Europe ganging up on Chelsea
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Seems like people in Europe are also fed-up and are now planning how to control chelsea's unfair and unreasonable behaviour... If all goes as their intention, very soon chelsea won't be able to use cash as a means to success. They will have to depend on real team management skills rather than cash and proper club management from the CEO in order they make profit rather than lost every year.
Looks like UEFA main aim is Chelsea. Cos no other club currently is losing money every year and yet spend the most as well. Since June 2003 when Abramovich became the owner of Chelsea, he have spent £276m on players alone and made losses of £228m on club.
If the rule were in place today, chelsea would only be allowed to spend no more than $30m a year.
So maybe Abramovich may lose interest in football in a few years time when he realise he has no more advantage and move on to a more expensive sport like F1 motor racing which he is rumour to have an interest too.
If all goes as Uefa's plan, then Mourinho better get ready to pack his bags and jump ship cos if not very soon he and everyone else will know he is not so Special after all.
ROMAN'S FACING A CASH CAP
By David Mcdonnel
CHELSEA are facing a curb on their seemingly limitless spending power in a move designed to ensure they cannot buy whoever they like with Roman Abramovich's millions.
Growing anger at Chelsea's ability to dominate the transfer market through Abramovich's huge personal fortune has led UEFA and EU ministers to devise plans to ensure greater fairness.
Chelsea are currently allowed to run up massive losses as a business while spending vast amounts of money on players because they are bankrolled by Abramovich, who is worth an estimated £10billion.
But plans to limit spending by clubs in accordance with their annual turnover could see Chelsea's total spending in a season reduced to just £30million - the amount they spent on Andriy Shevchenko this summer.
Sports minister Richard Caborn attended a Brussels meeting which discussed reining in Chelsea and ensuring the double Premiership champions are not allowed to dominate because of their unique financial strength.
Caborn said: "There is support for the idea of introducing a better relationship between income earned by clubs and the amounts spent."
Under Abramovich, Chelsea have spent £276m on players and made losses of £228m. -
chelsea has good young players le..but this is gonna have a huge financial impact, cuz teams cannot extort money from chelsea already..
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yea but chelsea also cannot have "test players" like Veron, Del Horne, Taigo, Kezman anymore cos there won't be enough money to buy and sell players that didn't work out on their first year as money must be spend on other positions of greater importance...
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yep..but there's always a risk la, unknown players might turn out good, and stars might just be unable to adjust in the epl..but the small clubs suffer, cuz they used to be able to demand huge amount of fees for players of questionable talent..Originally posted by zocoss:yea but chelsea also cannot have "test players" like Veron, Del Horne, Taigo, Kezman anymore cos there won't be enough money to buy and sell players that didn't work out on their first year as money must be spend on other positions of greater importance... -
finally they took action..
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questionable talent???? thats the word.. but why would Chelsea be paying a huge amount of fees for questionable talent in the 1st place? shouldn't they be having scouts to check on the players before committing on huge amount of fees??? misfit players are common that i agreed, but spending to kill off competition from other clubs and leave with a players that they dun really fancy or only think should be able to fit into their system is totally crap.. but having said all these... i would think that its unfair to restrict their spending in such a way.. this is a fair game, he who has pay for the best! so i would rather win them while they are still spending and show them that they are after all not that special........ well i can only dream ya????Originally posted by stellazio:yep..but there's always a risk la, unknown players might turn out good, and stars might just be unable to adjust in the epl..but the small clubs suffer, cuz they used to be able to demand huge amount of fees for players of questionable talent.. -
limiting a club's spending will affect business.
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to me, I prefer if they limit salary cap like NBA.
So if you get low pay, and can't get to play, then no-one will want to rot in any team.
So we will get to get superstars earning big salary at teams which can accomodate their pay with shrewd management.
however, trust me, I don't believe this will happen.
with his connection, there will be obstacles and all this will be KIVed.
we shall see the true power of OIL $$$$$$$$. -
I don't think smaller clubs will suffer cos if anything, the transfer fee of players will be lower across the board allowing more smaller clubs to buy decent players too. Cos at present and since 2003 when Abramovich came in the transfer fee of players have all gone up. There was a time around 2001-2003, where transfer fees were going downwards. Even players like Thierry Henry was going at 10.5m only... Today we see Theo Walcott a player that didn't even had much first team experience can cost 12m.Originally posted by stellazio:yep..but there's always a risk la, unknown players might turn out good, and stars might just be unable to adjust in the epl..but the small clubs suffer, cuz they used to be able to demand huge amount of fees for players of questionable talent..
If the club continues with such purchasing... At the end of the day, it's the fans that will suffer as the club may have to increase ticket prices to keep up with their expenses. Cos presently, maybe 1 small club benefit from chelsea's interest but 50 others suffer at the same time.
Whichever way we look at it, it will be a good move for football across europe i belief as smaller clubs will also be able to afford better players as more players will be sold at a lower fee. This effect may also make the overall league more competitive.
As this is currently only in the planning stage it may take afew yrs before anything happens giving clubs time to adjust. But of course if nothing changes... Clubs like chelsea won't be able to last long too. Reason unlike other top clubs, they are not self sustainable, they are being kept up there with artificial means.... They depend on Abramovich $10b pounds to maintain their club. If anything happens to Abramovich or if he loses interest in Chelsea, then everything will be over in a short time.
