Mourinho calls for City to be docked points over FFP

[Jarv]

You can't have an American sports salary cap for the reasons Jarv suggested above, but you can place a maximum individual wage limit and only adjust it with inflation.

that might be workable should all the leagues sign up but all it would take is one club and 1 player to say it was restraint of trade to an EU national and it would come crashing down

 

[silkyman]

I think DuPont might find it hard to make things stick. Be Dynamite if he could.

 

[silkyman]

Seeing as my wonderful chemistry pun fell on stony ground and killed the thread.. (Harrumph)

As good a place as any to put this.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...-news/first-phase-1bn-housing-project-9528615

£1bn housing scheme between Manchester council and City's owners.

 

[Mustard]

Man(sour) of the people

 

[Mr. Scruff]

Is this a prompt for us to follow city fans example and start licking his arse？

 

[smat]

Why would anyone lick a property developer's arse? The flats are going to be "good quality private rental" ie fucking expensive ie not for Manchester's riff raff. Absolutely nothing for a Man City fan to be proud of.

 

[mnb089mnb]

There's always been investment in the top flight, too. Rich people have always wanted to be involved in the game. Either for their own ego or genuinely wanting to 'give back'.

And its not about how much players 'need' it's about how much clubs are willing to pay them based on a market rate driven these days more by tv rights and sponsorship that gate receipts. Did Tom Cruise 'need' £75m last year? If people are going to pay to watch, then it's no surprise that the biggest pay packet will go to 'the talent'. It would be great if ticket prices came down, but it would be great if agents didn't take in millions and millions per deal, too...

The question really with a wage cap is how do you cap it? By % of turnover? An overall cap? They all have problems.

Tom Cruise is paid millions and the organisations he works for turn a profit.

The same can't be said for Yaya Toure.

(Saying that, I prefer Yaya to Cruise)

 

[Stocky]

"Please like us"

"Please talk about us"

I'll do the latter for you. A plastic club with no soul or charisma.

 

[Christian Slater]

They simply want the dossers away from their stadium.

 

[NiallQuinnDiscoPants]

"Please like us"

"Please talk about us"

I'll do the latter for you. A plastic club with no soul or charisma.

On a forum that is hugely dominated by random Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United threads 90% of the time, for you to jump up at the fact that a City fan mentions City in 1 post is pretty hilarious.

Sorry continue with your discussions about Brendan Rodgers.

 

[Stevencc]

*Macclesfield Town fan

Like Smat said this is also a pretty strange thing to be bragging about, this isn't affordable accommodation.

 

[silkyman]

Wasn't bragging about it. Just pointing out that it's a thing. How did it work when Arsenal sold the flats at Highbury? I don't know of this is likely to see money ploughed back into City or not.

 

[Stevencc]

City will probably reap the rewards from this. Instead of carpeting the Sheikh has ordered that each flat be fitted with an astro turf mini football pitch. Any children inhabiting the properties would only be able to leave the accommodation after completing the required amount of football training per day and while wearing the lastest City kit.

 

[silkyman]

Works for me.

Think of how good the England side will be in 20 years.

 

[Stevencc]

We'd still manage to be shit!

 

[Tilbury]

"Please like us"

"Please talk about us"

I'll do the latter for you. A plastic club with no soul or charisma.

I bet they're missing their local derbies with you.