Could be more about testing Sterling and see if they can unsettle him?
Will be pretty hard to unsettle someone playing at City until Pep leaves IMO. They're certainly more of an attractive proposition than Real Madrid at the moment IMO, other than the obviously historical "prestige" that Madrid have over City.
Well, based on what I know about Real... they wouldn't see it that way
Yeah well I'm sure they'll try. Just if I were in Sterling's shoes I'd be staying put for now. Luckily for him if all they're offering is Bale + 70m I don't think he'll have that decision to make anyway.
Surprised this hadn’t already been posted.
Man City bid to halt FFP probe fails
Manchester City fail in an initial bid to have the Court of Arbitration for Sport halt Uefa's investigation into a possible breach of Financial Fair Play rules.www.bbc.co.uk
The financial dopers have lost an appeal to try and stop uefa investigating them.
If trying to prevent an investigation doesn’t scream guilty, I don’t know what does.
Yeah they’re going to get off.
The thing is, without the threat of FFP, I’m not convinced ENIC would have built the new stadium.
The stadium has been a big discussion since way before FFP came in.Yeah they’re going to get off.
The thing is, without the threat of FFP, I’m not convinced ENIC would have built the new stadium.
City are trying to get Sterling to extend his contract again, paying him somewhere between 450k-500k a week. He's stalling as he wants to know if Guardiola will stay long term or not. Apparently he wants to try playing in Spain at some point in his career.
He's always talked about honouring his contract, which runs until summer 2021, but there are definitely rumours flying round that he might leave this summer depending on how this season pans out.I can see Pep moving on at the end of this season, if not next season. He’ll be eager for a different challenge, I would imagine he’s keen to be a success in Italy for a start.
US investment group Silver Lake have just pumped £390 million into City...
Club now valued at £4.9 billion!!!
Can somebody who is better at finances than me explain to me how a club which was valued in May 2019 of this year at $2.7 billion suddenly get an injection of 500 million for buying a 10% stake based on a company arbitrarily valuing them at $5 billion?
I'm uneducated on these sort of goings on but the cynic in me feels like it's dodgy that a company has just bought a 10% which has allowed them to inject the 500 when in reality the 10% was not worth that. Feels like yet again man city are making a mockery of FFP.
Can somebody who is better at finances than me explain to me how a club which was valued in May 2019 of this year at $2.7 billion suddenly get an injection of 500 million for buying a 10% stake based on a company arbitrarily valuing them at $5 billion?
I'm uneducated on these sort of goings on but the cynic in me feels like it's dodgy that a company has just bought a 10% which has allowed them to inject the 500 when in reality the 10% was not worth that. Feels like yet again man city are making a mockery of FFP.
Not a financial expert by any stretch of the imagination, however the 10% stake doesn’t have to be worth the price a buyer is willing to pay for it. On paper, that 10% stake is worth 270 but if Sheik Mansoor wanted 500 and Silver Lake were willing to pay that amount due to a good future ROI, then they would be paying that price.
It isn’t a sound investment on paper either, were your stake would have to double in value just for you to break even, and grow even more to make a profit.
I hope someone with a little more financial expertise can explain how this deal would make sense to us.