EPL 2020/2021
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@rancid-schnitzel said in EPL 2020/2021:
Just reading a bit about the formation of the PL. One of the original “Big 5” approached about forming a new league was Everton! Times have changed. Should have found an oil sheik.
History repeats right??? I can't imagine the FA was pleased about the EPL back then
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@canefan said in EPL 2020/2021:
@junior said in EPL 2020/2021:
@gt12 said in EPL 2020/2021:
@rancid-schnitzel said in EPL 2020/2021:
@paekakboyz said in EPL 2020/2021:
@rancid-schnitzel yeah it seems madness for them not to have sorted this with the players. Any loophole/s or avenues for employment cases will start popping up - especially if playing at a breakaway club meant issues with your national career.
I have been following a bit of coverage and holy shit there are some very angry fans venting hard. Largely from the UK and tied back to all those 'challenges' that arise when your club is owned by a rich fucker, foreign or not! Def seems like it's for the wider international market and money is insane, as you'd expect with soccer-football I guess.
Just asked a Spanish mate (and fanatical Real Madrid fan) about this. His response was:
About time to professionalize football and get rid of the UEFA mafia. People are idiots. UEFA are not the fucking Robin Hood.
This goes back to what I think @canefan said about it hard to view UEFA as the good guys in all this. It also makes me think that Real and Barca fans are probably arrogant enough to not give a shit about the other Spanish clubs and will happily throw them under a bus.
I was just coming to post that I talked with my friend today who is from Paris and is a huge PSG fan, he simply said that he is hoping that PSG joins as it will be awesome. I was really surprised but essentially followed it up with ‘fuck UEFA’
I'm not surprised that a PSG fan would want to join - the French Ligue 1 is cake walk for them and the only thing they have to play for each year is the Champions League. I imagine PSG is waiting to see if they can win the CL this year and, once that box has been ticked, then jump ship to the ESL.
A pundit on ESPN believes PSG is a pivotal club for the new venture. If they join, Ligue 1 is poked
I dont think ligue 1 would be that affected, just 1 club. They are nouveau rich, not a great history.
But, yes, all that Kuwaiti money or whatever gulf state they are, have created a gulf (pun intended). But it is quite recent, Lyon won 6 in a row not long ago.
Ligue 1 is a mess though, break down with Canal Plus.
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@rapido said in EPL 2020/2021:
This is interesting.
Spurs and Arsenal still owe the Bank of England (and thus the taxpayer), a combined £295m through the Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF). One of the terms of this is that they ‘make a material UK contribution”.
The argument will be that they won't stop making a material contribution. Remember, this is setup to run alongside. Any rulings which cut them out of EPL would not be Arsenal's (direct) decision.
The real crux will be this vs Champions League.
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@rapido said in EPL 2020/2021:
I get the feeling the gulf owned sportswashing clubs are way less keen than the American owned clubs plus Barca, Real and Juve.
The rumours are that Man City and Chelsea weren't that keen but joined because of the fear of missing out.
One group in it for profit , other group in for the good PR and ignore the costs.
A quote by Arsène Wenger in 2018:
“Owners of football clubs aren’t owners anymore.. they’re investors.”
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So got hold of an Italian (Juventus supporter). Initially skeptical but now supports the new league. Apparently the profit sharing in the Italian league is shit and this means more money for the “good” teams.
So yeah, we (understandably)appear to be getting a rather Anglo view of things. This thing most certainly is not DOA. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.
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It's definitely happening in some form, I don't think this is a bluff or bargaining tactic. Good luck kicking out the teams from their respective leagues and the players from the world cup. Would be the definition of cutting off the nose to spite the face.
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@majorrage said in EPL 2020/2021:
@junior said in EPL 2020/2021:
I'm not surprised that a PSG fan would want to join - the French Ligue 1 is cake walk for them and the only thing they have to play for each year is the Champions League. I imagine PSG is waiting to see if they can win the CL this year and, once that box has been ticked, then jump ship to the ESL.
The same PSG whose currently second in Ligue 1 with 2 other clubs within 2 points?
They are the biggest club, undoubtedly, but I wouldn't say it's a cake walk.
I think this is the key point; you can stay in the league regardless of results. My friend today was talking about being able to play the other premier clubs (and he wasn't talking about Lyon).
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@rapido said in EPL 2020/2021:
I get the feeling the gulf owned sportswashing clubs are way less keen than the American owned clubs plus Barca, Real and Juve.
One group in it for profit , other group in for the good PR and ignore the costs.
They are also very much in it for prestige - much more than the "sports washing" in my view. Without Man United, Liverpool etc in the EPL and Real Madrid, Barcelona etc in the CL, how much prestige will a Man City get out of playing in those competitions
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@majorrage
Maybe I'm wrong. A few more PL sides withdraw then this will be over.City gooone too.
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@mofitzy_ said in EPL 2020/2021:
@majorrage
Maybe I'm wrong. A few more PL sides withdraw then this will be over.City gooone too.
Woodward gone from Man U.
