-lttihad for a three year contract worth £86m, out injured a lot last season

Gary Neville says Premier League should stop Saudi Arabia transfers - BBC Sport (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65956434)


Gary Neville has called on the Premier League to stop the transfer of players to Saudi Arabia until it is certain the integrity of its competition is not being put at risk.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Know what I’m dead against the players who are moving there outbid sheer greed but I’m absolutely loving seeing tourist league spokesman like him crying about it being unfair.

[GreenNWhiteArmy]

Neville and Carragher are furious about this.

Happy enough when Oligarchs were plowing money in to English clubs meaning mid table nobodies became more lucrative or appealing to players than historically "big" clubs

They'll just need to get sky pumping a few more billions in to the league

[NAE NOOKIE]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Know what I’m dead against the players who are moving there outbid sheer greed but I’m absolutely loving seeing tourist league spokesman like him crying about it being unfair.

Me as well. But the truth is the whole of football worldwide needs sorted out when it comes to finances. When it has gotten to the stage that in order to compete at the top level clubs need billions, not millions, then you don't have to be Einstein to see that the whole thing has run out of control.

[Just Alf]

Ive just been offered £20,000 a year to support a Saudi team..... told them to stuff it.What!?.... a bag or rucksack?... a placcy carrier bag won't do the job :greengrin

[cabbageandribs1875]

wonder why Chelsea players are going to Saudi

Chelsea have verbally agreed with Saudi clubs on three deals as revealed today…◉ Koulibaly to Al Hilal;◉ Ziyech to Al Nassr;◉ Mendy to Al Ahli.




Clearlake Capital who are one of the major shareholders in Chelsea have PIF the state fund that runs Newcastle (but denies they are state governed) as major shareholders.

PIF also own multiple clubs in Saudi Arabia.

Chelsea need to sell for ffp reasons.

Random Saudi clubs buying there unwanted players.


Still not quite understanding how nothing seems to have occurred regarding Newcastle and PIF.

The Premier League are on record for saying if they ever find out PIF is a state ran firm then they have the authority to disqualify them as owners of Newcastle.

Well as a matter of US Court record

PIF and Newcastle chairman and PIF governor Yasir al-Rumayyan describe the fund as a “sovereign instrumentality of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” and al-Rumayyan as “a sitting minister of the Saudi government.”

[Winston Ingram]

Neville and Carragher are furious about this.

Happy enough when Oligarchs were plowing money in to English clubs meaning mid table nobodies became more lucrative or appealing to players than historically "big" clubs

They'll just need to get sky pumping a few more billions in to the league

Are Neville and Carragher happy enough when oligarchs are pumping money in?

They’re clubs would have shed loads more trophies if there weren’t. I’d say the money that Abramovich and the Mansoors have ploughed into Chelsea and City respectively has made them the opposite.

Neville raised a very good point re Saudi Chelsea investment, and the fact that Chelsea who are going to have major FFP issues on the horizon are now shipping a shedload of their deadwood off to Saudi, is rightly questioned.

[1van Sprou7e]

Genuine question, how is anything Saudi and Chelsea done dodgy?

****e left for free after being offered a contract by Chelsea and some others are rumoured to be leaving for modest fees

Neville's got some cheek as he was perfectly happy taking qatari money at the world cup, even he didn't have any defence when failed on it by Ian hislop

[Winston Ingram]

Genuine question, how is anything Saudi and Chelsea done dodgy?

****e left for free after being offered a contract by Chelsea and some others are rumoured to be leaving for modest fees

Neville's got some cheek as he was perfectly happy taking qatari money at the world cup, even he didn't have any defence when failed on it by Ian hislop

Chelsea have a huge FFP problem. They're about to sell Mendy, Ziyech, Koulibaly and potentially Aubameyang to Saudi.

Chelsea are part-owned by PIF, who just happen to own all of the clubs that these players will be signing for.

The fees aren't known as yet but i'd imagine they will not be modest and on top of that, it will do it quickly and take 4 huge wages off their wages bill allowing them to relieve pressure on their FFP.

[Brightside]

Its just another league....

[Hibs90]

Genuine question, how is anything Saudi and Chelsea done dodgy?

****e left for free after being offered a contract by Chelsea and some others are rumoured to be leaving for modest fees

Neville's got some cheek as he was perfectly happy taking qatari money at the world cup, even he didn't have any defence when failed on it by Ian hislop

It's very dodgy.

Went ham on transfers last season, probably knowing all along that they had the PIF/Saudi backing to take players off them come the summer to get out of their FFP hole.

[CropleyWasGod]

An alternate view to what is increasingly being assumed as fact:-

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league-evidence-saudi-arabia-pif-chelsea-ownership-2429933

[Glory Lurker]

Nothing to do with Saudi Arabia but in point - some big baseball match is being played tonight at the Olympic Stadium/ West Ham.

[Haymaker]

Nothing to do with Saudi Arabia but in point - some big baseball match is being played tonight at the Olympic Stadium/ West Ham.They did one in 2019 and are planning to do one every year, just like the NFL in London.

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[ErinGoBraghHFC]

Nothing to do with Saudi Arabia but in point - some big baseball match is being played tonight at the Olympic Stadium/ West Ham.

Started in 2019 with the Yankees and Red Sox, this year it’s back and it’s Cubs vs Cardinals. Not sold remotely as well this time around because who the **** wants to pay over £100 a ticket to watch two nothing teams? Next year it’s Phillies vs Mets which should sell a lot better, I’ll be going to that one.


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[Allant1981]

Started in 2019 with the Yankees and Red Sox, this year it’s back and it’s Cubs vs Cardinals. Not sold remotely as well this time around because who the **** wants to pay over £100 a ticket to watch two nothing teams? Next year it’s Phillies vs Mets which should sell a lot better, I’ll be going to that one.


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Not many sections left for tomorrow I don't think

[ErinGoBraghHFC]

Not many sections left for tomorrow I don't think

Tickets going for £11 online now though


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[7Hero]

The figures quoted for wages are huge but also bear in mind the income tax rules, only 20% compared to 60% in the UK. No wonder players are seriously considering the Dosh

[leithsansiro]

Resurrecting a sleeping thread, but for anyone in doubt about whether or not the guys heading to Saudi for huge wages are there for an easy time, have a watch of Benzema's first goal in the league on the BBC website https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/66615388 Laughably bad pressure on the ball and intensity. Any player going there who's not already in their 30's is going to end up miles of the pace when it comes to getting back into more competitive leagues

[overdrive]

Not that it would be a good idea to actually watch it as it just encourages it and legitimises it but is it on UK TV other than dodgy IPTV feeds?

[WestStandWillie]

Not that it would be a good idea to actually watch it as it just encourages it and legitimises it but is it on UK TV other than dodgy IPTV feeds?

All the broadcasters worried about the human rights backlash if they show it. Sky have no morals so expect a Sky Sports Saudi channel

[greenlad]

Not that it would be a good idea to actually watch it as it just encourages it and legitimises it but is it on UK TV other than dodgy IPTV feeds?

DAZN hold the UK rights to this.

[DH1875]

See that the Saudi FA have approached UEFA about a wildcard spot for the champions league. Also see that England are getting 5 teams in the new format. Total P take.