macjireh:


E no concern us say man urinated refuse to use their richest club status to buy trophies, instead una dey update d book of Lamentations year in year out

Havertz10:
I don't even understand the rationale behind such statements

it's like a poor kid mocking a rich kid that he took advantage of his father's position to become successful

I don't understand why people think like that

Ibime:

Accountants are always finding ways to inflate short term profit to meet FFP Target, and there's nothing UEFA can do about it.

Take Melo and Pjanic. Barca and Juventus agree the difference between those players is £12m. Melos price should more like £40m and Pjanic more like £28m but they were sold for £72m and £60m respectively.

In accounting, when you sell an asset for more than it's carrying value, you declare profit on disposal.

Ignoring salaries, the carrying value of Melos asset was about £20m based on his initial £30m transfer fee from Gremio and the fact he's run down 2 years of his 6 year contract. If Barca need to meet FFP target, they will just sell Melo for £72m, booking a £52m profit toward meeting FFP, meanwhile their expenditure for this year for Pjanic ignoring salary is only £12m assuming he signed 5 year contract (£60m divided by 5 years).

In simply swapping out Melo for Pjanic, Barca have recorded a net increase in profit of £40m just on that arrangement (£52m profit on disposal for Melo less £12m amortised yearly cost of Pjanics transfer fee) and UEFA can go to hell with their FFP cos the target has been met, and it's legal and follows all accounting standards.

Same thing City did with Danilo and Joao Cancelo in order to meet FFP. How can Cancelo be worth £67m and Danilo be worth £40m. Na just clever accounting to meet FFP.

BlueMann:
Ballon D'or rankings for our players.

Azpi - 29th (joint, with Modric)

Mount - 19th

Lukaku - 12th

Kante - ?

Jorginho - ?

donstan18:

Did Fraudvertz make top 50?

Ibime:
Simon Kjaer placing 18th in Balon D'or, shebi that's for rescuscitating Erikson on the pitch. I did not know France Football magazine have started handing awards for paramedic work.

Poor Harry Kane top scored and top assisted in EPL with 4 goals in Euros and a finalist, only to finish behind a paramedic

BikeMan:
We will come back to this next year.

Ibime:
Simon Kjaer placing 18th in Balon D'or, shebi that's for rescuscitating Erikson on the pitch. I did not know France Football magazine have started handing awards for paramedic work.

Poor Harry Kane top scored and top assisted in EPL with 4 goals in Euros and a finalist, only to finish behind a paramedic

raumdeuter:
I must not hear anyone discrediting the awards here

I told you for many yrs you all swore that awards were all that counted until Jorgnho, and First aid responders like Kjaer are winning awards in football for healthcare

Ihebu4chelsea:
No team can win the Epl with players like... Hudson Odoi, Hakim Ziyech, Kai Havertz, Christan Pulisic , and most especially Cursed Timo Werner... If we rely on these set of players I mentioned... Then we will fight for Top 4 ...

Exonerate1:


Hensbrain will soon tell us that PFA award is bigger than the Balon D'or.

donstan18:
Pedri is blessed.

Man is unique and talented.

He just won an award now... Kopa Trophy for under U21.

ShadowWalker00:

BlueMann:


Never in doubt. He had a stellar year.

Just that he was severely overworked sha, and is now feeling the aftereffects.

SideshowBob:
If lewadowski or jorginho doesn't win this award then it should be scrapped.

donstan18:

Omo them use that guy like say tomorrow no dey last season.

There came a point he started looking old like Diego Costa.