The clubs of Premier League They voted on Tuesday to decide whether to veto transfers between teams with the same owner and the result of the vote was against this proposal. It opens the way to Newcastleowned by the Saudi fund PIF, to have some stars from the four teams in which they are debt shareholders: Al-Nassr, Al-Ittihad, Al-Ahli and Al-Hilal.
Players like it Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema, Mané, Kanté, Fabinho, Laporte, Brozovic, Fofana, Koulibaly, Rubén Neves, Mahrez, Firmino or, if he is not hurt, Neymarthey could end up at the ‘magpies’ without a move, forming a galactic Newcastle.
The timeshare situation in football is worrying some Premier League teams who, according to the British press, are just one vote away from getting a veto. 13 teams voted in favor of banning transfers between clubs of the same owner. With just one vote they could have achieved it, but that didn’t happen because two-thirds of the votes in favor of the rule were needed to go ahead and the Premier League has 20 members.
He City Groupwith the world’s largest equipment portfolio such as Girona or the New York Citycan also benefit from this ‘no’ proposition as well Chelsea of Todd Boehly whose consortium, clearlakealso controls the Strasbourgor the Manchester United when you enter as a shareholder Sir Jim Ratcliffealso participating in Nice.
A deep debate
At the heart of the debate is ensuring that international conglomerates follow financial fair play in the same way as other clubs that do not share ownership with other teams. Transfers will allow, for example, to have players with a very high cache without it being barely noticeable in the accounts or to make a transfer above or below a player’s market value as if the money had been transferred from one pocket to another by the same owner..
Among the advantages these teams already have is access to international talent in all areas to nurture a major club or train young players in different countries at a time when FIFA is strict with minor signings. In other words, having a wider and wider network than competitors.
Source: La Verdad
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