Time for FIFA to act

Fifa cant organise a pi$$ up in a brewery

Totally agree, should be sorted, we've (Villa) had similar recently over Gareth Barry. All clubs and players should be in NO doubt at all what they can and can't do/say in relation to transfers. The greed and bullying is totally out of hand. Hope one of the clubs paying obscene wages be muted at the moment go bust, they'll deserve it and then maybe football can take a step back and become slightly less mad !

This needs to happen but i wonder why Fifa does not say anything! Is it that a team needs to report another first? which would make no sense as they are the police of world football, so if there is an infraction they should automatically take action. I wonder how they make money, i dont understand how an organization that is so important does so little to make the game which they are supposed to protect more respactable. I live in America now and I must say that I respect how they handle sports. Yes you have the disgrunltled player that demands a trade but it is still up to the team. Recently an American football player demanded a trade and the team has refused to grant him his wish and said he just wouldnt play. their is just no respect for contracts of football!! I have been here since 82 and do not remember once, a team lobbying publicly for a player (maybe they are more covert here but it is way better that football). I really dont think you should show too much symapthy to Man U as they have gotten some players in terrible ways and dont seem to be bothered with how they do their thing, life. The Tevez situation was the most sickening I have seen regardless of the situation. What is happening is that the players have too much power. The way how it seems contracts might as well be done away with as most players do not even try to honor them, they sign them and a second later want to leave or want more $$. There should be a law that states a player should honor a certain amount of his contract before demanding a trade or else as hillwood said there is bound to be Anarchy. The problem with football is this big club situation and it is even bigger than that, prestige is a big part. You stated that Man U is the biggest club in the world however it is obvious that Ronaldo wants to join Madrid, is seems payers always want to go to the clubs with the biggest history (of winning), therefore they remain the richest mostly and it becomes Impossible to have parity. I can understand players wanting to play for the club of their youth however when it poisons the game on a whole its just not cool. lets not be fooled, football is poisoned in some forms and i believe there is more corruption that we think (just me). Big Up All Arsenal Fans!!! God Bless!!!

amos, i wouldn't bother mate, when we had our viera & henry sagas who voiced their concern for us ? so now united are going to have their summer torn apart by their star player who might go might not, I couldn't give a rats arse !

I understand the sentiment PG but what's the next step - El Mundo publishes an example draft contract made out to Cesc? It's the failure to act in the past that has allowed this situation to develop as far as it has. It has to stop somewhere. At the very least it destabilises the team - which is cheating - plain and simple.

Nice write up Amos, but this has been going on for the last 3 years and Fifa might just expend all of its resources enforcing the rule. The picture's real nice though.

FIFA don't behave like an organisation that protects the interests of the game. In fact, they are the complete opposite, they're a corporation.

Platini seems to hate anything English except the money going into UEFA's coffers

I dont have much hope that anything will come out of this. Clubs like Madrid & ManU operate under their own rules, and this is a rich case of karma here. Atleast you can say that ManU are getting as good as they've given, unlike other clubs like Arsenal & Spurs. So there is absoutely no sympathy for ManU. If something does come of this, it will only be a bonus which will hopefully benefit us in future.

The thing is, I wish we would actually complain to FIFA rather than whingeing about it and letting it go. What have we done about Inter? Nowt. We said we'd report them, why hasn't this happened? If we keep complaining about it every time it happens and keep being noisy about it, FIFA will have to act. Not because they are concerned about the interests of the game, I don't think FIFA is capable of thinking along those lines. But no corporate entity likes bad publicity. You see it now with carbon footprints and obessity being massive political subjects, corporations are pretending to give a crap. Not because they do, but because they know it makes good sense for their brand. Treat FIFA along the same lines, expose what a terrible job they're doing and eventually they will try and avert the publicity. I think in matters such as this and in our handling of the media in general, our football club really needs to grow some balls, we're far too soft.

No point in complaining to the likes of FIFA/UEFA - they are too busy lambasting English clubs for "cheating" (ie. being in debt) and trying to work out ways to reduce the success of the EPL.