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Seven permanent signings from Udinese
Seven permanent signings from Udinese
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Seven permanent signings from Udinese
Under the terms of the embargo, Watford can still sign players with prior permission from league officials.
It's a bloody shambles. One loophole is closed so they just go out and find another one. All the usual arguments will be rolled out ("you can't blame Watford, they're not breaking any rules" etc etc) but basically they're taking the ****
Maybe I'm alone in not being worried about what Watford are doing? I imagine most Watford fans are just glad that they are likely to be competitive and have a good chance of being up near the top again. I'll look forward to watching us play against them next season, they were totally quality down here last season and imo put in the best performance of any team at the Amex.
If the rules are such that they can be bent, so be it. It's up to the authorities to close the loopholes. Just can't get wound up about it. If we were still at Withdean playing in front of 7k I may feel differently but for now I just see our games against them as more interesting than most others this season.
Although it might not be breaking the rules it is very clear that if a championship side is owned by someone rich enough to own additional clubs then the idea of an embargo is meaningless, which means that FFP is one rule for the very rich and another for the very very rich. It's all some sort of weird reverse money/player laundering.
Perhaps Tony should pick up Bexhill United so that he can funnel players through that and just forget about us meeting our FFP commitments.
Although it might not be breaking the rules it is very clear that if a championship side is owned by someone rich enough to own additional clubs then the idea of an embargo is meaningless, which means that FFP is one rule for the very rich and another for the very very rich. It's all some sort of weird reverse money/player laundering.
Perhaps Tony should pick up Bexhill United so that he can funnel players through that and just forget about us meeting our FFP commitments.