Dare I say it, maybe Bill should get back on the blower to his good pal the Sultan of Brunei?
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4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
You mean in case we get drawn against them in the champions league? Conflict of interest?
roydo
in memoriam - 1965-2024
Thats not the case. Guess what? The rules were changed. IF Qatar bought us, we wouldnt be allowed to play them. Cue, new CL draw rules.
I suppose we could get lucky and qualify for the UEFA Conference League one day and PSG could have a terribly off season and then there might be a conflict!
Shevin Keedy
Player Valuation: £35m
Just pondering but do some in here think that Dubai is a country?
Technically its not, but it does have its own flag, I suppose the UAE is similar to the UK, in a way.
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
Surely a conflict of interest though? What happens if we both got oot the group stages ?
Uefa Article 5 - Integrity of the competition
5.01 To ensure the integrity of the Uefa club competitions, the following criteria apply:
a. no club participating in a Uefa club competition may, either directly or indirectly:
i. hold or deal in the securities or shares of any other club participating in a Uefa club competition,
ii. be a member of any other club participating in a Uefa club competition,
iii. be involved in any capacity whatsoever in the management, administration and/or sporting performance of any other club participating in a Uefa club competition, or
iv. have any power whatsoever in the management, administration and/or sporting performance of any other club participating in a Uefa club competition;
b. no-one may simultaneously be involved, either directly or indirectly, in any capacity whatsoever in the management, administration and/or sporting performance of more than one club participating in a Uefa club competition;
c. no individual or legal entity may have control or influence over more than one club participating in a Uefa club competition, such control or influence being defined in this context as:
i. holding a majority of the shareholders' voting rights;
ii. having the right to appoint or remove a majority of the members of the administrative, management or supervisory body of the club;
iii. being a shareholder and alone controlling a majority of the shareholders' voting rights pursuant to an agreement entered into with other shareholders of the club; or
iv. being able to exercise by any means a decisive influence in the decision-making of the club.
We wouldnt be allowed to enter, unless they changed the ownership, like Redbull did.
My understanding was that a lot of these 'loans' had been turned into equity by Moshiri, meaning that the actual debt on the club is reduced, but Moshiri just gets a bigger slice of the pie when the club is sold. Is this not the case?
Moshiri converts another £100m into share equity
toffeeweb.com
The club technically still owe him £150 mill in shareholder loans after that debt to equity swap in Jan, what he does with that is at his discretion.
That ship has sailed, Qatar bought PSG and agreed a massive trade deal with France and bought a fleet of planes of them too after a deal done with Sarkozy, Platini and the Qatari bid team for the World Cup bid. The payoff was Platini backing the bid and canvassing Uefa countries (who he was head off at the time) for their votes.
That's how murky this gets.
Manchester United and Liverpool for sale: Saudi Arabia would 'definitely support' private sector bids - sports minister
Saudi Arabia's sports minister says its government would "definitely support" private sector Saudi bids for Manchester United and Liverpool.
www.bbc.co.uk
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
Manchester United and Liverpool for sale: Saudi Arabia would 'definitely support' private sector bids - sports minister
Saudi Arabia's sports minister says its government would "definitely support" private sector Saudi bids for Manchester United and Liverpool.
Clickbait article to drum up a wankathon from their respective glory Hunting hordes.
That Saudi bloke cant exactly answer no he'll chop heeds off of any Saudi wanting to buy into another football club.
roydo
in memoriam - 1965-2024
No idea. But the Ineos bloke who owns Nice, is allowed to buy United, apparently. But they cant play each other. Money eh?
BNJ1878
Player Valuation: £40m
They could, it's an incredibly murky issue that UEFA would undoubtedly lose if they went to court over it.
On a lower level to oil states, the Red Bull Clubs are all owned by the same entity.
People will only whine if they meet in Europe, and as I say I doubt UEFA have the stomach for it.
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