Comments on: Barca’s chaotic finances – now at last the truth emerges

By: donkface

donkface — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:33:08 +0000

pretty awesome article, floating in a sea of media turd.

By: THE HARDWIC TUP

THE HARDWIC TUP — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:24:36 +0000

i DONT THINK TEAMS LIKE MAN U LIVERPOOL WILL BE THE ONLY PREM TEAMS HAVING MONEY PROBLEMS OVER THE NEXT 2-5YRS.IAM INTERESTED TO HEAR ON THE SPURS REDEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR WHITE HART LANE IS IT HAPPENING UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE A BID FOR THE EAST LONDON OLYMPIC SITE IAM WATCHING WITH INTEREST SPURS ANOTHER NO MONEY SPEND BIG SIDE.

By: Zulu Gooner

Zulu Gooner — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:32:47 +0000

Gooner 89 is a sorry fella! cheer up mate, unless you are a sp*ds fan

By: steww

steww — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:48:29 +0000

Another superb post.

By: Ulster Gunner

Ulster Gunner — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:23:19 +0000

Think Cesc deserves more credit than ppl give him. Barca new they couldn’t afford him, so adopted this media strategy and the incessant “tappings up” of the entire barc tem at the world cup. They knew they could only get him if he handed in a transfer request, on the cheap. He said no and barca knew they where f***ed. The comment about him beiing on loan for a year by Inesta, to me, sounds like VERY sour grapes. That’ll teach ghost boy to run his mouth off. bet all the barca scum involved feel very silly after their confidient crys of ” he’s ours, he’s coming”.

Harden them, can’t wait till they go down the gurgler. thgo maybe we should get our cash of em for Titi and hleb first eh? lol

By: T2T

T2T — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:37:27 +0000

First of all, I do appreciate a blog that isn’t on the buy, buy expensive band wagon.

Second, sadly in La Liga, Barca and Real negotiate their own TV contracts; i.e. they do not “sponsor” the less popular teams. In EPL, although the more successful you are, the more you get – the bigger teams with a large fan base effectively support the smaller teams. Therefore, relatively speaking, both Barca and Real have an advantage over their competitors in EPL. Add to that the Spanish government supporting them financially, the stupid taxation of footballers in England and the relative value of £ vs €. Therefore, EPL clubs will find it increasingly difficult to compete.

I support the new rules on finances in European football as well as the 25 senior players/8 homegrown. The introduction of both rules shows that AW has been right all along as Arsenal is in a very strong position on both fronts. Too bad the long period of adaption allows ManCity to do what they are doing know. It will be interesting to see the figures for salaries next year…

Arsenal4Ever

By: JImmie

JImmie — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:25:43 +0000

The article said If we sell Cesc to barca they will go bust. Why sell Cesc? Just demand full payment from sellin Henry and Helb should be enough. Barca already sold Henry, so they should pay Arsenal the outstanding before use the money right, and with Interest in region of 5% per years rightt (wow still have some banker DNA in Me)…

By: tman

tman — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:12:34 +0000

Who was it that said “Forgive the length of this letter, as I didnt have time to make it shorter”…You should listen to this advice – every thing you write is pebble dashed and cum shotted with needless words. Brevity is king, not reams of yawn inducing shite.

By: Ayor

Ayor — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:36:36 +0000

i am really happy reading this article, winning trophies is a good thing but not at the expense of club development. we are a club in the forming stage and one day we will see results.for CF4 he can go where his heart leads, we need true to the gene Mr Gooners(RVP) to lead the groove this season.

By: Shard

Shard — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:19:17 +0000

@abhinaba

Barca didn’t win anything between 1999 and 2005.

By: kayonga ben

kayonga ben — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:53:50 +0000

Henry 16m at age of 29 Hleb 17m almost useless to them now 50m for Fab, Wenger simply bag the money if u get it as they continue to be bankrupt and as we glow.one day BArca will follow LEEDS United down hill if they are not carefull.

By: kayonga ben

kayonga ben — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:28:38 +0000

Barca???????????????????????????? u make me laugh sometimes

By: DAITHAI O MUIRIGEAN

DAITHAI O MUIRIGEAN — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:49:50 +0000

Abhinaba.
Are you living in the real world.
With that statement id say your in the top 2 percent of dumbest people that populate this planet.(being generous saying people)
Just imagine that youve got a really nice house but your mantle piece is a bit bare so you go out and buy shiny things instead of living within your means.You got loads of shiny things on the mantle piece with borrowed money.No 1 you didnt really work for them,you just bought shiny shiny things,no 2 people wont take the shiny things back and pay you back the 400 million you forked out so you lose your house.
My point is that probably allot of managers given Fortunes to shell out could probably win a cup or two,Possibly a league.It will be noted and people will move on,Wenger and arsenal will be remembered for what hes done.
Hes to football what a new genre is to music.
Hes investing in youth and trying to stop this landslide of player prices and not bending to pressure from so called arsenal fans.
Im glad that the majority of fans want him to succeed and stuff it down those pundits(you wont win anything with kids)throats

