A desire to stop the spiralling of players’ wages and agents’ fees has led the Premier League to set up a working party to look into producing its own version of Uefa’s financial fair play rules.
There is a concern that Uefa’s rules may not be fully enforced, something we have argued may be the case on this page given their susceptibility to a legal challenge.
A desire to stop the spiralling of players’ wages and agents’ fees has led the Premier League to set up a working party to look into producing its own version of Uefa’s financial fair play rules.
There is a concern that Uefa’s rules may not be fully enforced, something we have argued may be the case on this page given their susceptibility to a legal challenge.
However, the move is not entirely disinterested. Two of the leading advocates are Manchester United and Liverpool and they could well have Chelsea and Manchester City in mind. When Liverpool’s John W. Henry says ‘clubs seem to be ignoring Uefa’s rules, which may be porous enough to enable clubs to say that the trend of huge losses is positive’ he could well have Manchester City in mind.
Any change in the rules would have to be voted through by two-thirds of the Premiership clubs which means that fourteen would have to vote in favour. Those who think they might lose out could easily form a blocking minority.