tommyw 36 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Seen this on the 'Times Online' site, sounds fantastic - what do you think? "FLORENTINO PEREZ, the big-spending president of Real Madrid, wants the world’s wealthiest football clubs to create a European Super League, and is ready to take on Uefa if they do not adapt the Champions League to better suit the ambitions of the biggest clubs. EUROPE’S POTENTIAL SUPER LEAGUE Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Internazionale, AC Milan, Juventus,Bayern Munich, Lyons, Porto, Celtic, Rangers, Olympiakos" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/foo...icle6637943.ece Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace 3,556 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 From memory, wasn't this the reason that the CL & Europa leagues were reformed as the clubs were threatening to do exactly this. The G14 was disbanded/re-oprganised (i believe) as a result of recent negotiations. Also, as comments on the article suggest, Real have just spent £180m in the past 2 weeks, they want to ensure that they have access to mega bucks to reclaim it back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
devref 201 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Seen this on the 'Times Online' site, sounds fantastic - what do you think? "FLORENTINO PEREZ, the big-spending president of Real Madrid, wants the world’s wealthiest football clubs to create a European Super League, and is ready to take on Uefa if they do not adapt the Champions League to better suit the ambitions of the biggest clubs. EUROPE’S POTENTIAL SUPER LEAGUE Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Internazionale, AC Milan, Juventus,Bayern Munich, Lyons, Porto, Celtic, Rangers, Olympiakos" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/foo...icle6637943.ece aye we are a big club but at this time we have no money to attract players for a venture like this so i feel we would be getting horsed on a regular basis for a few years would be good to be in that company and able to compete finacialy with them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyw 36 Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 PS, What that Warn )% thingy on the left of my post, and why cant I change my fav player from Moses Mcneil?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksen_da_best 2,034 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 id put a million quid on every season us and celtic would finish 1st and 2nd bottom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spireblue 229 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 PS, What that Warn )% thingy on the left of my post, and why cant I change my fav player from Moses Mcneil?? not sure about the warn/% thing but it is not your fave player it changes on the amount of posts you make Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper1989 0 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Bears.. with a Super League like this.. SURELY, there would be a massive TV spend -- and we'd end up with our fair share. It would be similar to the EPL 'promise' but this is more realistic. So.. IF it happens.. and I doubt it -- but anyway, we would be in one of the best positions in Europe to sign top players... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfanciesthedude 24,609 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 perez is fucking nuts if he calls that lots the wealthiest clubs in the world the total debt for all they teams would be worse than third world africa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jardy 0 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 perez is fucking nuts if he calls that lots the wealthiest clubs in the world the total debt for all they teams would be worse than third world africa correct, nice description aswel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
super hans 55 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 perez is fucking nuts if he calls that lots the wealthiest clubs in the world the total debt for all they teams would be worse than third world africa The Premiership clubs have hundreds of millions of debt, but they can sustain it. For now.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfanciesthedude 24,609 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 perez is fucking nuts if he calls that lots the wealthiest clubs in the world the total debt for all they teams would be worse than third world africa The Premiership clubs have hundreds of millions of debt, but they can sustain it. For now.... exactly, did either the uefa president or fifa president say he wanted to put in a rule that teams cant have a certain amount of debt or else they get banished from euro competitions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
devref 201 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 about a month back i heard something om radio 2 some director from a club like wigan dont quote me here but he reckoned that on operating cost for the year even a club like man u would be approx £50 million down if that true what chance do we have Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brissybear 50 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Seen this on the 'Times Online' site, sounds fantastic - what do you think? "FLORENTINO PEREZ, the big-spending president of Real Madrid, wants the world’s wealthiest football clubs to create a European Super League, and is ready to take on Uefa if they do not adapt the Champions League to better suit the ambitions of the biggest clubs. EUROPE’S POTENTIAL SUPER LEAGUE Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Internazionale, AC Milan, Juventus,Bayern Munich, Lyons, Porto, Celtic, Rangers, Olympiakos" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/foo...icle6637943.ece aye we are a big club but at this time we have no money to attract players for a venture like this so i feel we would be getting horsed on a regular basis for a few years would be good to be in that company and able to compete finacialy with them We would attract much, much better players, whilst not getting first pick, I think we would compete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
feda16 136 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 love the thought of this but i really dont think it will get anywhere near happening another thing i will say that throughout europe we are a very highly prestigous club no matter what anyone says. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewGer 606 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Something like this will happen eventually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHammerBear 0 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 I think this will happen eventually, but i don't see us competing at a decent level straight away. Perez managed to re-finance loans to the tune of 500 million euros. Eventually he'll have to pay up and i can't see him getting out of that debt easily. If he doesn't get re-elected as president when his term is up, it's not his problem then, is it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steamroller 0 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 I'm with the old tradition that the European Cup should be for league winners only. Joining such a "league" would mean undoubtedly opposition from Uefa and threaten our Champions League places. The extra money would be nice, but it wouldnt have the same sort of glamour or meaning of the current European trophies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancedeangers1 287 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 For godsake we couldnt even compete with Hamilton accies financially at the moment so we would never be amongst those clubs. Rangers no longer even promote themselves as a top club anymore never mind anyone else doing it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksen_da_best 2,034 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 we'll turn into Newcastle fans if some people think we're up their with these teams. We couldnt afford a top player in the championship atm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsa 3,906 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 real madrid are a joke. there is a european league where the top clubs compete. it's called the champions league and they havn't made the last eight in four years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlippinEck 3,708 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Ibrox chief executive Martin Bain backed the Real plan and said: "The time is right for it to be looked at in detail. "It is also important to emphasise that it would not necessarily involve us leaving Scottish football behind." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie 205 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Ibrox chief executive Martin Bain backed the Real plan and said: "The time is right for it to be looked at in detail. "It is also important to emphasise that it would not necessarily involve us leaving Scottish football behind." Martin Bain couldni organise fuck all. he should be workin to try and earn us more much needed finance and improve our financial situation rather than sitting in his office talkin to his uncle Florentino about a European super league Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfanciesthedude 24,609 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Ibrox chief executive Martin Bain backed the Real plan and said: "The time is right for it to be looked at in detail. "It is also important to emphasise that it would not necessarily involve us leaving Scottish football behind." bain is awesome at putting his fucking size 10's in his fucking gub while babbling on about this shite he's away accepting bids of 500k for our CHAMPIONS LEAGUE EXPERIENCED PLAYERS dear fucking lord Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthranger 3,888 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Thats pish, there are German, Portugese, Dutch etc. who would be considered before us. No offence guys, but the likes of Ajax are seen as far bigger clubs by most of Europe than ourselves. We would really have to be punching above our weight in Europe for the next few years to be even considered Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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