Though Kenyon has said they plan to be a profitable club in time to come, i find that very difficult cos every year Chelsea's expenses in the transfer market is getting bigger and bigger without much return when they release them, and even their players salaries (4 players on more than 100,000 pounds a wk, about 6 to 7 players between 70 to 90 k weekly) is enough to make the club bankrupt let alone their highest paid Manager at $6m a yr, double the amount McClaren gets managing England and also their... Super paid CEO Peter Kenyon needless to say, line himself up with a fat pay cheque too.
Top clubs like Liverpool, Man u, Arsenal and even Spurs & Newcastle will and has last longer over the years at top level. They won't come a time when they will be burden by huge... players, manager & managements and Directors salaries... Abramovich will also not be getting any richer after he sold his guaranteed money making business, the oil production company Sibneft to the Russian gov to get into Russian President Vladimir Putin good books.
Anyway, Abramovich have already spent more than half a billion of his 10b worth and he also don't have a bottomless pit... he also has a wife and 5 children to think for... and now without an easy money making oil production company to give him a regular income, he may have to think twice about the kind of money he throws into Chelsea in a few years time. -
can still loan mah....all those want to go out on loan choose chelsea over other clubs, then other clubs frustrated again.....
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other small clubs will be affected as chelsea can offer high prices to the players and the amount of money spent by chelsea show that how healthy is the football market now and more and more players will be want to play soccer as more and more money are inject in the game and the FA and etc they stand to gain too
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eh wait, if the cap is 30m, does this mean that big names like ronaldino etc won't be able to leave already?
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Sorry that where you are wrong Jose.Mourinho already prove himself @ portoOriginally posted by zocoss:If all goes as Uefa's plan, then Mourinho better get ready to pack his bags and jump ship cos if not very soon he and everyone else will know he is not so Special after all.
1st season @ Porto -
Win The League and UEFA Cup And The League Cup
2nd Season @ Porto -
Win The League And UEFA Champions League And The League Cup
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man utd also had Djemba-Djemba And Forlan and some other players that i don't know sold and other clubs do the same too so nothing wrong with "Testing" players if they are not up to the standard of the club...........they should leave for the sake of thier own good just like Liverpool Brought Morientes And Sold To Valencia And Look how well is he doing @ Valencia nowOriginally posted by zocoss:yea but chelsea also cannot have "test players" like Veron, Del Horne, Taigo, Kezman anymore cos there won't be enough money to buy and sell players that didn't work out on their first year as money must be spend on other positions of greater importance... -
U mean to say Forlan?Originally posted by ghimpheng:man utd also had Djemba-Djemba And Diego Tristan and some other players that i don't know sold and other clubs do the same too so nothing wrong with "Testing" players if they are not up to the standard of the club...........they should leave for the sake of thier own good just like Liverpool Brought Morientes And Sold To Valencia And Look how well is he doing @ Valencia now -
Diego Tristan ??????
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pay the rest under the table?Originally posted by stellazio:eh wait, if the cap is 30m, does this mean that big names like ronaldino etc won't be able to leave already? -
yea and soon bbc will come up with another bungs special..Originally posted by dragg:pay the rest under the table? -
ya forlan sorry for the error because i was too agitated after reading his post and was anxious to reply and thus explain the errorOriginally posted by lpx88:U mean to say Forlan? -
portuguese league is like the scottish one....either celtic or rangers, and an occasional other team just to make it interesting. so, no big deal.Originally posted by ghimpheng:Sorry that where you are wrong Jose.Mourinho already prove himself @ porto
1st season @ Porto -
Win The League and UEFA Cup And The League Cup
2nd Season @ Porto -
Win The League And UEFA Champions League And The League Cup
tt dicka*s rides on his luck on uefa cup and CL league when with porto; just like what he accused the winners of all the cups competition when he cldn't win it. -
Loan? Unless you want all the unwanted players of the other club lah otherwise you think you can get the ronaldino, kaka on loan deals?Originally posted by The man who was death:can still loan mah....all those want to go out on loan choose chelsea over other clubs, then other clubs frustrated again..... -
haha... in future players will go on strike if they are not loan out to the clubs they wants.
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Great,CFC deserved it sia,
they are actually killing the future of some talented players,
by spamming xpensive players in their squad,
those home-bred ones will inturn hav limited 1st-team football,
(dont include Lampard/Terry as b4 Morh came they r ardy in the 1st-11),
an xample is ShaunWrightPhilips(dont know did I spell wrong),
he was playing well at MC but once he went 2 CFC,
his football is limited,wat a waste,
he could hav played well in MC n selected for
England squad 2 fight for the spot along side wif Lennon
tat was left by Beckham.
I believe CFC is killing himself n alot of ppl
will like 2 c them fall. -
No that cap is base on chelsea only. Overall, they want the club to be well run and if its not making a profit, it cannot spend more than the cap amount. Remember Leeds! It just means that those clubs not making money cannot spend so much. Chelsea is not making much money and it is still allow to spend 30m. Other clubs like Real Madrid currently the most profitable club in the world would definitely be allowed to spend much more than chelsea.Originally posted by stellazio:eh wait, if the cap is 30m, does this mean that big names like ronaldino etc won't be able to leave already?
Of course clubs like Man u (2nd most profitable club) and Liverpool, Arsenal are allow to spend more too as their club yearly profit is much more than chelsea after deducting all their expenses including players salaries.
So don't worry, ronaldino can still leave if he wants to. But maybe he won't cost so much as the market may not have many clubs willing to pay 30 over million kind of price anymore. -
lol so united spend 28 million pound on rooney and they were not be able to buy anymore players if this was in placed too