Liverpool FC Forum

kazza » Thu Apr 02, 2020 5:14 am wrote:https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/premier-league-fearful-multi-billion-21797256

Reg » Thu Apr 02, 2020 2:35 pm wrote:Club Bruges to be named champions as Belgian Pro League cancelled

There we go, precedent set.... other leagues to follow shortly with the EPL crying and screaming that they have to reluctantly follow suite.........

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52138270

damjan193 » Tue Mar 31, 2020 7:14 pm wrote:

Reg » Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:22 am wrote:Guys, lets face facts, the season is over and if the government want to restart behind closed doors or otherwise they're crazy.

The only question is how to break the bad news to clubs they've been relegated, everything else is common sense.

The season is going to be finished properly Reg, the PL and the clubs just can't affored it financially to have it abanoned, and other complications that come from having no winner, clubs qualified for European cups etc.

Also, we have to take a look at other leagues as well, nobody wants to null and void the season, not even Italy, who are more likely to finish it with the current standings than abandon it.

We will most likely finish everything in empty stadiums, maybe even in a single city or region in June and July. Players will be tested for the virus before and after every game, stay in properly disinfected hotels and all that. I'm 99% sure that the season will finish properly, unless this pandemic escalates RAPIDLY.

damjan193 wrote:I'm not from the UK so I might have understood wrong but is it true that our club (and most other PL clubs) will be getting money from the goverment financial packages, or in other words, money from taxpayers? Read clubs will only pay 20% of salaries and the rest will be payed from the goverment. If it's true it's utterly disgusting to be honest, but not at all surprising unfortunately.

damjan193 » Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:44 pm wrote:I'm not from the UK so I might have understood wrong but is it true that our club (and most other PL clubs) will be getting money from the goverment financial packages, or in other words, money from taxpayers? Read clubs will only pay 20% of salaries and the rest will be payed from the goverment. If it's true it's utterly disgusting to be honest, but not at all surprising unfortunately.

damjan193 » Sun Apr 05, 2020 1:41 am wrote:Ok fair enough, but why would anyone have to be payed from taxpayers money in a multi million pound business? The goverment messures should be for small and medium-sized enterprises which would otherwise not survive and leave people bankrupt and jobless, not to protect the profit of the big boys. Seems to me big businesses don't want to lose anything and hold on to their profit like it's their god given right while smaller businesses and regular workers are the only ones that are taking big blows. Obviously it's not just with football, I was just trying to stay on topic, but it's the same with all big companies.