The financial power of the Premier League

IRISHSPORTSGUY

Thoughts on this.. Getting ridiculous?

With the new TV deal clubs like West Ham and Southampton will be bringing in more money than most major clubs on the continent soon. I don't think Financial Fair Play is the answer either as their primary source of income comes from TV money (which isn't restricted). The way things are going, the Premier League wilol be able to buy up the cream of football's talent if they wished and could outmuscle any club from the continent in the transfer market apart from about 2 each in Spain, France, Germany and Russia.

UEFA need to get back to the drawing board to think of a way to even the playing field. The homegrown player rules are a start... although it encourages major clubs to stockpile the world's best youths, many will fall by the wayside.

IRISHSPORTSGUY

IRISHSPORTSGUY wrote: »

Thoughts on this.. Getting ridiculous?

With the new TV deal clubs like West Ham and Southampton will be bringing in more money than most major clubs on the continent soon. I don't think Financial Fair Play is the answer either as their primary source of income comes from TV money (which isn't restricted). The way things are going, the Premier League wilol be able to buy up the cream of football's talent if they wished and could outmuscle any club from the continent in the transfer market apart from about 2 each in Spain, France, Germany and Russia.

UEFA need to get back to the drawing board to think of a way to even the playing field. The homegrown player rules are a start... although it encourages major clubs to stockpile the world's best youths, many will fall by the wayside.

Have you considered what clubs are spending on wages?

Not too many PL teams making profit. In fact many are in severe debt.

Beefy78

UEFA shouldn't be trying to even the playing field.

If the Premier League is an attractive league to viewers around the World then its right that its TV rights should fetch a lot.

Paully D

rarnes1 wrote: »

Have you considered what clubs are spending on wages?

Not too many PL teams making profit. In fact many are in severe debt.

Most clubs spending around 70% of turnover on wages these days. It's going in one pocket and out the other.

starviewadams

UEFA and FIFA have no interest in levelling the playing field,it's down to the FA to try and put some sort of control on the PL in order to salvage the game in England as a whole.

IRISHSPORTSGUY

Beefy78 wrote: »

UEFA shouldn't be trying to even the playing field.

If the Premier League is an attractive league to viewers around the World then its right that its TV rights should fetch a lot.

Sky (a domestic company) paying 3 billion for rights is where the main unevening of the playing field occurs tbh.

Richard Hillman

IRISHSPORTSGUY wrote: »

Sky (a domestic company) paying 3 billion for rights is where the main unevening of the playing field occurs tbh.

and Sky pay that 3 billion because............

GTR63

La Liga is in a lot of trouble looking at the amount of talent that has and will leave.

losthorizon

IRISHSPORTSGUY wrote: »

The homegrown player rules are a start...

illegal under EU rules I believe which is why I believe UEFA got rid of them (or were forced to).

I don't believe the English premier League is going anywhere. In fact they are lucky that the Italian league is in such disarray at the moment otherwise they would be in danger of losing a CL place.

NIMAN

How the English bubble hasn't exploded is beyond me. Maybe it will some day.

I would love to see something like the 3 foreigner rule come in again, for me that was a good era in European football, and if every team had a certain number of top players it would level the playing field.

OK so I know its against labour laws etc, but for the good of the game it would be a welcome addition. Maybe even 5 foreigners per team, that would help dramatically.

Despite what all the big teams and their FAs might believe, turning all Europe's top leagues into 2 horse races is a recipe for disaster for the future.

greendom

Beefy78 wrote: »

UEFA shouldn't be trying to even the playing field.

If the Premier League is an attractive league to viewers around the World then its right that its TV rights should fetch a lot.

There is no intention to level any playing fields. FFP's intention was to stop the headlong race into ever higher and higher transfer fees and wages to stop clubs going bankrupt in the attempt to keep up.

darced

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Francie Barrett

IRISHSPORTSGUY wrote: »

UEFA need to get back to the drawing board to think of a way to even the playing field. The homegrown player rules are a start... although it encourages major clubs to stockpile the world's best youths, many will fall by the wayside.

At least the money is spread more evenly in the Premier League. In Italy and Spain, the top clubs take the vast majority of the cash entrenching their position at the top further.

citytillidie

Francie Barrett wrote: »

At least the money is spread more evenly in the Premier League. In Italy and Spain, the top clubs take the vast majority of the cash entrenching their position at the top further.

Is it not the case that in Italy and Spain teams can do there own tv contract where as in England it is a league contract

Beefy78

greendom wrote: »

There is no intention to level any playing fields. FFP's intention was to stop the headlong race into ever higher and higher transfer fees and wages to stop clubs going bankrupt in the attempt to keep up.

Nonsense. FPP is about maintaining the status quo and protecting the elite cartel of clubs who dominate European football by making it impossible for anyone to ever challenge them.

greendom

Beefy78 wrote: »

Nonsense. FPP is about maintaining the status quo and protecting the elite cartel of clubs who dominate European football by making it impossible for anyone to ever challenge them.

I'm not sure I understand - levelling playing fields and maintaining the status quo are hardly the same thing are they ?

Beefy78

I never said that they were.

everdead.ie

The fact that west ham can pay 100k to Carroll and 15-19m to Liverpool shows how flush the premier league is with cash with the new tv deal.