A: how is borrowing from a bank the same as a country handing over a lump sum to a player to pay his buyout clause so it doesn't hit the club?
B: they just changed their TV contract rights last season.
A. They are both examples of financial doping.
B. Congratulations. If PSG take as long as La Liga did to end this unfair advantage, they'll stop getting the Qatari government to bankroll their player purchases in a decade or two.
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“Such suburban models are being rationalized as ‘what people want,’ when in fact they are simply what is most expedient to produce. The truth is that what people want is a decent place to live, not just a suburban version of a decent place to live.”
Steaua was a regular in the CL in the late 90s and early to mid 2000s if memory serves. Romania may have even had an automatic entry to the group stage in those years.
Hey, if you want to equate those two things as equal, have at it.
They're clearly not.
A big cheat and a massive cheater are both cheaters.
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“Such suburban models are being rationalized as ‘what people want,’ when in fact they are simply what is most expedient to produce. The truth is that what people want is a decent place to live, not just a suburban version of a decent place to live.”
That should be a good matchup, they were quite a good side last season.
Sounds like Lallana will be out to start the season as well. That's a big blow.
Thats what I mean, normally you take 4th and have to go through the playoff round to get into the CL and its a formality, you're usually playing some 4th rate team from some former Soviet Satellite State and bam, you're in!
Thats not Hoffenheim, they're not going to be an easy out, they're a good team.
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Bayern escapes with a win on penalties. Bayern's midfield got bossed by Dortmund. I'd consider Kimmich in the middle to provide some energy and fearlessness
