KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum imo FSG are being honest good custodians of LFC (to date)

I thought city's owner was oil rich and DIC are dubai. No oil in Dubai which is why they are having trouble. But I don't really know you are from that part of world muj could you tell us?

same country.dubai is one state...other is abu dhabi...which is the capital.dubai is far more developed with all business hub..strategic hub for the region etc etc..abu dhabi got the massive oil reserves....

dubai is having trouble for different reasons.although its recovering...economy/currency/banking system etc is the same so it wasnt just dubai affected.

other than that what i remember the current city owner was part of DIC....not bothered by the name..its one from the royal family.how many individual buyers can u get ruling family of a small country..

Yeah you are right the city owner was some relative and had some connection with DIC I remember now. What a missed opportunity then we never got DIC. Typical Liverpool, typical Moores and Parry.

we missed it...even i remember that after DIC offer collapsed perhaps someone among the top rulers tabled a bid from his personal wealth as well...

seriously are we realistic when we think we can compete in PL with this slow n steady business model that FSG apparently talk about..what i believe n keep saying is FFP is their only plan and thats what they are waiting for

Like I said I think FSG are doing right by the club. The problem is that likes of ManCity, Chelsea, PSG etc, being bankrolled. The financial fair play rules should mean a more even playing field although it will still be abused..

e.g.
ManU have a training kit sponsorship
Man City have sold exclusive executive boxes (unofficially) to themselves

06-07 revenue 133.9 (8th) 38.4 matchday/ 52.2 tv/ 43.3 commercial
07-08 revenue 167.0 (7th) 39.2 matchday/ 76.3 tv/ 51.5 commercial
08-09 revenue 184.8 (7th) 42.5 matchday/ 74.6 tv/ 67.7 commercial
09-10 revenue 184.5 (8th) 42.9 matchday/ 79.5 tv/ 62.1 commercial
10-11 revenue 183.6 (9th) 40.9 matchday/ 65.3 tv/ 77.4 commercial

wake me when FFP comes in action..not until blatter n plattini are alive then

man city sold to themselves to increase club revenue? are you kidding ? wtf

Don't city sponsor themselves to the tune of £400m? is not EITHAD their owners business as well? FIFA were going to challenge them whatever happened to that?

Fair play rules don't make me laugh

It was a rumour I had heard, like the Emirates being an 80k capacity.

FFP is active for now for the 2012 accounts. The problem is that clubs can in theory take a loss for the next two years without issues. It might well be the end of the big spending summers, as clubs will be trying to balance the accounts over the following years. (i'm looking at Chelsea)

oh yes, if stuff like that is allowed its total [oops], FFP won't work. at least not on city. manu having a training kit sponsor is sth else though..