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    Zé Tahir

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    Milan general manager Adriano Galliani explains why the credit crunch won’t hit Italian football, but could affect other Leagues.

    This week UEFA warned that they would clamp down on clubs that are deep in debt and possibly prevent them from entering continental competitions.

    “The world of Italian football is not very indebted towards the banking system, because this business may run at a loss, but those losses are always covered by the shareholders,” said Galliani.

    “Certainly, there is a debt to the banking system, but it is not excessive, so I don’t think there will be any great problems associated with that.

    “However, there are most definitely clubs who are deep in debt and will have a few issues to deal with, but it does not appear to be an Italian problem.”

    Italian clubs are forced to prove their financial stability before they are allowed to register for the new season with Serie A, B or C.

    This rule is not the case in England or Spain, where many sides are heavily in debt and continue to spend record-breaking amounts on new players and wages.

    This week Football Association chairman Lord Triesman warned “debts in English football as a whole have probably edged to the £3bn mark.”

    After a period of frugal spending following the spate of bankruptcies that hit Napoli and Fiorentina among others, Italian football has gone back to splashing the cash on the transfer market, as only the Premier League spent more this summer.

    “I don’t think there will be any consistent cuts in spending,” continued the Milan general manager.

    “In Italy a football club earns two thirds of its income from the sale of television rights, then there is 20-25 per cent in sponsorship deals and 10-15 per cent from tickets.”

    Galliani has often been vocal in his complaints at the economic system in Italy making it difficult to compete with Spanish and English clubs in terms of wages.

    “It might be different if we introduced a law like there is in Spain, where foreign citizens – whether sportsmen or not – are given a different tax code.

    “This is a huge advantage and England also have generally lower taxes compared to Italy, but above all in Spain the foreign citizens have a 24 per cent tax rate if they work for no longer than five years.”

    -Channel4.com
     
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    Good. Let the English clubs spend ridiculous amounts of money. Hopefully they'll all end up like Leeds United.

    Joking aside, such debt is not sustainable. The Premiership will be on top for the foreseeable future, but once some clubs fail to achieve various goals and start losing out on cash, they will be in trouble. Leeds spent astronomically and didn't meet the objectives their bank account depended on. I look at a club like Tottenham spending all this money and not getting any results whatsoever. That's a disaster already happening. Same with Newcastle. If they don't have cash coming in from somebody, a sweet sayonara to them.
     

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    Government has taken control of some of UK's biggest banks, including RBS and HBOS.

    At least my saving are safe. :D
     
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    Here we go.

    "It is this powder keg that has everyone trembling with fear and foreboding, because the inevitable losses will be catastrophic, with losses which may exceed the entire world's GDP, thus obliterating the balance sheets of every major Wall Street commercial bank, including the Fed itself, while virtually every major bank and financial institution in nations throughout the world join them on the receiving end of a destructive juggernaut of loss, insolvency, failure and bankruptcy."

    http://www.rense.com/general83/quad.htm

    :D
     

    Sadomin

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    I now have a lot of US dollars do you experts reckon I should trade them in now that the dollar got a lot stronger or should I wait a little longer?

    And no Enron, I'm not taking your advice. :p
     

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