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Originally Posted by colin25
Sigh...it is ok to bribe officials..and be corrupt...it isn't right to spend your own money..strange
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Not much implication of UEFA in the FIFA scandals.
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Financial fair play?...clubs, who have been spending a fortune over the last 30 years..building up their base of fans...get the adavantage over other clubs who weren't so fortunate?
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Most clubs have built up organically. United and Liverpool etc all built up large fan bases which allowed them to afford better players, better stadiums, more money and so on in a sustainable fashion. Those two clubs especially became big before the era of big money transfers by winning trophies and playing good football.
The key issue is that can sustain the level of spending as a club, protecting the club from going under. If the owners of Man City suddenly left they wouldn't be able to support themselves. At least with United they can spend big because they earned it, by winning things before.