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Late to the party here, but McKenna being paid more than Howe next season is mental. Dyche also being above Howe is nuts as well

I don’t have a telegraph subscription so haven’t read the document but I can’t see it making a difference otherwise Forest would have just moved their date forward to 31st August to avoid falling foul of the rules last season (you get until the day you need to file the accounts to change the date so they had plenty of time to do it). 2 other points, the psr period is (as I read it) based on seasons and the accounting period to 30th June is just used as a proxy for this. There’s a couple of clubs who don’t have 30th June and the premier league seem fine with that but moving the period when it looks like you’d breach is likely to fall foul of any good faith clause. Villa moving from May to June only adjusts price money recognition by 1/12 it’s not encroaching into another transfer window which is probably why it was allowed

Stupid beard

I know we’re all laughing at Brexit Jim but if that is our offer you have to think that there are serious thoughts that Everton are right in the shit and might need to accept fire sale prices for a couple of players

Or a keeper coming off the back of playing half a season of a 7th place premier league finish and a starting birth in the Euros. we won’t get millions, but there’s a few hundred k in that profile for someone

Lewis would be a £3m write off, Hayden zero. and I said (or meant to say) £5m max without specifying if I was money in or profit 🤐 think there is a couple of million in Ashby, £500k for dubs and Lewis, Hayden we’d have to give away.

Just try asking someone with a stammer to say it. or even just a general speech impediment. and like any kid with ADHD is going to get through saying that from start to finish

Aye I reckon £5m total for Dubs, Hayden, Lewis, Ashby

But we’re taking him back on a 3 year loan at £1m a year

we turn the fax machine off in 52 minutes

The easiest way would be to require all clubs to have a year end of the 31st August and align the transfer window with that. The problem then is you have an accounting period spanning 2 league seasons and that opens up opportunities to play around with costs and income too much. The better way would be to make all year ends 30th June and require accounts to be filed with the Premier League by the 30th September along with a trading statement of player sales and purchases in the summer window. You would then base the PSR calculation on this to allow for a mitigation of breaches through the transfer window. When you get to next year then you would need to adjust that years calculation by whatever amount you needed to plug the hole this year to avoid sales being used twice. You would then also be able to settle all matters by Christmas

Nope

There may well be a whiff of this being part of a longer power play by our owners. Drop a credible rumour in about how 2 teams are going to play the system, see the meltdown and hurried rule changes and bank this in the anti-competitiveness folder for after the City dealings are resolved

Looking forward to seeing Merino, Perez and Joselu tear it up tonight

ashby?

With Ineos he probably can bully his way through negotiations and totally underpay his suppliers. he just can’t do that with ManU

They might all start in the final game now

I'll add.. Mexico Jorge Campos USA Alexi Lalas USA94 all the way

I don't think the primary purpose for any Multi Club model is to evade FFP, of course it would be a significant thought but not the driver. You can hide/spread a lot of things across a group which financially would help FFP where needed, but authorities will get wise to it. Player wise, the 2 main benefits are being able to get hold of young players in local leagues and bring them into the group to develop and then to move your younger players / those who need work permits around to help them develop

That's low - now I'm imagining Bruno being managed by Keegan

Del Piero Papin Raul Bergkamp

The original one was better in long sleeve than short sleeve

Caveats on everyone playing everyone twice but that does look like a potential league winners spread of fixtures. decent run to the last week of September when with confidence Man City come to visit. Could be looking very good for an exciting season then

If it was reckless (and I don't think it was) then 'winning' the ball wouldn't come into it

We’re more likely to get a newly promoted team away. potential upset and all that, we’re in the sweet spot for setting that up atm