Claudius wrote:
Gazza M wrote:
Saw some articles that ffp rules are easing off on direct owner investment from july 1. some cockamamie stories popping up about raul and co asking silent stan for more dosh. I'd be worried about what this will allow the likes everton, leicester and wolves to do
Hey, so couple of things
This is specifically the Premier League's salary limitation rules that were put in place to protect teams from themselves so they wouldn't end up like 90s Serie A clubs with unsustainable wage bills. This is unlikely to affect most of our rivals. United have massive revenue that absorbs most salary increases; Pool and Spurs saw 25-35% increases in revenues in last 3 years; Chelsea can't register new players. The likes of Everton might be might able to increase salaries for new signings based on the income they are generating
However, they would not be able to do a capital call in summer 2019 from the owner unless they made a written request to do so before end 2018. Of that group, maybe Everton has done so given the aggressive statements Moshiri was making last year. That said, based on City and Chelsea's experience, it takes several years to build a challenger, so I'm not worried
Thing being that like the initial instigation of the STCC and the identification of their base year for PL wages, PL clubs have known that these restrictions were ending as from 30/06, and there will be those who will be looking to take advantage of this, just as clubs looked to inflate their wage bills for the start of STCC.
Was reading an article in FFT that suggested the end of STCC makes it now possible for mid-table clubs to break into the top6 because they can now spend big in repeated seasons, whereas under STCC they could only basically do so when gaining promotion.
If we look to tighten our belts and reduce spending to return to the black, that may give the top6 challengers the opportunity & time for them to put together a genuine challenge. We were already out spent by several lower clubs last summer.
