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Originally Posted by Slava
Yeah it’s things like the sales to the Saudis that allow for that spending. I can’t get over the fees that some clubs manage to get for players who are basically junk.
Isn’t this the kind of thing that we saw Juventus and Fabio Paratici get into hot water over? Basically the costs for some of those deals were found to be messing around with the values?
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Well, yeah, but they were deliberately inflating values on the books without actually getting the money, its a little different in this case. I agree with you, Liverpool got some pretty nice money for some pretty questionable players.
Like...Ben Doak? Unless that guy turns into some sort of star that is a transfer that will go down in infamy.
But its no different than with City, they'd sell on players for small losses or even big profits, its part of the game.
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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
It's crazy that revenue is tied to what you can spend at all.
What a way to ensure smaller clubs have absolutely no chance to compete.
Has to be the most anti spirit of sport policy possible.
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I wouldnt say its 'crazy' but its certainly not ideal. They focused too heavily on the financial solvency of these clubs and in doing so have somewhat hamstrung them in terms of growth.
That being said, remember when City got bought? They bought every old ass hole under the Sun! They had guys earning £200k/wk on the bench and just bought and discarded at will, it was insane!
Dont think for a second that Newcastle's ownership wouldnt have done that exact same thing this summer if they could have gotten away with it. So there is a method to the madness of the PSR.
Its not perfect but I'd rather have PSR than nothing and turn the place into the Wild, Wild West with the Petro-Clubs just taking over completely.