01 Sep 2017 16:34:13
Just a observation and not united related. The french league is joke and i have never seen anything like it. loaning out mbappe to PSG to solve the issue that financially they could not buy him outright is the biggest farce i have ever witnessed in any league anywhere were the first place team lends their best player to the team that finished second lol. There is something very rotten brewing in that league.

I wonder if chelsea would lend us Hazzard:)

1.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 16:56:13
It stinks and shows the world that all the curruption and brown envelope culture still exists and is thriving.

{Ed002's Note - This is not corruption at all. It is simply business and it is a loan to buy.}

2.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 18:04:15
There's nothing really corrupt. The player wanted the move, PSG offered a huge sum for him, Monaco decided that it's better to not have a massive distraction at the club.

3.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 18:05:04
Monaco thought they won't get a better deal than that.

4.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 17:22:15
Accepted that it's business and that the paper work In this deal will be in perfect order and it will no doubt be within the rules ed002. It does seem to have been a deliberate ploy to structure the deal in such a way that allows them circumnavigate the ffp rules. I don't know all the rules so withdraw my curruption remark. I do think its against the 'spirit' of the game and not in the best interests of the game in general to allow any club to flaunt the rules in such a way.

{Ed002's Note - Loans to buy are very, very common.}

5.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 20:06:58
You see this type of deal all the time just not for the top end players.

6.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 20:17:07
The spirt of the game?

The spirt of the game has been about money for a long long time. If United didn't dominate the English transfer market in the 90s the club would be in a very different position now. There's no moral high ground at the top end of football, just lots of money to be made.

PSG know that they can't buy both Neymar and Mbappe in the same window. The lad wanted to move to PSG, and was a distraction for Monaco. PSG were willing to pay silly money, so Monaco did the smart thing and went with a loan with the obligation to buy.

If PSG are found to be in breach of FFP, they will be punished. But if they're not, then they've just employed a common practice to secure a player they wanted.

7.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 20:22:04
I mean the biggest issue is that the nature of the Neymar deal meant PSG couldn't pay in instalments.

Is paying in instalments against the spirit of the game too because it effectively allows clubs to spread transfer expenditure over a number of years, and this has implications for FFP.

{Ed002's Note - No, the deal with Barcelona was it had to be paid in full. Spreading the cost over more than one season just eats up money from elsewhere - in the big scheme of things that doesn't help.}

8.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 20:29:16
But what would the punishment be?

{Ed002's Note - For what?}

9.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 20:52:28
Who cares man we don't even know if the kids going to be any good yet ed 002 has been saying for ages psg were after a high profile french player and now they have one (albeit potentially) .

10.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 20:53:12
I understand a loan to buy deal but never seen one between league rivals that included their best players and ones that are mentioned as being future balon d'or winner. The argument that price was so good that Monaco went with the deal is not a valid argument as the buy is optional. It is just a very strange deal.

Would Barcelona loan Messi to RM or RMl loan Ronaldo to Barca. TOP teams in the PL league seem to resist selling to each other even their so so players. The fans would have a mutiny if something like this happened.

11.) 02 Sep 2017
02 Sep 2017 01:14:36
I don't see how it's any different to Arsenal selling us RVP or Chelski selling Mata or Matic to us. Every player has a price and PSG have agreed to pay it. That the cash won't change hands until next summer seems somewhat irrelevant in this situation.

12.) 02 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 23:15:51
For breaching FFP. What's the punishment? Last time it was a stern warning. No deterrent at all.

{Ed002's Note - No, PSG fined €60M (part deferred), had a spending cap imposed and had their Champions League squad allowance reduced from 25 to 21. Numerous clubs have been fined, warned, had caps introlduced and have been banned from FIFA competition. This is a good example why we avoid discussion on money and such matters as many of the fans are like you, and simply don't understand at all.}

13.) 02 Sep 2017
02 Sep 2017 09:38:48
Fining teams owned by oil millionaires means nothing. It clearly had no impact on psg.

{Ed002's Note - The fine is for the team, not the owners. It is clear you simply don't understand any of this hence you ridiculouse post and stupid comment.}

14.) 02 Sep 2017
02 Sep 2017 11:59:21
The fine goes to a team owned by millionaires who just pay it for the team. Admit it ffp has had zero impact.

{Ed002's Note - No they don't. You don't understand. Why don't you just drop it? You are embarrassing yourself.}

15.) 02 Sep 2017
02 Sep 2017 12:35:27
*nonsense removed*

{Ed001's Note - you clearly do not understand so this is pointless. Give it up please. You are wrong, so let's just leave it at that.}

16.) 02 Sep 2017
02 Sep 2017 14:08:38
Fair enough ed its a complex subject. Still stand by the point that ffp does not work. There's no real deterrent to a team like psg.

{Ed002's Note - That is because you don't understand - and they have not done anything wrong - unless you happen to know otherwise.}