Comments on: The Long Arm Of The Lawless http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/01/20/the-long-arm-of-the-lawless/ Football News, Views, Articles and Discussion Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:54:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: State Of The Game » Archive » The Truth About MSI and How West Ham Could Afford Tevez and Mascherano http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/01/20/the-long-arm-of-the-lawless/#comment-6577 State Of The Game » Archive » The Truth About MSI and How West Ham Could Afford Tevez and Mascherano Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:17:50 +0000 http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/01/20/the-long-arm-of-the-lawless/#comment-6577 [...] We’ve looked at Kia Joorabchian and MSI on State of the Game long before West Ham United were ever muttered in the same breath as them but it was only with the London based sports marketing company’s involvement in West Ham’s “Deal of the Century” on transfer deadline day that they stepped out of the shadows in the UK and gave us all a glimpse of what the transfer market will be like in the future. [...] […] We’ve looked at Kia Joorabchian and MSI on State of the Game long before West Ham United were ever muttered in the same breath as them but it was only with the London based sports marketing company’s involvement in West Ham’s “Deal of the Century” on transfer deadline day that they stepped out of the shadows in the UK and gave us all a glimpse of what the transfer market will be like in the future. […]

]]> By: Tom http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/01/20/the-long-arm-of-the-lawless/#comment-6574 Tom Fri, 01 Sep 2006 07:18:08 +0000 http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/01/20/the-long-arm-of-the-lawless/#comment-6574 I'm disappointed it's taken so long for questions to be asked. When the original Chelsea deal went through it smacked of unsavoury connections. I work in anti-money laundering procedures (ex UK) and I suspect a lot of blind eyes were turned. If you don't work in international finance then you wouldn't know let alone believe what goes on behind the scenes by so called respected establishments, and I might add governments. Money (and muscle) speaks very loud. This Brazilian affair hopefully may force the whole can of worms to be opened up, but I doubt it somehow. As I said money (and muscle) speaks very loud! Naivety and greed for success at any cost by various fan bases avariciously taking the funds to propel near bankrupt clubs to instant stardom could send the leading football leagues around the world towards ruin, not necessarily financially, but most certainly spiritually and socially. The game is being slowly destroyed by a new breed of business tacticians who are quite comfortable using the art of subversion to obtain their targets. Oh, and I don't support any particular club as I neither live in the UK or Brazil. I just like to watch a good game, played on a level field! I’m disappointed it’s taken so long for questions to be asked. When the original Chelsea deal went through it smacked of unsavoury connections. I work in anti-money laundering procedures (ex UK) and I suspect a lot of blind eyes were turned. If you don’t work in international finance then you wouldn’t know let alone believe what goes on behind the scenes by so called respected establishments, and I might add governments. Money (and muscle) speaks very loud. This Brazilian affair hopefully may force the whole can of worms to be opened up, but I doubt it somehow. As I said money (and muscle) speaks very loud! Naivety and greed for success at any cost by various fan bases avariciously taking the funds to propel near bankrupt clubs to instant stardom could send the leading football leagues around the world towards ruin, not necessarily financially, but most certainly spiritually and socially. The game is being slowly destroyed by a new breed of business tacticians who are quite comfortable using the art of subversion to obtain their targets. Oh, and I don’t support any particular club as I neither live in the UK or Brazil. I just like to watch a good game, played on a level field!

]]> By: John Kozul http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/01/20/the-long-arm-of-the-lawless/#comment-6558 John Kozul Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:45:09 +0000 http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/01/20/the-long-arm-of-the-lawless/#comment-6558 Like most of us I am not sure what exactly is happening but I think the statement that : "both famous old clubs have become by selling their souls to foreign investors" is a bit OTT. After all many other clubs are foreign owned or in case of some PLC's part or majority foreign owned. Why doess foreign equals bad anyway? In ideal world all clubs would be owned by fans (of any nationality) with no single fan owning more than say 1% of the club. But we don't live in perfect world. Like most of us I am not sure what exactly is happening but I think the statement that : “both famous old clubs have become by selling their souls to foreign investors” is a bit OTT. After all many other clubs are foreign owned or in case of some PLC’s part or majority foreign owned. Why doess foreign equals bad anyway?

In ideal world all clubs would be owned by fans (of any nationality) with no single fan owning more than say 1% of the club. But we don’t live in perfect world.

]]> By: graham http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/01/20/the-long-arm-of-the-lawless/#comment-6492 graham Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:14:38 +0000 http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/01/20/the-long-arm-of-the-lawless/#comment-6492 yep something is definetly up, im a west ham fan and love the club as it is, okay its great to see world cup stars at upton park but not for a chelsea trial ! yep something is definetly up, im a west ham fan and love the club as it is, okay its great to see world cup stars at upton park but not for a chelsea trial !

]]> By: State Of The Game » Archive » Something Fishy About Tevez And Mascherano To West Ham Deal http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/01/20/the-long-arm-of-the-lawless/#comment-6479 State Of The Game » Archive » Something Fishy About Tevez And Mascherano To West Ham Deal Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:10:05 +0000 http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/01/20/the-long-arm-of-the-lawless/#comment-6479 [...] My suspicions lead me to a somewhat shadier deal being cooked up between the players’ club Corinthians, their owners MSI and another club with shady links to MSI and their owners. It’s long been rumoured that Roman Abramovich is the money man behind MSI and the reason that a broke Brazilian club like Corinthians could afford players like Tevez and Mascherano in the first place. It leaves no doubt in my mind that Chelsea and Roman are behind this proposed season long loan deal for the two Argentinians to West Ham and it’s only for one purpose - to acclimatise the players to London and the Premiership and see whether they are worth signing for Chelsea properly next summer. [...] […] My suspicions lead me to a somewhat shadier deal being cooked up between the players’ club Corinthians, their owners MSI and another club with shady links to MSI and their owners. It’s long been rumoured that Roman Abramovich is the money man behind MSI and the reason that a broke Brazilian club like Corinthians could afford players like Tevez and Mascherano in the first place. It leaves no doubt in my mind that Chelsea and Roman are behind this proposed season long loan deal for the two Argentinians to West Ham and it’s only for one purpose - to acclimatise the players to London and the Premiership and see whether they are worth signing for Chelsea properly next summer. […]

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