VillaJ100 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 4 hours ago, Thug said: Any sane person will see this as grotesque overspending. They're trying to buy themselves a reputation, but it won’t wash with anyone. The west will still see them as money wasting evil overlords, and the Muslim world will see them as money wasting brownosing hipocrites. The Muslim world see this as a disgrace. Lavish spending whilst they starve children over the border in Yemen. On the last point I really hope this is the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) Might get my mate to code some autotweet bot for Neymar 4 tweets a second and bankrupt the PIF I don't think even they can afford 173 billion a day Edited August 16, 2023 by VillaJ100 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, VillaJ100 said: Might get my mate to code some autotweet bot for Neymar 4 tweets a second and bankrupt the PIF I don't think even they can afford 173 billion a day Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great Saudi Arabia is great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 11 minutes ago, villa4europe said: that makes it smell like bullshit he will employ a social media team for x amount per year to churn that out, they could run riot Could be some truth in it, eg 1 tweet per month at $500k per tweet. As you say, no way it’s open ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Mark Albrighton said: How else can he practice his diving 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Demitri_C Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 14 minutes ago, villarule123 said: If this happens im **** done with football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 It's going to be like the Eurovision soon. Any country can enter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 24 minutes ago, villarule123 said: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 6 hours ago, The_Steve said: £100m a year for Neymar. Utterly disgraceful. Why? Players are entitled to the wealth they generate in this crazy industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Yeah that sounds a lot like BS. How would a Saudi team that is not subject to any FFP whatsoever, be allowed to compete with every other club in the champions league who are subjected to FFP. Saudi's are just putting this out there, nothing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 11 minutes ago, Jareth said: Yeah that sounds a lot like BS. How would a Saudi team that is not subject to any FFP whatsoever, be allowed to compete with every other club in the champions league who are subjected to FFP. Saudi's are just putting this out there, nothing more. Maybe they'll give them 2 years to fill their teams with signings and then they'll have to comply with UEFA FFP from 2025? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, villarule123 said: 'In talks' Edited August 16, 2023 by villan95 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 1 team, then a couple, then 4, host the final, host the World Cup and the Euro’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 They already play in the Asian Champions League. Smells like a click bait story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: If this happens im **** done with football I don’t at all disagree with you. It would be a farce. But playing devils advocate… What are your thoughts about Israeli teams in the European competitions? Edited August 16, 2023 by Thug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Thug said: I don’t at all disagree with you. It would be a farce. But playing devils advocate… What are your thoughts about Israeli teams in the European competitions? Israel are in UEFA though mainly for political reasons while Saudi Arabia are in a different confederation Interesting if they would let an Israeli team in if they drew a Saudi team in a hypothetical Champions League Edited August 16, 2023 by Zatman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 5 minutes ago, Zatman said: Israel are in UEFA though mainly for political reasons while Saudi Arabia are in a different confederation Interesting if they would let an Israeli team in if they drew a Saudi team in a hypothetical Champions League Yes, I know. But why should political reasons be any different to how you feel about teams being allowed in? Political / financial . Makes no difference to you or I. The precedence has been set. You don’t need to be in Europe. As for your last point, Saudi don’t give two shits about the animosity. As far as I’m aware they’re willing to bury the hatchet. In fact they’ve started steps towards normalisation of relations. Those in charge are taking a very different direction these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Jareth said: Yeah that sounds a lot like BS. How would a Saudi team that is not subject to any FFP whatsoever, be allowed to compete with every other club in the champions league who are subjected to FFP. Saudi's are just putting this out there, nothing more. Barca and Real aren’t subject to FFP either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Why do they want a Saudi team they already have Newcastle? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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