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Ginormousthumbs said:
Aren’t they like a billion in debt?
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More. I think it’s fast approaching a billion and a half. I think they’ve refinanced and are servicing the vast majority of that but they’re mortgaging their future income to buy success today which even in the crazy world of professional football is insane. They’re basically gambling on themselves being to big to fail and this leading to instant success which will increase their profits. What could possibly go wrong…
 
Joe Mac said:
More. I think it’s fast approaching a billion and a half. I think they’ve refinanced and are servicing the vast majority of that but they’re mortgaging their future income to buy success today which even in the crazy world of professional football is insane. They’re basically gambling on themselves being to big to fail and this leading to instant success which will increase their profits. What could possibly go wrong…
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Might be getting soft now I’ve moved away from Scotland, but that was a good result for The Rangers. Tougher test against PSV, but they always seem to do well in Europe. Hope Dundee United can score another goal of the same quality as their first against AZ Altmaar.
 
Joe Mac said:
More. I think it’s fast approaching a billion and a half. I think they’ve refinanced and are servicing the vast majority of that but they’re mortgaging their future income to buy success today which even in the crazy world of professional football is insane. They’re basically gambling on themselves being to big to fail and this leading to instant success which will increase their profits. What could possibly go wrong…
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And one of ghe background is that la Liga us Stil not giving Barcelonas new signings egilibility to play.
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Jan said:
And one of ghe background is that la Liga us Stil not giving Barcelonas new signings egilibility to play.
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Yes and supposedly if they don’t register Kessie and Christiansen by Saturday both are released as free agents again. You’d really think it’s in their interests to find a solution to de Jong’s outstanding wage deferral ASAP. I know it’ll be a chunk off the fee but it’s still money in and all those wages off the balance sheet will free up space on it for the new players.
 
Joe Mac said:
Yes and supposedly if they don’t register Kessie and Christiansen by Saturday both are released as free agents again. You’d really think it’s in their interests to find a solution to de Jong’s outstanding wage deferral ASAP. I know it’ll be a chunk off the fee but it’s still money in and all those wages off the balance sheet will free up space on it for the new players.
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It will be interesting to see if la Liga has the nerve to pull through with this cause it will also take some stars of one of their biggest flagships out of the league. So I expect some last-minute solution
 
Jan said:
It will be interesting to see if la Liga has the nerve to pull through with this cause it will also take some stars of one of their biggest flagships out of the league. So I expect some last-minute solution
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They did last year which is why Messi had to go, Barcelona had agreed a two year deal but La Liga outright refused to register it in breach of their finance rules. If they’ll do it for Messi I can’t see any of this year’s stars fussing them. Plus from what I gather their chief is a bit of a socialist whose against the excesses of Real and Barca and wants to bring a more equitable model into Spain. Why they didn’t take the pain of 2 or 3 years of developing the kids I’ll never know. It’s
not like they’re trash or second choices either, they have two of the best midfielders in the world under 20 already in their ranks.
 
Joe Mac said:
Why they didn’t take the pain of 2 or 3 years of developing the kids I’ll never know. It’s
not like they’re trash or second choices either, they have two of the best midfielders in the world under 20 already in their ranks.
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Exactly this. La Liga is a little bit of an easier league if they have an "off year" they could still do alright, like they did last year with the players they had. Koeman got them in a bad place and Xavi improved, so a whole season of Xavi and they'd probably easily be top 4. Chelsea had that problem of no transfers for a season under Lampard and did more than fine, but an "off year" in the Premier League and all of a sudden you're 9th. I don't think Barca would really struggle that bad to begin with. These transfers don't make sense and they're going to blow up in their face.
 
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Joe Mac said:
I can think of lots of things to describe Toyota cars, most are unprintable, but rad isn’t one of them 😂
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Ginormousthumbs said:
C’mon, Toyota make a very dependable vehicle
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What Mr. thumbs said! I have had my Tacoma for a decade and the only major issue over the decade is that the AC just went out! Getting another Tacoma in a few years when this one decides to crap out! My mom has had 3 Camrys since she got rid of her Toyota Sienna mom van. Got the wife a highlander when we found out a baby was on the way.
 
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