By: 3rd-i

3rd-i — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:38:52 +0000

Congrates mate… SPOT on

Ive been reading ur articles a while now, but its the first time i comment.
ive been saying the same years now, Wenger is a GENIUS.
just to all glory hunters and doubters take a look around and see the mighty Man utd, liverpool & Barca falling apart while we are rising high.
What Arsene did for Arsenal is just beyond description… this mans vision is unbelievable & unmatched.
Building a staduim, training ground, brand name, amusing football style, nurturing great young talents, always qualified to the CL, winning 11 trophies for arsenal and most IMPORTANTLY
preserving the economic stability of the club…

But what makes me sad is that some arsenal fans get carried behind the AAA’s and forget what this GENIUS did, and what an asset he is for ARSENAL FC

Keep it up Tony, Thats what journalism is about
another congratulation for ur insight & vision

Arsenal & Arsene Fans

By: 3rd-i

3rd-i — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:38:01 +0000

Congrates mate… SPOT on

But what makes me sad is that some arsenal fans get carried behind the AAA’s and forget what this GENIUS did, and what an asset he is for ARSENAL FC

Arsenal & Arsene Fans

Keep it up Tony

By: scensy

scensy — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:26:38 +0000

I, like most, am an Arsenal fan because I believe in the club- from how they play their football, to how they conduct transfers (although I do remember Wenger saying he had given up on Chamakh..), and beyond. Sure we haven’t won a trophy in a couple years, but I’d still rather be a gooner than a man u or liverpool supporter right now. We have young talent rising through the club that will pay dividends. Wenger’s an economist, examining every cost benefit analysis possible. Selling Eduardo while he still has some value was economical especially with Vela, Chamakh, and JET onboard. That money alone covers for Koscielny, who we all are weary of, yet I have a feeling one more CB is imminent.

And with respect to our goalkeeping conundrum, I believe Almunia must leave as he believes he has the talent to be first choice (yet we all know he doesn’t). As was the case with Lehman, he doesn’t like to sit on the bench, which he would if he stayed. Our best goalkeeper is 20 years old. Too young? Casillas was made a regular first-team choice at Real Madrid at 18, Buffon at Parma at 18, Cech at Chelsea at 22, Reina at Liverpool at 23, Van der Sar at Ajax at 20, Valdes at Barcelona at 21, Cesar at Inter Milan at 25, and Igor Akinfeev at CSKA Moscow at 17. The average age is just a bit over 20. If Wenger really believes Szczesny has a world-class career ahead of him, then he should give him his shot. I don’t doubt the talents there, I doubt whether he can cope with the pressure.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:14:29 +0000

I’m not a guy fluent in finance, but have some doubt that these reports will actually lead to anything meaningful (like what happened to Leeds as your post mentions) in the long term. I find it hard to believe that they would go ahead and spend a load on Villa knowing the reality of their financial stability being so tenuous without some kind of confidence that the power of the brand will prevail, no? And anyway, were things really to go bad, the city would bail them out no? Love em or hate em, they are a huge institution – who knows, maybe they can work a deal where they get some kind of corporate sponsorship without compromising their own sponsorship of unicef. Whatever their situation, ultimately, I am glad that Arsenal are (lets hope this stays that way) standing firm over Cesc, at least for this year.

By: ideket

ideket — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:01:10 +0000

Win a handful of trophies and go bust? Why? I’d much rather be us than them right now.

By: jeff

jeff — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:49:49 +0000

any article coming from an arsenal fan,about barcelona, is no doubt biased. but those naive fans who believe whatever they read will love the article :]

btw, i hate barca

robin for captain anyone???

By: KenyanGooner

KenyanGooner — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:30:25 +0000

@Abhinaba Club Economy 2nd could also mean:

Win trophies for 2-4 years while buying anything that moves Man City style – then going bust when there’s no money anymore to pay the groundsman let alone your top striker.

All I guess most ‘moderate’ fans want is ‘wise’ spending. Not beyond means but when needed and when the funds are available. I cannot presume to know the internals of the AFC accounts or Wengers thoughts but I couldn’t possibly presume to know more than the club regarding the financials and availability of potential players in areas of potential need (e.g. GK and Defence).

Barceloanus tactics in trying to get CF4 are to say the least disgusting. Their soccer is good and a model to copy, but it’s all undone by this.