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Premier League 2025/26 Thread

By OntarioFox, in General Football and Sport

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Tommy Fresh

Tommy Fresh

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9 hours ago, StanSP said:

How can they get work permits? Or is that not a thing any more? 

Easier to sign players directly from South America now, as long as they've picked up enough points for a permit, which I think if they've played in the Libertadores or Sudamericana is quite easy to do.

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ajthefox

ajthefox

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15 hours ago, moore_94 said:

Definitely going to be something dodgy about this

 

Textor owns Botafogo and also Lyon who helped Forest out big time when they bought Mangala and Niakhate for way more than they were worth

 

 

Also, when do teams ever sell 2, nevermind 3 players from one team at the same time?

Bob Weasel Fox

Bob Weasel Fox

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On 01/06/2025 at 22:10, moore_94 said:

Definitely going to be something dodgy about this

 

Textor owns Botafogo and also Lyon who helped Forest out big time when they bought Mangala and Niakhate for way more than they were worth

 

 

100 per cent correct bud

 

definitely dodgy and PSR dodging tactics if ever I have seen them

 

Notts F owner as bent as possible as an owner and obviously has some "friendship" with Textor 

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davieG

davieG

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Not sure if true - from FB

 

May be an image of 2 people, people playing American football, people playing football and text that says "Aston Villa to force fans to watch womens football ASTON ASTONVILLA ON 1874 VILLA CAZO CAZO Search, Driva ve Drive S Driv CAZ CAZ"

 

 

Aston Villa's dystopian big woke joke! 
Aston Villa’s latest move to intertwine its women’s football fixtures with the loyalty points system for season ticket hopefuls is a glaring example of woke overreach masquerading as fan engagement. With a waiting list swelling to around 45,000 eager supporters, the club has decided that the only way to climb this queue is no longer just by backing the men’s team, but by being “rewarded” for attending women’s matches as well. This is not a choice for the fans; it is a de facto requirement if they want any hope of securing a coveted season ticket. Aston Villa has effectively weaponised its waiting list to force its traditional fanbase into endorsing a political agenda under the guise of sport.
The club’s justification is couched in terms of loyalty and engagement, but the reality is far less noble. By linking attendance at women’s games to the loyalty points system, Aston Villa is coercing fans to support a product they may not care for or even want to watch. This approach is reminiscent of the bungled attempt by AFC Bournemouth, which initially forced fans to pay extra for mandatory women’s matches before a backlash forced a partial retreat. Aston Villa’s strategy is more subtle but no less insidious, using the carrot of season ticket access to compel attendance. It’s a thinly veiled attempt to boost women’s football visibility, driven more by woke corporate pressure and league requirements than genuine fan interest.
Adding insult to injury, this comes alongside a 5% increase in ticket prices for the men’s games, meaning fans are paying more yet being strong-armed into embracing women’s football whether they want to or not. The club claims this pricing strategy is necessary to remain competitive and comply with Premier League and UEFA financial regulations, but the timing and conditions suggest a prioritisation of woke optics over supporter experience. Aston Villa’s owner and management appear more focused on ticking diversity boxes and expanding the women’s side’s profile than respecting the traditional fanbase that has supported the club for generations.
This is not about football; it’s about social engineering. Aston Villa is leveraging its huge waiting list to force-feed a woke agenda, blurring the lines between genuine sporting interest and politically motivated attendance. Fans who simply want to watch men’s football are being held hostage by a system that demands they also become cheerleaders for women’s matches. The club’s attempt to frame this as a “new era” of loyalty is disingenuous. It is a clear example of woke culture infiltrating football, turning what should be a matter of choice into a compulsory exercise in virtue signalling.
In short, Aston Villa is not merely encouraging support for women’s football; it is coercing it. The waiting list loyalty scheme is a clever but cynical way to force fans into compliance, undermining the genuine passion and autonomy that football supporters have long cherished. This is woke nonsense dressed up as progress, and it risks alienating the very fans who have kept the club alive through thick and thin.

davieG

davieG

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In case you didn't get the memo, a big focus for Villa this summer will be getting wages down. The UEFA's financial regulation, the Squad Cost Rule (SCR)has been phased in, which limits a club's spending on player and coach wages, transfers, and agent fees to 70% of their total revenue for the 2025/26 season.
The limit was 90% for 2023/24 and 80% for 2024/25.
Villa will be subject to a UEFA fine due to breaking the 2024/25 limit.
Getting below the 70% limit will be interesting - Kamara, Martinez and Bailey are certainly looking to be front runners to leave.
The big question is, how much will it restrict incoming big wage transfers?
May be an image of text that says "Aston Villa wages to revenue ratio 2020-2024 100- 97 89 90 0 อทนอกอน en 80 to Wages 70 60 91 75 77 50 2020 2021 2022 2023 Year Source: Kieran Maguire 2024 B B c"
 
Thefox81

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12 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

 

Not sure if its a good move for him. If he fails to live up to his brothers standards will he be known as a flop? Wish him well and hope he does suceed. Germany does seem a good place for our young players at the moment.

ramboacdc

ramboacdc

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Which thread does this shithousery fall into?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c0qgx84qneko 

 

Nottingham Forest have asked Uefa for clarity after expressing their concerns over Crystal Palace's Europa League place.

The Eagles won the FA Cup to qualify for Europe for the first time in their history, but Uefa must decide if they have breached its multi-club ownership rules.

Uefa's final ruling will centre on American businessman John Textor, owner of Eagle Football - which holds a 43% stake in Palace.

Eagle Football also owns a 77% stake in French side Lyon, who - like Palace - have qualified for next season's Europa League.

Uefa's rules state "no individual or legal entity" can hold a majority of shareholder voting rights at two clubs in the same European tournament.

If a ruling is made against Palace and Lyon, given the French side finished sixth in Ligue 1 they get priority over Palace, who ended 12th in the Premier League.

Forest finished seventh in the Premier League, earning a Europa Conference League play-off spot, but stand to gain if Palace are unable to compete in Europe and could be lifted to the Europa League.

Sources have told BBC Sport they have issued their reservations to Uefa.

Uefa's regulations are in place to prevent collusion between clubs. Palace's argument is their historic FA Cup win - beating Manchester City 1-0 last month - and European qualification was an achievement accomplished entirely on their own merit.

The club have insisted they are an entity which operates entirely independently, not within the structures of a multi-club model.

Palace also say there has been no employee, backroom staff or coach sharing with Lyon, no dialogue, no collaborative strategy, no combined partnerships, sponsorships or commercial deals and no collective scouting, analysis or software collaborations.

Forest have avoided this issue after owner Evangelos Marinakis diluted his control of the club.

The Greek businessman also controls Olympiakos, as well as Portuguese side Rio Ave and, at the time, Forest and Olympiakos were both on course to qualify for next season's Champions League.

Forest complied with the rules after Uefa changed the date to 1 March for clubs to highlight potential issues in ownership structures as it was becoming unmanageable to go through the checks required from the previous deadline of 1 June.

At that point Palace had not acted despite qualification through the FA Cup being a possibility.

The first and second qualification rounds of the Europa League and Conference League are in July.

BBC Sport contacted Uefa and Palace who declined to comment.

BKLFox

BKLFox

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17 minutes ago, Langston said:

 

In the modern market it's not scandalously high imo.. Barring catastrophic injury or him moving on they've got 10 years of genuine world class talent there.. He's worth every penny of that .

& his £355k per week wage packet making £200m all in for 5yrs 

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