City already above Chelsea on the Deloitte list, I see.

[7evens]

Can anyone make sense of these figures when you factor in all the moody sponsorships ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30896253

[Rich]

It does not show profitability, though.

[7evens]

Early exits from the CL and gate receipts far below ours, I'd have thought.
TV money ? - Should be about even.
Sponsorships & Commercials - Rather large black hole.

[redgunamo]

And rightly so.

[Rich]

As you must have seen, some of their sponsorship last season was deemed 'bad' and so wasn't counted towards FFP.

As a result, they failed, got a 49m EUR fine and had their CL squad size restricted by 4 for this season.

If it was as easy as getting an owner to sponsor 1bn then it would be done by both Chelsea and City.

[7evens]

twelve years ago, it's quite some achievement.

[Rich]

Had it been, then it would have taken a lot longer. Oh well - at least we beat them.

[barrybueno]

I hope FFP gets cancer. And it's children. And it's children's children