Archive for September 17th, 2009

Adebayor ban confirmed

17th September 2009

The FA have confirmed that Emmanuel Adebayor is suspended for three matches after being found guilty of violent conduct in the game against Arsenal.

He’ll miss the games against Manchester United, Fulham (Carling Cup), and West Ham.

Platini pushing ahead with ‘financial fair play’ rules

17th September 2009

This week has seen Michel Platini’s plans for ‘financial fair play’ accepted in principle by Uefa. Exactly how this will work is yet to be agreed and negotiations are set to continue for the rest of the season. Only then can any new rules be ratified.

Platini hasn’t denied that plans to stop clubs from spending more than they make from revenues is intended to prevent ‘sugar daddies’ like Sheikh Mansour and Roman Abramovich coming into the game and transforming …