by RoyalBlue »
12 Aug 2022 11:18
Snowflake Royal Stranded Nameless
Although it was said quite specifically that Sarr has signed, which must be interesting legally if the deal hasn’t been ratified. Presumably he’s not being paid and we’ve not got ourselves tied in to a deal for a player who can’t actually play for,us ?
We may well be paying him but if he isn't registered, his wages likely don't count towards the squad budget. Looks like we just need proof that Puscas or someone is on the way out for the registration to happen. Frustrating if it's true that the EFL switched their stance from allowing the signing and then us balancing the books to the other way round but completely understandable and correct really.
Shows we really need to get the last couple of big spenders out asap, if we want to add more strength in depth.
Given we've had several offers on the table for Puscas and haven't accepted them, I find it hard to blame the FL for not trusting us, given our track record.
From what I've heard recently, it's Puscas turning down the moves because he doesn't want a drop in wages, rather than the club not accepting offers.
And I remain to be convinced that FFP (supposedly a good thing in principle) is fit for purpose as it is currently being applied. It still seems unfair that if EFL clubs spend beyond their means (in the eyes of the EFL), in a bid to get to the EPL ,they get hammered the way we and others have been, yet clubs relegated from the EPL can spend way beyond their true means (courtesy of parachute payments) in a bid to get back up. In most cases they succeed too.
Where owners have money that they're prepared to spend on their clubs, then maybe that should be permitted to do so. However, that could be conditional upon them paying funds into a fund administered by the EFL to cover the full cost of any player contracts that they commit to, over and above those that the EFL consider are within the club's daily means. That way the club finances would be protected from any such liabilities in the event that an owner walked away.
Alternatively get radical and really level the playing field by operating financial controls and restrictions across the league in the way that MLS do (hopefully with slightly easier to understand rules and procedures!).