Rummenigge: Barcelona & Madrid will break even, but Chelsea will not meet Financial Fair Play criteria

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has stated that Chelsea are one of the teams that will struggle to meet Uefa's Financial Fair Play criteria, despite club owner Roman Abramovich's more cautious approach in recent years.

The Bayern Munich CEO believes that the Premier League side will not be able to break even, unlike Spanish powerhouses Barcelona and Real Madrid.
"It is no secret that 60 per cent of professional European football clubs are in the red. What I do know is that Chelsea would not meet the criteria of Financial Fair Play today," Rummenigge stated to Abendzeitung.

"He [Abramovich] is completely likeable - and not the kind to appear cocky or arrogant. He is more cautious [than other comparable owners].

"Real Madrid [will] break even, Barcelona [will] break even."

Rummenigge then discussed the upcoming Champions League final against the Blues, and feels Bayern have been enjoying a Hollywood scenario so far.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------From Goal.com, interesting to hear the Ceo of Bayern speak about his final opponent economic welfare.

"When we three - Uli Hoeness, Karl Hopfner and I - drove to the hotel in Madrid [for the semi-final], I said to them, 'If you were to make a film, then this would be the perfect script. This is ripe for Hollywood'.

"No director could have come up with a better one: you play a perfect international campaign, you have the final in your own stadium - and now I hope that there will be a happy ending."

They most certainly won't break even, but i'm sure they can pass this first round of FFP which lets you lose up to 40m.

There's not exactly room for buying more Torres'es though.

Edit. The Swiss Ramble account of Chelsea
http://swissramble.blogspot.mx/2012/02/chelsea-look-good-in-blue.html

What the hell does Rummenigge know about chelsea's finances?

TheBlueArmy wrote:What the hell does Rummenigge know about chelsea's finances?

+1

I get that you're butthurt because it's none of his business, but what does he know? Club finances are, for the most part, public, so he probably knows as much as he wants to. And while I really do not like the loudmouthing from the Bayern brass, one thing they know better than any other club, is how to run their finances long-term.

VivaStPauli wrote:I get that you're butthurt because it's none of his business, but what does he know? Club finances are, for the most part, public, so he probably knows as much as he wants to. And while I really do not like the loudmouthing from the Bayern brass, one thing they know better than any other club, is how to run their finances long-term.

Our past finances are public yes, but he is making a comment on the future. Meaning he has been going over our finances or he making a stupid comment which he cannot back up.

What's there to back up? He just has to look up current debt, current wages, current revenue and extrapolate, it's not rocket science and he's got a point.

Of course that doesn't mean there is no way out, Abramovitch can still inject some cash before FFP kicks in, and Chelsea can sell one or two expensive players, also their wage bill will drop once a couple of the old guys retire, so it's not hopeless, but he's right in that Chelsea need to change things up to complay with the new regulations. Don't get what's so offensive about that.

halamadrid2 wrote:Maybe just maybe they should focus on their own teams and leave other teams alone???

Bayern is 100% financially sound, they are in the CL final now and everything looks fine - I bet Hoeneß and Rummenigge are just plain bored as there is nothing to do where Bayern is concerned and so they look elsewhere to have some fun

halamadrid2 wrote:is there anything else this guy(or any of those affiliated with Bayern talk about), not the first time they blabber on about FFP and mention other teams

Maybe just maybe they should focus on their own teams and leave other teams alone???

This

Rummenigge is a prick, nothing new. He has bad mouthed Chelsea many times in the past.

da mind tricks...

halamadrid2 wrote:is there anything else this guy(or any of those affiliated with Bayern talk about), not the first time they blabber on about FFP and mention other teams

Maybe just maybe they should focus on their own teams and leave other teams alone???

My thoughts exactly.

halamadrid2 wrote:i am sure they can focus on the dressing room which hasnt been very healthy recently

I bet there they'd be afraid to be beaten up by Froooonck Ribéry

Rummenige has bad mouthed Juve as well..Typical Interista.

What's badmouthing about this? Listen, Rumenigge has said stupid sh*t in the past, but this isn't one of those instances.

Again: What's wrong about it? Or so bad?

I get that nobody likes to hear bad things about stuff they like, but there's also a certain amount of growing up to do, guys. :X

Upon Reading the title I thought.

Trolling your UCL final opponent on the basis that they may or may not have unstable finances........

Spoiler:

VivaStPauli wrote:What's badmouthing about this? Listen, Rumenigge has said stupid sh*t in the past, but this isn't one of those instances.

Again: What's wrong about it? Or so bad?

I get that nobody likes to hear bad things about stuff they like, but there's also a certain amount of growing up to do, guys. :X

You add this comment and his previous comments about Chelsea, it is bad mouthing. It is well noted his dislike for Chelsea, and he clearly has agenda against Chelsea.

Why else you think he made mentions of Chelsea?

Actually it just occurred to me why Rummenigga has actually a vested interest in other football clubs. He is the current boss of the ECA (European Club Association) after all.

Rummenigge is a D!ck looking for attention. Hes better off keeping his mouth shut.

rwo power wrote:Actually it just occurred to me why Rummenigga has actually a vested interest in other football clubs. He is the current boss of the ECA (European Club Association) after all.

:vagi:

There: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Club_Association

butthurt chelsea fans in denial