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gz you guys ^^

In Malaga we trust

With Michel as manager

I hope Madrid icon Míchel (Málaga's current coach) doesn't screw us now ^^

Valdano made us lose the Liga once, so who knows what can happen...

An interesting fact though is that Madrid will have to pay Málaga 1M€ if they win La Liga, as part of the Isco deal, which included a clause by which Madrid would pay 1M€ to Málaga for every Liga title Madrid won.... so in this sense it would be a good news for them if we beat them

But in any case we will have to give our best... Málaga is in great form right now... they haven't lost in their last 5 games, and they've won their last 4 home games (including Barça). Míchel also said he's going to be professional and give go for the win even if he wants Madrid to win the title. I expect a hard game, so we better focus and not mess up.

I just read that as well. Lol. Basically it's in Malagas best to lose to Madrid. Sure, a million euro ain't much, but still. How can you have such a deal when you sell a player to a team in the same league? Makes NO sense.

I agree it's silly because it can lead to these situations, but it's common practice. Barça did the same thing with Valencia when signing André Gomes and Alcácer, and you could argue that the reason they gave their all in Bernabéu despite their season being finished was because they wanted the money they'd get if Barça won the title. The last game of the season could have easily been Barça-Valencia and we would have the same situation but reversed.

I think the best thing would be to just ban these kind of agreements between teams of the same league... I mean, it rarely causes problems, but these rare instances of drama still can still happen and banning these clauses would avoid them.

I mean I really really doubt one million euro will affect anything, but imagine if it was 10, maybe even 15? And the clause was dependent on if a team wins x amount of titles in 5 years.

Malaga win 1M€ when Madrid get Loliga title (This clause is in contract of Isco).

For this, the muslim president of malaga say "The scum of catalonia will not win the league"

Meanwhile yesterday; Yellow card for Aspas (for hands of Varane)


And yellow card for Aspas, again. (for penal of Ramos)


Stealing is easy to win trophies. Congratulations Madridistas.

I agree, but tbf even if it was 200€, it would still cause drama. It's better to just get rid of it altogether.

But looking at the prize dividend paid according to league position, by potentially dropping from 11th to 13th which can happen on the last day, they could lose €1m-€2m in the future as a result (if I'm understanding it correctly)

So aren't they more incentivised to win and maintain 11th position above Valencia and Celta to continue to bring that average up? If they can move up from their current spot by 1 or 2 positions (in the 5 year ranking), they could increase revenue from €3m-€9m

From the distribution model I read about is says the money is divided thus:

La Liga will put both domestic and oversees yearly TV money in one pot from which 10% will be allocated for division 2 teams. While rest of the 90% will be distributed according to following model.

Equal share: 50% will be distributed equally between all 20 top flight clubs
Merit Money: 25% will be distributed according to league positions based on last 5 years.
Resources Generation: 25% will be distributed according to each team’s capacity of generating resourses for examble number of official club members, season tickets sold, attendance etc.

So if that means the mean average of the past 5 seasons it would be like this:

2016/2017 = 11, 12 or 13
2015–16 = 8
2014–15 = 9
2013–14 = 11
2012–13 = 6

So this season might not impact it immediately but it could in the future? either way, the best case scenario for them is to lose to Real with Valencia and Celta also gaining no ground. Either way, performance related bonuses between competing outfits is highly exploitable, it shouldn't be allowed

This post was edited by Marieusz on May 18 2017 10:01am