I may be looking at this through rose-coloured specs but it might work in our favour in some ways. It might help get rid of the "City premium" that we seem to be asked to pay all the time. If we can say to selling clusb "Sorry chaps. Can't pay that as we've already spent €70m net and we aren't selling anyone else".
Pretty much any feasible FFP rule is going to protect us more than harm us now. Anything based on revenue, avoiding losses or a spending cap is only ever going to benefit the team with the 5th highest revenue in the world, virtually 0 debt, with one of the best squads and infrastructures, playing the best football and winning trophies.
The new FFP will be pushing to level the European playing field and let Germany and Italy keep up with the Premier League, not stop us specifically. United and Spurs made a bit of a mockery of it, but 4/5 English teams in the last 16 should be standard now and that'll start turning into 3/4 in the last 8.
People like Agnelli and Rummenigge have been waiting for the English to work out how to use their disproportionate wealth properly and now they're worried it's happened.
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