Arsene Wenger says the FFP is dead
On the "success" of the FFP:
It has gone. I have seen the signs coming from Uefa for a while now. I thought for a while FFP would happen but now it is not possible.
On how Arsenal will deal with it:
Exactly the same. We continue to run our business with the resources we create. We can always recreate the resources and [other clubs] can put a hundred or two hundred on top. It is always like that. Maybe it will change here one day. It is not a shortage of money. At the moment it is a handicap to us because we have the resources, just shortage of players.
Honestly I don't see how they can limit clubs spending money they have access to. It is a business at the end of the day and this should not be limited. The limitation should simply by on player registration limits.
Squads are already limited, so all players to the club at each level should be limited, as well as the number of players any club can have out on loan.
At the end of the day City might then be able to spend the most, but they couldn't have ALL the best players due to squad limits.
I have to say City are the prime example of how to use money to build a global club brand.
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I disagree, it should be limited. There should be global transfer fee and wage caps. Included in that should be a cap on how much a club is allowed to budget on a player, to get around fiddling with bonuses and such. I've said this for years:
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No-one would ever sell a player ever again if there was a 20m cap
I'm honestly not fussed with spending, I'm more fussed about our boards naivety thinking anything developed by UEFA and money would actually work and it's left us behind. Again.
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Of course they would, why not? Putting caps on fees and wages now means sugar daddies can't come into the market and distort the balance, hoard all the super talent and make the world an awful place. No one could buy themselves success anymore, you'd have to put more money into developing youngsters and making sure your club setup is good enough to attract players.
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Because the club would have no reason to sell if they believe the player to be worth more than the demand. Basic economics.
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You're working under a flawed premise. Worth is relative.
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You can't cap how much somebody can earn. The wages are based on what the club can earn by having that player, through shirt sales or winning trophies. It would just make the clubs richer with no use for that money. We also know there will always be work arounds to wage caps.
The simple solution is to limit the areas they can't work around as easily.
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I have no issue with clubs spending money. We have the potential to get an owner whose willing for us to spunk money. But obviously we're too classy for that even though back in the early 1900's we were just as bad as what City are now.
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Well no, the money would be used for improving stadiums, infrastructure, youth development, make tickets cheaper for fans, give back to the community, etc. It's a win-win.
Not in my model. My wage cap is a cap on total earnings.
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The FFP was taken round the back of the sheds and shot.
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Now that ffp is dead, it's time to stop buying players?
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There's a salary cap system in the NRL (the rugby league competition in Australasia) and every year the club I support loses our best players because of the cap. Young players come through the ranks, do well and then head off when we can't fit them under the cap.
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I hate the idea of salary caps and transfer caps.
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The alternative is that mediocre clubs like Chelsea and Man City can buy instant success just because a billionaire wakes up bored on his yacht one day and wants to get into sports.
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Eventually every club will be owned by Billionaires so it will only be the Trillionair clubs that will win anything.
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