Newman Noggs
Well-Known Member
I don't know, I think Forest have a point on this.
They rejected £30m for Johnson from Brentford that would have seen them pass the PSR as they knew they would sell him for more.
A month later they sell him to Spurs for £47.5m but outside of the PSR window.
They're essentially charged for selling their star player for more.
The rules also forced them into selling a home grown player as its pure profit, another flaw. Plus they only get £60m in losses as a newly promoted team but everyone else gets £105m losses over 3 seasons.
All comes back to what these rules are really for and it's quite obvious that it's to stifle the development of ambitious clubs.
For this reason it distorts the market.
All clubs know which clubs are treading a fine line and may need to sell to comply with FFP. So cash-rich clubs can low-ball the club that's in trouble knowing that, if they refuse, they are in the shit.
Double whammy, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
