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  1. You will have to prise my copy of CM 01/02 from my COLD DEAD HANDS
  2. Jesus lads, just get a room and fuck it out
  3. My favourite Reda memory was him casually but imposingly walking towards Craig Bellamy as the little cunt was gobbing off at him
  4. It's not the point I know it isn't This is very much a me problem .... There shouldn't be a comma after "pound"
  5. "one recruitment manager stated privately, “I can’t remember witnessing anything like this before.” " The more this type of phrase appears the more my pants get shittier
  6. Right, this hurts my eyes BUT I'm doing it until TunaCunt is gone
  7. The "Hark Now Hear..." chant makes me cringe every time
  8. Personally speaking, at this critical time I truly believe we should back the band....into the path of an oncoming HGV
  9. "The story of Chansiri's gold" - Like the title of a shit Disney pirate film
  10. I think the only logical conclusion is to adapt the lyrics to Another Level's 'Freak Me'
  11. My daughter's 10 and living in a Leeds supporting area I'm desperate to keep her in the Wednesday way. She's attended 3 matches so far and I'm incredibly keen to get her back to Hillsborough to maintain her love for the club, buy more shirts and what have you But there's no fucking chance we're going anyway near whilst TunaCunt is still there, even if there's a risk of her looking longingly at Elland Road the more we stay away from S6 - the much greater risk is of supporting the gradual decay of our club if we put money into it at the moment
  12. Do it on Microsoft Teams
  13. Lloyd Owusu does water-themed adult content on OnlyFans
  14. TunaCunt
  15. For many years I enjoyed having two garish gold elephants in my garden along with my surname emblazoned on every chair in the house Bastard's ruined that for me now
  16. I've despised TunaCunt for quite a while now but his tactics of running us into the ground so we play better in Seige Mode is a masterstroke CHANSIRI IN
  17. For the briefest of split seconds yesterday I enjoyed the match without any acknowledgement of the hellfire currently consuming our club Would be nice just to feel that on a permanent basis
  18. £40mil asking price just for Chalobah now
  19. I like how throughout he refers to him as "the owner" and when he finally says "Chansiri" it's like he's trying to suppress vomit at the same time
  20. The advertising algorithm is taking the piss as well
  21. Football clubs are vulnerable to criminals engaging in money laundering, fraud and bribery, according to a new government report which also raises concerns about agents who act for both a player and a club in a transfer deal. In its latest National Risk Assessment of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing report, the Treasury has dedicated a section to football clubs and agents, and cites dual representation as a potential area of criminal exploitation. Even in Fifa’s updated agent regulations, published in 2023, an agent can still act for a player and the buying club provided both parties have given their prior written consent. As The Times reported last year, the UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPRU) is now assisting the National Crime Agency in Project Tachygenic, which was set up in conjunction with Interpol and Europol to examine the potential threat of international criminals in professional football. It is understood the investigation is also looking at potential match-fixing and bribery in the form of illicit payments. The UKFPU’s involvement extends to the use of its 142 dedicated football police officers who are assigned to clubs to gather intelligence and information. Masked Blackburn Rovers fans standing near police officers after a soccer match. The report says that football’s status as “an economic powerhouse could make it an attractive target for criminals” The Treasury’s report heightens the importance of the operation, stating that “alongside money laundering, football has the potential to be abused for a range of other crimes including illegal betting, match fixing, fraud and bribery”. It adds: “Football is an economic powerhouse, with Deloitte’s Annual Review of Football Finance estimating Premier League clubs had a turnover exceeding £6billion in the 2023-24 season. These factors make football and football clubs an enticing opportunity for legitimate owners and investors at all levels of the football pyramid. “However, they could also make football an attractive target for criminals, kleptocrats and other malign actors seeking to launder their criminal funds or generate further illicit gains. “Despite the commercial success at the very top of the game, there are a significant number of clubs that are financially distressed, in part due to the high level of financing needed to run a competitive football club. Such clubs are vulnerable to exploitation by criminals who may offer easy money in exchange for ongoing access that facilitates future criminal exploitation.” The report also identifies the vulnerability of clubs that are part of a “complex offshore” ownership structure. “Many clubs have complex offshore corporate structures involving overseas-based enablers and financial products, often in jurisdictions with limited regulatory oversight,” it adds. “Larger clubs with bigger revenues are at a greater risk of receiving the proceeds of corruption. “Ownership structures using layered front and shell companies, often based overseas or in jurisdictions with low transparency, could obscure the ultimate beneficiaries of clubs and other major stakeholders, such as sponsorship arrangements.” This, says the report, is also a concern further down the football pyramid, where “corrupt actors could use front companies to buy or invest in clubs”. “Clubs could be used as a vehicle both to launder funds, as well as a final destination for criminal money to be invested. The laundering of suspected proceeds of crime could occur through different routes including player transfers, falsification of ticket sales, falsification of services provided or received by high risk commercial sectors, merchandise sales and club or player sponsorship deals and image rights. “Player values in particular are difficult to objectively determine, which increases the risk of manipulation for money laundering.” Regarding player intermediaries, the report states that “fees paid to agents, intermediaries and others involved in transactions could be a convenient route by which to launder money or pay bribes”. “This risk is raised when agents represent both player and club during a transaction,” the report adds. “Due to its hidden nature the scale of criminality in football remains an intelligence gap and difficult to accurately estimate.”
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