Should this be allowed?

[Jags..class]

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Reds would consider trips abroad in next season's Champions League weeks to make up anticipated loss of £25m revenue if they miss out on European football

Manchester United will reportedly need FA permission to play a money-spinning friendlies abroad next season.
The Old Trafford giants are facing up to the possibility of a season without European football.
If they fail to beat Bayern Munich in the clubs' Champions League clash next Wednesday - they will miss out on playing in the competition completely in 2014/15..
And given United's travails in the Premier League, even a Europa League spot is unlikely.
If David Moyes fails to qualify for either of the Uefa competitions it will cost United in the region of a hefty £25million - making money spinning games in the Middle East or the US all the more attractive.
But Fifa and Uefa rules mean United would not be able to play non-competitive fixtures unless sanctioned by the FA, the Telegraph reports.
United constantly reject multi-million pound offers to play exhibition matches all over the world.
United played a friendly in Saudi Arabia in January 2008, the year they last won the Champions League, for which the club received an estimated fee of £2m.
The Reds broadcast their final pre-season friendly last year against AIK Solna in Stockholm on pay-per-view at £5.99 through the club’s in-house channel MUTV.
With a global fanbase estimated at around 650m, United could generate extra revenue by broadcasting friendlies on a pay-per-view basis, should they be unable to offer their fans European football in 2014-15.


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[Del]

As long as it does not get in the way of there Premier league commitments then why not

 

[Jags..class]

As long as it does not get in the way of there Premier league commitments then why not

I'm not sure, its hard to keep up with clubs like Man u, so if they are out of the CL for 2 seasons, then they have to make cut backs and not throw money as us for our best kids. This new approach will keep them up there money wise, but they lose players to injuries in glorified games or would they not play the big guns.

 

[ijjysmith]

To be honest we should do the same.

 

[Del]

I'm not sure, its hard to keep up with clubs like Man u, so if they are out of the CL for 2 seasons, then they have to make cut backs and not throw money as us for our best kids. This new approach will keep them up there money wise, but they lose players to injuries in glorified games or would they not play the big guns.

That would be there problem though

If there playing extra games and get injuries then they will prob suffer in the league and could cost them CL again

 

[Bruce Wayne]

As long as it does not get in the way of there Premier league commitments then why not

Given how teams often play after an away Champions League fixture I'd fail to see how it wouldn't get in the way of their Premier League efforts. So with that in mind I'd say why not. Let them turn into the Harlem Globetrotters.

 

[roydo]

Harlem Globetrotters is a great analogy.

If those weapons of their global fan base will pay to watch a friendly on TV, then that sums them up.

You can see it already, Utd versus Rangers, live from Malaysia.

A plague on all their houses.

 

[WA Toffee]

Man Utd is a company, not a football club. We shouldn't be surprised

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

I'm not sure, its hard to keep up with clubs like Man u, so if they are out of the CL for 2 seasons, then they have to make cut backs and not throw money as us for our best kids. This new approach will keep them up there money wise, but they lose players to injuries in glorified games or would they not play the big guns.

It's a business at the end of the day

Making money is the primary objective of football now, much as it pains me

 

[Jags..class]

It's a business at the end of the day

Making money is the primary objective of football now, much as it pains me

What more sad is that the football fans now accept this.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

What more sad is that the football fans now accept this.

Nothing that can be done about it mate

Just like with all addictions, the addicts just put up with it

 

[quasi modo]

It will be they're downfall if they do, more pointless games when they when they should be concentrating on getting back into the champions league.
I hope they do for that reason.

 

[Coach]

It's another way around FFP so it's a no from me.

 

[Khalekan]

Assuming they would play these "exhibition matches" on a Wednesday evening, it further shows up how nonsensical and megalomaniacal UEFA's diktat forbidding EPL games (and presumably games in Serie A, La Liga or Das Bundesliga) on CL game nights is.

As for me, I am all for letting them play these games in far flung corners of the globe so their players will be "tired" by the following weekend.

It smacks of attention seeking.....the spoilt little brat ain't used to being out the limelight so it whores itself all round the world like the publicity junkie it is.

Manchester United is morphing into David Beckham.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

The FA wouldn't be able to sanction them if they clashed with CL nights, as UEFA wouldn't have it.