http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28635053 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has questioned Manchester City's signing of Frank Lampard. Midfielder Lampard, 36, will join City on a six-month loan deal from Major League Soccer franchise New York City - one of three clubs affiliated to the Premier League champions. Last season, City received sanctions on their squad after breaching Uefa's Financial Fair Play regulations. "Is it a way to get around the fair play? I don't know," said Wenger. "It looks like all of these 'City' clubs will feed the main club Manchester City - I heard they want to buy five clubs all over the world. "I don't know the rules well enough, but they bought a franchise for £59.4m to play in the States next season." City have been restricted to a 21-man Champions League squad this year - with eight home-grown players required in their Premier League squad. "At the moment the players they sign cannot play until next year so they will register them in the other clubs and can get out on loan," added Wenger, who ruled out Arsenal employing similar methods in the future. "We are happy to dedicate the money to just run our club - there is not a lot of surplus to run other clubs, " he said. Wenger makes a good point.
Its a good idea. American clubs are not subject to FFP, so they can just sign anyone they want regardless of price or wages, and then just loan them for free to City Dodgy gits!
I am shocked to see City resorting to such measures, they're usually so honest with their financial dealings
Daily Telegraph chief sports writer Paul Hayward, who was at the Arsenal news conference, tweets: "Arsene Wenger on Lampard at City: 'I'm surprised because he went to New York and the shortest way to New York is not via Manchester.'" Classic Wenger one liner!
Each team can have 2 designated players whose salaries are capped at 400K and 325K, for the purposes of the cap, but can actually be paid any amount. Also, if a player is not on the roster, they will not count against the salary cap.
