The UEFA Financial Fair Play Rules (FFPR) What Does It Mean?

There seems to be a lot of confusion from fans on what the FFPRs actually mean for clubs?  So i'm going to attempt to explain it for you all.  Most of the examples i'll use in this post are based around English Premier League teams just for the fact that the reference i'm using to write this uses them as examples but it applies to all the big teams across Europe.

Why is the FFP being brought into effect?
It has long been a major concern for UEFA that clubs are continually making losses year in, year out and are not playing by the rules of fair play, by the owners subsidising their clubs by injecting large amounts of cash that the clubs can't make on their own merits.  As a clubs largest expenditure is transfer and wage fees the FFP is being implimented to effectively put a cap on these expenses in order to bring more stability to the finances of the clubs because when all is said and done a football club is a business and every business needs to balance it's books, i.e not spend more than they earn.

My suggestions for the rebuilding of Inter Milan

After getting knocked out of the Champions league quarter finals by such an overwhelming scoreline many people (myself included) have been suggesting that Inter needs a major shake up of the squad and the way we do things, so I thought I'd write this post to share with you all what I consider to be a suitable solution to our problems ( Be warned some of my suggestions may be highly controversial amongst my fellow Interista)......

Latest Inter News: Nagatomo risks Inter place for Japan, Pazzini in love with the Nerazzurri & Sanchez speculation grinds on

It's international break week but there's still plenty going on involving Inter and it's players.  Here are three stories keeping you up to date with our beloved Nerazzurri...

Marco Materazzi "Inter crazy? Maybe, but..."

On his official website Matrix had this to say on comments made by Bayern Munich's Bastian Schweinsteiger....

"Inter crazy? Maybe, but if this is what crazy is then I think it's fantastic to be Inter - a team that's capable of pulling off feats like that and being involved in such intense, vibrant matches, just how I like them.

Leonardo & Nagatomo speak about Fridays disaster in Japan

After the game against Brescia the post match press conference with Leonardo touched on the tragic earthquake & tsunami that struck Japan earlier on Friday, also Inter's Japanese wingback Nagatomo thanks the club, players and fans for their support at this hard time.

Leonardo: Milan is still the number 1 city in world football

 Searching through the Internet i found this interesting article on the Manchester evening news website, that shows that the Milanese teams are keeping their great city in the hearts of all football fans. And in reply to my Dad & Brothers who are Man Utd fans and claim that Inter are no where near as good as their precious Utd all i can say is that the stats speak for themselves - 18 times League champions, 3 European Champions and a Treble each for both teams makes Inter & Man Utd equal in stature.  So to my dear family and other Utd fans that haven't seen the Nerazzurri light - Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!

Happy Birthday Inter 103 today

The 9th March is a very special date for all us Nerazzurri, it's the date back in 1908 when a group of people created the greatest football team in the world as they broke away from the other Milan team to become a multi ethnic team with players from all around the world, a tradition that still stands true to this day. So to all the people that insist on moaning that Inter hasn't many Italian players, that's exactly what we're about!
We are FC INTERNAZIONALE!!!

Jose Mourinho In Airport Stabbing Scare

A bodyguard for football manager Jose Mourinho is believed to have been stabbed protecting the Real Madrid and former Inter Milan boss as he signed autographs.
The minder was injured by a sharp object during an incident at A Coruna airport in northwest Spain.

Samuel Eto'o trying (and failing) to get out of a parking ticket

I spotted this on a blog by Brooks Peck and it made me smile to see even superstars get caught by the dreaded traffic wardens, so I thought I'd share it with you all!