On R5 they were discussing this and they billed the story as a way to ''stop clubs like Man City and Chelsea buying all the players they want''. I rang in fucking incandescent. This is bollox as far as I am concerned, and just the usual 'red' journalists twisting the story. In fact it will penalise the red clubs more -part of it is designed to stop clubs 'living beyond their means' ie you cannot borrow to buy a club. That would have seriously fucked up the Glazers and Gillette and Hicks. They wouldnt have been able to buy United or Liverpool as a cash machine. As far as Real Madrid is concerned they are heavily subsidised by the Spanish government. via property deals and cash injections. There is politics at bay here. Their main rivals Barca, are Catalan, an area that wants to be separate from Spain, have socialist leanings and are owned by the fans.so The government always want Real to be more successful, and have links with the ruling bodies.