PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

This is waffle, if a salary cap is implemented exactly the same for every club - then of course it works.

If it works what - and for whom - does it achieve?

 

[KS55]

In the US there have over the years been several player strikes over the wage caps.

 

[Sir peace frog]

if there was a salary cap ,all that would happen is when the players join a new club they would get even bigger signing on bonuses , there are ways round everything.

 

[Corky]

exactly - unless its across Europe - but players may just turn round as say its a restriction on their trade. Even with the Wages to Turnover - players will just want to go to the bigger clubs to maximise their earning potential, lots more contracts with buy outs and all sorts of clauses around bigger clubs etc.

Impossible to be fair across Europe due to all the different currencies and tax rates. Imagine the £ decreasing against the Euro and the 5 year contracts not possible to pay anymore.

 

[Holcombe bloo]

With the new ffp rule regarding percentage of spend on football resources, I’m pretty sure that includes amortisation of transfers, player wages and bonuses, agents fees. But what about peps wages or the academy costs and other wages for non playing/coaching staff, I assume they are exempt?

 

[cheekybids]

So the clubs with a higher turnover can spend more on players initially - RAGs, Scousers, Arsenal. I'm assuming we will also be in that mix.

It’s simply amazing how fair is interpreted by the wealthy.

 

[M Gaudino]

Correct.

A wage cap is fair. But would it work. They tried in Rugby League with limited success.

rugby league is a closed shop. there’s only 3 place in the world that play it professionally - the m62 corridoor, france and australia.

with football if the PL or UEFA had a wage cap the middle east can start their own tournaments a la the LIV golf and blow the wage cap and take the players

 

[SatOnTheWall]

If it works what - and for whom - does it achieve?

And the spare money goes to the owners/shareholders of clubs? With a cut to UEFA, of course.

 

[Chippy_boy]

This is waffle, if a salary cap is implemented exactly the same for every club - then of course it works.

Not sure it would be legal, apart from anything else?

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Don’t think supporters of other clubs will not stop believing the nonsense that is written about City. It gives them a get out for not examining why their clubs have not been as good as they should. United have invested more than enough money in their playing squad to compete with City. Liverpool love hiding behind that they can’t compete with City financially when really they could.

I think there is a difference between match-going fans who I often meet on away trips and the social media fanboys who seem more gullible and believe everything they see online. I have met lots of away fans who are supportive of what is happening at City. A lot of them despise MUFC and LFC and like to see them being taken down a peg or two.