05-07-2018, 07:25 PM
SA - Its still a challenge you can only lock and load once, next year you do the same again, 3rd year you are where the Sheep are now
The sale of the likes of Eric are now pretty important but it only helps in the short term as it goes in this years accounts so this years 5m is now 4.6m which is great but next year we carry a 5m liability before we have spent a penny.
Now the thing is the owners of the football league who set the rules for FFP only need 6 clubs to say lets loosen the noose a little, so at the moment the Sheep Villa Hull Leeds Us Brum Bristol and probably a couple of others have a vested interest in a little shuffle of the rules, they have just had their big annual get together
Has the ripple effect of the global transfer market from China USA and the explosion of the top leagues in Europe impacted the EFL enough for the owners to say are 2-3 years ago's numbers relevant to the league today when the going rate of players has near doubled, unprecedented transfer fee's and wages have filtered their way to the EFL and if the gap between the EPL and the EFL is to be managed as best it can be is it still a realistic number?
Mentioning China, their government have demanded a massive sell off and reduction of overseas assets and debt from their billionaires the impact of this has spanked Villa already potentially down to his book of investments being weighted off shore but who knows, Wolves will be OK as their owner now has an asset not a liability so thus will allow him to view Wolves as something he should hold onto
WBA could easily go the way of Villa, a years grace on parachute payments maybe even 2 but the fact its a consideration isn't a good thing for them, Brum will roll the dice again this summer like last summer and try to emulate Wolves, but that is highly unlikely so if they are where Villa are right now in 12 months time it wouldn't be much of a surprise
Football finances are complex issues, agents wanting complex contracts and outrageous fees even by recent standards will be the delay it will have bugger all to do with Grabban, he has probably been asked if both clubs match which do you prefer and it is that answer we should find out tomorrow the agent will be taking Forest's offer to Brum getting them to up it and then taking it back to Forest might have got to twice I bet the 3rd call got a big fat off, but if as has been said he is in Nottm can we assume we are Grabban's first choice?
The sale of the likes of Eric are now pretty important but it only helps in the short term as it goes in this years accounts so this years 5m is now 4.6m which is great but next year we carry a 5m liability before we have spent a penny.
Now the thing is the owners of the football league who set the rules for FFP only need 6 clubs to say lets loosen the noose a little, so at the moment the Sheep Villa Hull Leeds Us Brum Bristol and probably a couple of others have a vested interest in a little shuffle of the rules, they have just had their big annual get together
Has the ripple effect of the global transfer market from China USA and the explosion of the top leagues in Europe impacted the EFL enough for the owners to say are 2-3 years ago's numbers relevant to the league today when the going rate of players has near doubled, unprecedented transfer fee's and wages have filtered their way to the EFL and if the gap between the EPL and the EFL is to be managed as best it can be is it still a realistic number?
Mentioning China, their government have demanded a massive sell off and reduction of overseas assets and debt from their billionaires the impact of this has spanked Villa already potentially down to his book of investments being weighted off shore but who knows, Wolves will be OK as their owner now has an asset not a liability so thus will allow him to view Wolves as something he should hold onto
WBA could easily go the way of Villa, a years grace on parachute payments maybe even 2 but the fact its a consideration isn't a good thing for them, Brum will roll the dice again this summer like last summer and try to emulate Wolves, but that is highly unlikely so if they are where Villa are right now in 12 months time it wouldn't be much of a surprise
Football finances are complex issues, agents wanting complex contracts and outrageous fees even by recent standards will be the delay it will have bugger all to do with Grabban, he has probably been asked if both clubs match which do you prefer and it is that answer we should find out tomorrow the agent will be taking Forest's offer to Brum getting them to up it and then taking it back to Forest might have got to twice I bet the 3rd call got a big fat off, but if as has been said he is in Nottm can we assume we are Grabban's first choice?