The Friedkin Group (They're selling up)

[Raptor]

About to say the same, Newcastle could blow everyone out the water if spending was uncapped.

Newcastle's issue is Newcastle, if you have the option of elite clubs to pick from you're not going to pick them as you have to live there.
I heard a bit of a strange suggestion for them, but it kinda makes sense - If they moved their training headquarters to London and just played games in Newcastle I wonder how much easier they would find it to attract top players. With the multitude of options open to players giving them and their families something they would want, would it appeal to more? Interesting concept, but I think it would work

[TheRam]

I don't see why Newcastle couldn't challenge given the wealth available to them.

They’d just be one of seven other teams spending half a billion pounds every summer.

[toffee_scot]

Oh well, I have wondered for a while whether their heart has really been in it.

It has been strange going from the one extreme of boyhood Evertonian Kenwright with Moshiri also embracing the club, to Dan Friedkin who probably doesn’t even though who the Everton manager is.

Probably for the best, perhaps at a minimum they’d always planned to exit when the stadium was open and the club with its new asset appreciated in value. Plus with the financial rules in place and maybe some of the PSR baggage still around and realisation that it is harder than ever for a club like us to break into the top four, I guess it’s time to move on.

Since TFG are a very detached bunch then I just hope it doesn’t mean they sell just to make a quick substantial profit and the new owners turn out to be incredibly incompetent. Roll of the dice I suppose.

[777Kidnappings]

Newcastle's issue is Newcastle, if you have the option of elite clubs to pick from you're not going to pick them as you have to live there.
I heard a bit of a strange suggestion for them, but it kinda makes sense - If they moved their training headquarters to London and just played games in Newcastle I wonder how much easier they would find it to attract top players. With the multitude of options open to players giving them and their families something they would want, would it appeal to more? Interesting concept, but I think it would work

Is newcastle really that bad for someone making 5 million a year. I get its not london but Manchester isnt either

[777Kidnappings]

They’d just be one of seven other teams spending half a billion pounds every summer.

As opposed to not being 1 of the 6

[AjaxAndy]

They’d just be one of seven other teams spending half a billion pounds every summer.

Yeah exactly, they'd be one of those seven teams.

As could anyone be if they had rich enough owners.

I don't feel it levels the playing field for everyone, but that's always been the case with football... The richest spend the most, and usually win everything. Was the same with Jack Walker's Blackburn, it's the same with state owned City and PSG, just in a more extreme fashion due to the finances involved.

There's no financial rules that will allow less rich teams to compete imo, and although I don't like the idea of teams spending something like £500m on a player like Mbappe, the reality it City paid £250m for Haaland so I feel we're at the point where transfer fees mean absolutely nothing to these teams.

The only real financial rule that I could see as a safeguard would be that whatever you spend, both on fees and wages, the owners have to ring fence that money, in some fund they can't access, to ensure clubs don't go under if they pull out at some point down the line.

[4evablu]

The thing I like about a transfer spending cap being implemented again is the fact it will return clubs to identifying raw talent again as per pre premier league days……
However you now cannot return to a “pay what you can afford” type transfer policy as the big clubs have obviously benefited from the way the financial football world has changed considerably over the years….through social media…world recognition etc…success in competitions…
For the likes of us it will always be a never ending climbing ladder….unless we hit a formula of recruitment as we did in the mid/early eighties that found us a squad of “unknowns” who turned into a squad of winners and household names and legends…..

[74Blue]

I think that rather than capping spending, capping squad size would be a better option. If say, Newcastle's owners want to go out and spend a billion quid on Mbappe and Haaland to lead their line, sound. However, they would still be restricted to a.set number of players that they can physically register, and that would be INCLUSIVE of any senior players that they allow out on loan. That would prevent the joke of a situation where Chelsea were just hoovering up all the talent and at one point had about 40 players out on loan.

Have as many homegrown academy players as you like in and around the first team squad, but you are absolutely limited to a maximum of 30 senior players. You can sign whoever you like, but you cannot have any more than 30 senior players on your books, so if you have 30 registered, you have to get rid of a player before you can bring anyone else in. They cannot go out on loan, as loans count to your total 30 players, so you have to either sell or release.

If you cap the squad size, the big 6 could still have their superstar signings, but would not be able to simply sign a player just to stop him going anywhere else, which has happened previously. It would regulate the market a little, as teams with their full quota of 30 would not be able to hang on to players that are surplus to their requirements and hold out for silly money, as there would be pressure to sell in order to bring in fresh players.

[blueToffee]

Fixing the balance of the PL has nothing to do with unlimited spending. I mean we’ve kinda seen what the fairly unlimited Man City spending can lead to.

It’s just creating an actual fair spending structure and squad allotment. You could create a spending cap or total wage cap that allows teams to spend owner money (to allow teams to catch up) or just from revenue as the top teams have. You just can’t cap owner money and not cap commercial revenue, which is basically what’s happening now. Even if it’s as basic as saying each club cannot spend more than 100 mil (allowing for sales) per window. Add in a squad limit, wage limit perhaps. Maybe there are better ways, but other sports have figured a way to allow more teams to compete.

It feels way too complex now, why do we care about spend over 3 seasons? Let clubs save if they’re doing well, use the money they have as they see fit when they want.

[The Doc]

The financial rules in football are a joke really. The big clubs have spent fortunes getting to where they are, back when there weren't the same restrictions, and now they've basically pulled the trap door up behind them. Smaller clubs can't compete financially because they're only allowed to spend based on what they earn, so how are they ever supposed to catch up? It's just protecting the clubs already at the top and making football less competitive.

Why not have every league with its own spending cap, set at 100% of the average revenue of all the clubs in that league. Same cap for every club, whether you're top or bottom. If a smaller club has an owner willing to invest their own money to reach that cap, let them, as long as the money is there and they're not putting the club into debt. The big clubs can still spend, but they don't get a massive advantage just because they're already rich. Surely that's fairer and would make the leagues a lot more competitive?

[MayorFarnham]

The PL should identify the team that they consider are making the most money within the rules, make that club the benchmark, and let every other club spend up to that level.

[NickNack]

The PL should identify the team that they consider are making the most money within the rules, make that club the benchmark, and let every other club spend up to that level.

Or..identify the team that spends the least and make every other club spend to that level!

[Goaljira]

elon musk is waiting...........

Transfer committee replaced by Grokbot.

[Paddockoldie]

Got a feeling the super league will crop up at some point, as part of a restructure. Sold as breaking the strangle hold of the richer clubs, so others have a chance to win a trophy.

[sam of the south]

Dan’s a fantastic man… He really is