United - Financial Fair Play?

Add even Barca's name if u ask me,to buy Ibra for that amount plus give away Eto'o was a crime in my eyes.

Whilst madrid wont be able to go on £300m spending sprees - they make as much, if not more money than us and probably wont face the same pressure to repay their debts. This rule obviously benefits the big clubs like us because we have massive revenues. It also benefits clubs like spurs and arsenal who are well run - as it stops them being overtaken by clubs like city and chelsea who havent put in the groundwork like they have. Clubs like Hull, West Ham, Burnely etc wont like it - but in reality it will keep them in business. They will argue that it stops them growing but the truth is they are overspending just to stand still at the moment. This ruling will at least boost their chances of existing in 10 years time. The clubs who will feel really aggrieved are clubs like villa, everton and birmingham who might feel this will kill off any momentum they might have started to gain. If those clubs were allowed to invest beyond their means in the short term they could arguably reap the benefits in the long term - so this ruling will seem entirely unfair to them. City and Chelsea probably wont like it much either but who cares? I get the feeling this ruling is designed specifically to punish them - so if they dont like it UEFA will feel its mission accomplished. The next 2 or 3 windows will be really important for city. If they dont make the champions league in the next 2 seasons they wont be allowed to keep spending in order to make it happen. Of course, there will obviously be ways around it. Im sure city will end up signing a £100m per year sponsorship deal with some obscure middle eastern factory which is in fact bank rolled by their owners.

I think there will be a conflict if interest if the owner was to circuitously put money in. In the long run, this is a very good measure but if it does affect teams, there's a chance it'll affect the CL too...