As I've explained, any player earning more than £1.5k/week that signed their contact before this cap introduction will be classed as earning £1.5k/week. So if for example Gooch is on 10k/week he will be classed as earning £1.5k/week until his current contract runs out. 18 players (our current 1st team squad size) earning 1.5k/week works out as 1.2 million leaving us 1.3 million to fill the squad up with another 4 players
Can't see how this isn't a restriction of trade tbh. Hope us and the PFA are getting lawyers together to see just how legal this is. And even if it is, voting it in immediately is crackers. The bit that stood out for me though was that agent's fees are included and I have a sneaky suspicion this is a sideways route in trying to get that part of football under some sort of financial control.
A footballer shouldn’t need an agent for me. If I’d had that god given gift I’d have done a few years Sunderland, done a Jordan gone Liverpool, once established I’d say ‘i want parity’ job done, then back to Sunderland last couple years with my millions in the bank on a low wage. You don’t need a ****ing agent. Clubs will pay you your worth to have you, and not having them would keep millions in the clubs. The players pay PFA fees, the PFA should handle any contracts that the players can’t handle themselves and the battle is won without players or clubs losing out. Just seen the Championship cap is likely to be £18million. It’s Premier League 2 that and we are ****ing done if we don’t get out of this league. We could sustain £18million comfortably from gate receipts, and we also have very strong commercial deals.
Funny I was saying to my mate last night if I'd been outstanding I would have only ever signed 2 or 3 year contracts and played in every big European nation. Couple of years at Barca/Real, couple of years at Dortmund/Bayern, couple of years at Juve/AC etc... Shame I was ****ing ****e as I reckon I would have enjoyed that
Aye I wouldn’t have been against doing the ‘big English, Milan, Madrid, Bayern’ route then back home mind. Can only think of Robben who’s done that. Actually Beckham as well.
A little stint somewhere bonkers like River Plate or maybe somewhere in Greece would've been an experience as well
Aye I’d be up for that, even just a crazy set of fans like Feyenoord or something. And I’d certainly fancy the LAFC/Galaxy bit as well.
It might be time to stop funding these selfish small clubs with poor attendances. Taking 4000 to their grounds will reward them for hampering us.
If this gets implemented, along with the issues that Covid might still bring, I think we might see a Prem 1 and 2 in the next few years. The Prem will run the top two divisions and the EFL are going to get shunted to running the lower leagues, and I can see a lot of those clubs having to go semi professional to survive. I still think there will be clubs going under this season, salary cap or not, so I think some sort of re-organisation is on the horizon.
They're a part of the game, like it or not and as in any walk of life, some will be good and some will be bad. And as a club you have to play the agent game to some extent because if you don't, you're not signing any of their clients. Look at how Wolves have done allying themselves with one particular agent and the access to the player pool said agent could get hold of. Arsenal are currently moving to the more cultivate the agent approach than out and out scouting, which is why they're making a load of their scouting set up redundant. The only way I can see that you could get a level of control over agent's fees would be globally through FIFA and I can't see that happening anytime soon.
Oh aye, no way is it going to happen, but it IS a solution. God knows how much FIFA coin in from the agents, but it will be a hefty amount no doubt. They won’t change it, they would have done it years ago if they had any intention.
I think that boat has sailed unfortunately and the big clubs, and big agents, hold more of the cards than the likes of FIFA and respective FA's do. If push ever came to shove between them, the clubs can say **** off and go form their own competitions. All the FA's can do is ban you from playing internationally in an FA recognised competition and at that point, hardly anyone would give a ****, especially big money sponsors. They'd all be off hoying cash at the Super Euro Super Mid Week Invitation Only Premier League.
The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) have criticised the EFL for "rushing through" a vote to impose salary caps on League One and League clubs, calling the move "unlawful and unenforceable". Earlier on Friday, League One and League Two clubs voted in favour of introducing financial controls in the form of salary caps. An EGM was held by the EFL (English Football League) on Friday afternoon where a proposal for salary caps of £2.5m in League One and £1.5m in League Two was passed by the clubs. https://www.skysports.com/football/...d-league-two-clubs-unlawful-and-unenforceable
Fully agree, opposing managers take full advantage with nothing to loose. ts hard on our away support but it would be harder still on the opposition imo.
Are the premier league and championship also capping salaries? How can this be legal? I get that they want to even up the teams but what about cup games against teams from higher leagues? I thought FFP was sufficient enough to stop teams taking the piss and having an unfair advantage?
Just had a scout and we supposedly spend around £12 million on wages as it stands. ****ing mind blowing given we are absolute dog ****.
