The last time this guy was president they spent about 90m on

Zidane and Figo (never mind the rest of the Galacticos) and were essentially bankrupt until the council / government stepped in and paid ridiculously over the odds for their training ground, then let them use it for next to nothing, and sold it back to them for peanuts a couple of years later.

"Real". Not allowed to go bankrupt.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on June 11th 2009 at 10:30:14

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Mancs accept 80m for ronaldo from real madrid (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 11, 09:41:33
- "cooter hell" (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 11, 12:06:50
- if they also manage to buy the others he wants... (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Jun 11, 10:13:31
  - A defender wouldnt be a bad option though! (n/m) (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Jun 11, 10:15:54
- Not really, wouldn't be surprised if they use a big chunk of that for replaying the debt (n/m) (Other Football) - Ben, Jun 11, 10:05:17
  - madrid i meant (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 11, 10:08:26
    - Madrid aren't looded, they are just immune from bankruptcy as they are "Real" (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jun 11, 10:23:45
      - so, the ability to fork out 150m+ in a week is not looded? (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 11, 10:26:12
        
        Last I knew in about 2004 they were 400m in debt. It was a shock at the time (Other Football) - pants, Jun 11, 11:17:27
        
        The last time this guy was president they spent about 90m on (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jun 11, 10:30:14
        
        I didn't know about the sell back - that's the definition of corrupt! (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Jun 11, 10:59:29
        
        Did you miss the credit crunch or something? (n/m) (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Jun 11, 10:28:58
      - Ah there you are, we thought you'd been abducted from a holiday apartment after being left (Other Football) - jafski, Jun 11, 10:25:23
        
        Half right. In Prague. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jun 11, 10:28:01
        
        Ah. Zaplatim prosim, or summat, can't remember I was pissed. (n/m) (Other Football) - jafski, Jun 11, 10:29:28
        
        ..... (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jun 11, 10:28:22
        
        Oh. That Gay thing you participate in. I see. (n/m) (Other Football) - jafski, Jun 11, 11:06:25
    - United will sign Ribery I reckon! (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Jun 11, 10:14:52
      - their hands are tied really, their being offered 80 mil for a player who wants out (Other Football) - samcd84, Jun 11, 10:26:08
      - Will not happen. (n/m) (Other Football) - shoddy, Jun 11, 10:17:53
        
        Will. (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 11, 10:19:46
    - Last I heard, RM had mahoosive debts (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Jun 11, 10:14:35
      - That was after they last time they did a double-break of the transfer record with (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jun 11, 10:25:05
        
        Yeah, I seem to remember the Figo transfer being involved (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Jun 11, 10:27:20
      - might be able to pick up a few of their squad players then? (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 11, 10:17:03
      - Government cash keeps them going! (n/m) (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Jun 11, 10:16:21
        
        Sauce? (n/m) (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Jun 11, 10:25:24
        
        Reggae Reggae the sauce of GODS! (n/m) (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Jun 11, 10:57:25
- Yeah, good business. HE peaked the season before last IMO (Other Football) - shoddy, Jun 11, 09:59:39
- So Madrid have Kaka and Ronaldo (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 11, 09:59:34
  - They're always worth watching (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Jun 11, 13:12:46
    - fair point. (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 11, 13:14:39
  - Was also a rumour in ESPN Soccernet podcast that they are after Messi and that wasn't as (Other Football) - jafski, Jun 11, 10:12:36
- big loss for the prem league if he goes, although i think he's a cnutbeak i cant help (Other Football) - Tony Martin, Jun 11, 09:51:06
  - be interesting to see how ferguson replaces him (n/m) (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 11, 09:53:53
    - Shhh, whisper it... (Other Football) - jafski, Jun 11, 09:55:23
      - a natural progression (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 11, 09:57:42
      - ha ha. I was thinking LBE, but you're probably right. (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 11, 09:55:52
  - I enjoy the football but the petulance and cheating I could do without. (Other Football) - jafski, Jun 11, 09:52:35
    - it's the preening more than the cheating which annoys me (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 11, 09:57:50
      - from yesterday's Mediawatch (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 11, 10:06:01
- thank goodness for that (Other Football) - camcan, Jun 11, 09:48:43
  - Agreed, I think another summer of HIM would have driven me insane. Thank fuck its done. (n/m) (Other Football) - megson, Jun 11, 10:04:51
    - it's been wall to wall on the tv news for 10m minutes (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 11, 10:07:45
    - instead the summer stuff will be about who they're gonna replace him with tho... (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 11, 10:05:23
      - cough *Hucks* cough (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 11, 10:06:53
        
        do you think they still have enough money lesft to temp HIM to Madrid? (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 11, 10:14:15
        
        They'd never have lost the CL final if they'd kept him ONE MORE GAME (n/m) (Other Football) - megson, Jun 11, 10:13:50
  - Matt Gill (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 11, 09:52:49

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