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Football and money

www.bbc.co.uk

Premier League sponsorship rules 'void' says tribunal

The Premier League's rules governing sponsorship deals from the period between between 2021 and 2024 are "void and unenforceable", a tribunal rules.
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Well this could open a can of worms. Didn’t Saudi Sportswashing Machine get some sponsorships blocked? Can’t see how Masters can stay in charge probably a pretty untenable position now.
 
ricky2tricky4city said:
@Bedfordspurs ....I take it you are well aware of this. What's your thoughts? Ugly, unsupported, inevitable, progress???

www.theguardian.com

‘He treated us like idiots’: the crypto mogul and a bitter battle over Bedford’s football clubs

Potential merger of Bedford Town and Real Bedford, led by an ambitious owner, causes rancour among fans who fear for the future
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For a small town that has no serious football team it’s great news
The article is worryingly wrong too
Bedford town went bust before I was a kid
They were reformed off the back of my dadas Saturday team who were cleaning up locally
They had no money and no facilities so they were given the pitch and have built it up
Their fans are an odd breed but it’s a local side
The other new was an established side who have been in Bedford for years and change their name under the new owners. The big about the pitch proximity misses out the council sold their pitches twice so they had nowhere… hence the crap location of both sides
What anyone with a brain is hoping for is this guy gets what he wants and with Universal Studios themepark coming soon we get a multi use stadium built for the Rugby and Footy in town on the land the rugby club lease from the hospital .

The winklewoss twins money will help too
 
ricky2tricky4city said:
@Bedfordspurs ....I take it you are well aware of this. What's your thoughts? Ugly, unsupported, inevitable, progress???

www.theguardian.com

‘He treated us like idiots’: the crypto mogul and a bitter battle over Bedford’s football clubs

Potential merger of Bedford Town and Real Bedford, led by an ambitious owner, causes rancour among fans who fear for the future
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Just re read that article mate and it’s worryingly full of mistakes
The history of the clubs but is so so bad
I played at Bedford united as skid when Bedford gown hadn’t even reformed
I think the money thing is what’s tinkling people off because they will be the richest club in non league with a town that can support a solid if not huge crowd
I don’t know if you have ever been here, but its a partly pretty Middle English market town with sporting highlights that include runners… Paula Radcliffe (I used to be mates with her brother when we were younger) and rugby, cricket and rowing people because of the private schools
Matt Jackson made it as a football
As did Callum at spurs and Andrew Johnson at palace and even England
Barry Fry lives round the corner from me was always good for a story or ten
It’s a strong sports town too with the PE university (teaching) but it needs a centre point other than the lovely embankment and rowing (and I’m an ex rower)
 
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I just heard Villa are covering 75% of Rashford's huge £325k wages, which can rise to 90% if they do really well. Bloody hell, they are sailing so close to the wind, they sailed past the wind and into the sun. Hopefully.
 
Bullet said:
I just heard Villa are covering 75% of Rashford's huge £325k wages, which can rise to 90% if they do really well. Bloody hell, they are sailing so close to the wind, they sailed past the wind and into the sun. Hopefully.
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I'm sure they have some more youngsters that haven't played a game that they could swap with Chelsea again for 30m in the next window
 
I suppose a mitigating factor is they will only pay the wages for the duration of the loan. As wages are paid for the whole year, this is effectively a discount on wages while active.
 
Aston Villa have had a higher wage-to-turnover ratio than Saudi Sportswashing Machine and the club were recently sanctioned by Uefa for breaching the European governing body's separate financial rules.

Unai Emery's side are now bound by a strict three-year settlement with Uefa, which means that "any £100m in incoming transfers must be matched by at least £100m in outgoing sales", in the words of football finance expert Maguire.

The Jacob Ramsey deal will likely have been concluded with that agreement in mind and former team-mate Neil Taylor said it was "very difficult to see him leave" as a result.

Villa made a loss of £206m in the two years to 30 June 2024 and, with the £100m departure of Jack Grealish in 2021 dropping away from their PSR figures, has made backing Unai Emery this summer far from straightforward.

