03 Jun 2013 16:16:40
Hey Ed, this is probably a very stupid question, but if fans decided donate money to the club to fund transfers and decrease debt, would they be allowed to use the money?
I was just thinking about this because, just say out of 660 million fans worldwide (just googled it and don't know if its entirely correct, but would be roughly around that), 250 million of them donate the equivalent of Â£2. That's Â£500 million.
Our debt is roughly Â£360 million as far as I know, so we would have Â£140 million to spend on transfers, so:

In:
Cristiano Ronaldo - Â£70 million
Gareth Bale - Â£60 million
Rafael Carioca - Free (He's contract expires this year so not sure)
Kevin Strootman - Â£15 million

Out:
Nani - Â£20 million
Anderson - Â£8 million
Bebe - Â£1 million

Spent - Â£145 million
Earned -Â£29 million

So, would it be allowed with the FFP rules Ed, or anyone else? {Ed004's Note - The club have no chance of getting the fans to raise money to clear the debts and I'm not sure about the rest of the FFP rules etc}

1.) 03 Jun 2013
The fans already give their money from buying tickets, shirts etc. That's the only way to help the team financially.

Nicolas_United

2.) 03 Jun 2013
You were right, it is a stupid question.