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Yeah, that under the table thing is what concerns me also with these salary cap issues. The world of football is full of shady stuff going on, compared to American pro sports leagues. There the main point is to make money to the owners. Motivation is that so the owners want to make the product as good as possible to maximize the returns. That's why there are salary caps and then all kind of parity mechanisms.

In European football it's simply different. In European football the owners of the clubs are not in it for the money mostly, at the top level. Or haven't been traditionally (it has changed a bit in recent 10-15 years with Americans coming in). Owners want to win. That's why there will be all this circumventing the system if some limits restrict your actions to achieve the victory.

All different kind of roster spot restrictions might be the way to go. It would make the wealth of the owners irrelevant when reaching certain level. Of course some financial regulations need to be there but strict rules with rosters make it automatic for the regulators.
 
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Since @varmin, rightfully, brought it up we can have the discussion about the new UEFA regulations that will replace FFP on this thread.

This is not the thread, but where are discussed new UEFA regulations which will replace FFP?

UEFA agrees new financial sustainability rules for clubs

MANCHESTER, England, April 7 (Reuters) - Top European clubs will be limited to spending no more than 70% of their revenue on their squads under new "sustainability regulations" passed by UEFA's executive committee on Thursday.

The new approach will replace the previous Financial Fair Play system and introduces a "squad cost rule" that will limit spending on wages, transfers and agent fees.

The 70% figure will be reached after a three year transition period, gradually falling from 90%.

"UEFA's first financial regulations, introduced in 2010, served its primary purpose," UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said at the Executive Committee meeting in Nyon.

"They helped pull European football finances back from the brink and revolutionised how European football clubs are run.

"However, the evolution of the football industry, alongside the inevitable financial effects of the pandemic, has shown the need for wholesale reform and new financial sustainability regulations."

UEFA added that acceptable losses will double from 30 million euros ($32.74 million) over three years to 60 million euros over the same period.
The new regulations will come into force in June 2022.

 

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24/25 season, i wonder if there will be more changes to come like the proposed X amount of homegrown players required.
 

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I know this doesnt exists in EPL but what about for everyone else, seems like were the only team not spending
 

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? It very much does. They have a stricter domestic regulation even (although Chelsea broke it and now they're changing next season)
 

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it probably does, fyi. If its a proper shadow organisation, there's no need for anyone to obey with FFP/etc if you dont want to compete in Serie A or UEFA.
 

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who knows what kind of circus we will be watching in the near future, whether it will have FFP, how many teams will compete etc
 
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