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Originally Posted by Slava
Evertons statement says that this latest charge incorporates the same period, or at least an overlap, of what they were already charged for and appealed. I don't know if that's accurate, but that's what they say.
And initially I felt bad for Forest, but they did have their chance to sell Johnson albeit for 30m instead of the 50m or whatever we paid. And I also thought that maybe the date should lineup with the end of the window, but the thing is the date lines up for when the window opens. In reality...they cheated and mismanaged the situation, which is why the rules exist.
My only disappointment here is that it's again the clubs fighting for survival that got hit, while the major breaches that we all know exist go along. It is interesting to see that spending this window is so far down though, so maybe there is something to these regulations after all.
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Agree, it's finally got some teeth now. Lots of clubs having to sell before they can buy and getting frozen this window and you're seeing more clubs at championship level hang on to their stars this window. I think eventually it's going to push prices downwards a little as well.
For me aside from levelling the playing field slightly, the really big benefit is stopping the chelsea's of the world from hoarding talent that they have no intent of playing as a starter ever... just farming players out via loan or sticking them on the bench to meet their domestic player quota so they don't develop. I think they've really hurt the english talent pool beyond the top 20 guys by stunting player development.