Last term's run to the quarter-finals of Europe's elite club competition, along with the sales Moussa Diaby, Douglas Luiz and Jhon Duran will undoubtedly have helped.

But the Midlands club has spent more than £900m since returning to the Premier League in 2019, exceeding Uefa's 70% revenue to wages ratio every season.

Aston Villa's wages to revenue %
 
markysimmo said:
Aston Villa have had a higher wage-to-turnover ratio than Saudi Sportswashing Machine and the club were recently sanctioned by Uefa for breaching the European governing body's separate financial rules.

Unai Emery's side are now bound by a strict three-year settlement with Uefa, which means that "any £100m in incoming transfers must be matched by at least £100m in outgoing sales", in the words of football finance expert Maguire.

The Jacob Ramsey deal will likely have been concluded with that agreement in mind and former team-mate Neil Taylor said it was "very difficult to see him leave" as a result.

Villa made a loss of £206m in the two years to 30 June 2024 and, with the £100m departure of Jack Grealish in 2021 dropping away from their PSR figures, has made backing Unai Emery this summer far from straightforward.

Last term's run to the quarter-finals of Europe's elite club competition, along with the sales Moussa Diaby, Douglas Luiz and Jhon Duran will undoubtedly have helped.

But the Midlands club has spent more than £900m since returning to the Premier League in 2019, exceeding Uefa's 70% revenue to wages ratio every season.

Aston Villa's wages to revenue %'s wages to revenue %
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With two different set of rules to follow...I'm not sure how Villa manoeuver their way out of this.

They've pulled the 'selling the ladies team' lever already, haven't they?
 
markysimmo said:
Aston Villa have had a higher wage-to-turnover ratio than Saudi Sportswashing Machine and the club were recently sanctioned by Uefa for breaching the European governing body's separate financial rules.

Unai Emery's side are now bound by a strict three-year settlement with Uefa, which means that "any £100m in incoming transfers must be matched by at least £100m in outgoing sales", in the words of football finance expert Maguire.

The Jacob Ramsey deal will likely have been concluded with that agreement in mind and former team-mate Neil Taylor said it was "very difficult to see him leave" as a result.

Villa made a loss of £206m in the two years to 30 June 2024 and, with the £100m departure of Jack Grealish in 2021 dropping away from their PSR figures, has made backing Unai Emery this summer far from straightforward.

Last term's run to the quarter-finals of Europe's elite club competition, along with the sales Moussa Diaby, Douglas Luiz and Jhon Duran will undoubtedly have helped.

But the Midlands club has spent more than £900m since returning to the Premier League in 2019, exceeding Uefa's 70% revenue to wages ratio every season.

Aston Villa's wages to revenue %'s wages to revenue %
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If only our club was run like that. People said we should push our wages to turnover like them. People said they will win the Europa!
 
markysimmo said:
Aston Villa have had a higher wage-to-turnover ratio than Saudi Sportswashing Machine and the club were recently sanctioned by Uefa for breaching the European governing body's separate financial rules.

Unai Emery's side are now bound by a strict three-year settlement with Uefa, which means that "any £100m in incoming transfers must be matched by at least £100m in outgoing sales", in the words of football finance expert Maguire.

The Jacob Ramsey deal will likely have been concluded with that agreement in mind and former team-mate Neil Taylor said it was "very difficult to see him leave" as a result.

Villa made a loss of £206m in the two years to 30 June 2024 and, with the £100m departure of Jack Grealish in 2021 dropping away from their PSR figures, has made backing Unai Emery this summer far from straightforward.

Last term's run to the quarter-finals of Europe's elite club competition, along with the sales Moussa Diaby, Douglas Luiz and Jhon Duran will undoubtedly have helped.

But the Midlands club has spent more than £900m since returning to the Premier League in 2019, exceeding Uefa's 70% revenue to wages ratio every season.

Aston Villa's wages to revenue %'s wages to revenue %
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Bad reporting. Uefas limit is now 70%. As it was last season. The season before that it was 80% and the season before 90%.
That graph only shows them breaching in 2024.
You are also allowed some leway in breaching (think it's £65m over 3 years). How that works is vague though.

Also very difficult to work out from clubs financials. As it runs jan to dec.
 
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