I will probably be banned for this but... Footie Thread

[Brown, Jon Brow]

I think it's good for Hernandez, they only have one true central striker, have 3 major competitions to play, play a fast counter-attacking style that should benefit a poacher like he is. There's really only upside for him in the deal.

As far as United, I think they got the wrong Real Madrid player, Wouldn't Xabi Alonso address their current needs more?

As Alonso had a long part of his career at Liverpool it would be more likely that he would go to Barcelona over Man Utd

I'm a little bit sad to see Danny Welbeck go. Man Utd have a long tradition of developing their academy products, so I hope we aren't just going to buy a team of foreign players.

[Storm]

150million spent by Utd. No more shouting "you bought a league" at other clubs now
Utd are buying a CL spot

[steveaki13]

150million spent by Utd. No more shouting "you bought a league" at other clubs now
Utd are buying a CL spot

If they are lucky

[odykas]

150million spent by Utd

They call Man City the Moneybags

[Brown, Jon Brow]

150million spent by Utd. No more shouting "you bought a league" at other clubs now
Utd are buying a CL spot

I'm not bothered.

City have been spending stupid money for over half a decade now

2008 - £127 million
2009 - £125 miliion
2010 - £154 million
2011 - £76 million
2012 - £54 million
2013 - £103 million
2014 - £51 million

About time United caught up

2008 - £35 million
2009 - £21 million
2010 - £27 million
2011 - £52 million
2012 - £63 million
2013 - £67 million
2014 - £150 million

Since 2003 Chelsea have spent almost £1billion.

From 2003 to last season
Chelsea - £903 million
Man City - £760 million
Liverpool - £608 million
Man Utd - £593 million

[anfield5]

I'm not bothered.

City have been spending stupid money for over half a decade now

2008 - £127 million
2009 - £125 miliion
2010 - £154 million
2011 - £76 million
2012 - £54 million
2013 - £103 million
2014 - £51 million

About time United caught up

2008 - £35 million
2009 - £21 million
2010 - £27 million
2011 - £52 million
2012 - £63 million
2013 - £67 million
2014 - £150 million

Since 2003 Chelsea have spent almost £1billion.

From 2003 to last season
Chelsea - £903 million
Man City - £760 million
Liverpool - £608 million
Man Utd - £593 million

This quite decently sums up all that is wrong with football.

If I ruled the world clubs wouldn't be able to do this.
A few years back the Football Association I was working for/with put forward the following proposal to FIFA.

1. Clubs can only spend up to the equivalent of 1 million pounds per week on players wages. (ave of 40000 per player in a 25 man squad). This would stop the quite sickening amounts some players get paid. i.e. more in a week than most people make in 5 years.

2. Players clubs develop through their own youth systems are exempt from the cap, as long as they stay at the club. i.e a club that has 7 of thier own players in the senior team would still have 1 million to pay the rest of the team. This would ensure players are developed by their clubs, and give a decent career path to young talent.

3. Player brought in from the clubs own nation from lower leagues would be partially inside the salary cap, again giving local players a decent career path into top level football.

Our proposal was more in depth than this (it was 30+ pages long with detailed descriptions of how it would work)

To me a system like this would cure many of the fundamental issues with football. It would control the ego-driven amounts that some players demand. It would encourage the Man City's Chelsea's Real Madrids etc to stop luring any half decent player with a silly number and actually develop their own talent. And it would provide a pathway for local players, who are often better than the over priced garbage the clubs are bringing in.

[Rollo]

1. Clubs can only spend up to the equivalent of 1 million pounds per week on players wages. (ave of 40000 per player in a 25 man squad). This would stop the quite sickening amounts some players get paid. i.e. more in a week than most people make in 5 years.

What would stop a mass exodus of players leaving and going overseas where the money was better?

Even Australian Rules football has a salary cap of $9,630,000 which works over for a squad of 47 (most clubs do not have 47 in their first team) of $204,000 a year per player.

[steveaki13]

Messi missing Argentina's game v Germany and in a re run of the World Cup Final without him, Argentina are winning 1-4.

Messi holding Argentina back, clearly

[odykas]

I wouldn't take a friendly match seriously.

[steveaki13]

I am not.

I actually heard rumours of Messi retiring from Argentina at the age of 27. WTF???? Hope this is not true. He has one decent World Cup left and two times to win Copa America in the next two seasons.