I'm assuming they can sell at the end of the season, then spend like idiots before the new one starts.
Not exactly. The sanction and potential deduction is against past FFP shortfall.
Maybe we could buy him for £30m on June 30th and sell him back the next day for £40m
Can we buy him for £25m in June and sell him back to Leicester for £40m in July?
Great minds...Maybe we could buy him for £30m on June 30th and sell him back the next day for £40m
Yes but if they've sold a few of their best players, then they are starting even further behind when it comes to squad strengthening. Not only do they need to improve their squad they need to find replacements for whoever they sell. I'm not saying they won't have the money to get new players in, however they would be starting recruitment from a point where the squad is worse than it is now which means they will need more bodies in and increases the risk when it comes to transfers now working out etc. Making the chances of them reaching/challenging for the top 10 even more of a task and certainly more unlikely than us being able to reach that level again next season.
The rules cover a 3 year rolling period, so they wouldn’t be able to do that either.
It only changes things if Leicester carry out their threats from last night and sue the FA, the Premier League, the EFL and anyone else who stands in their way. They are clearly very angry that cheats can’t prosper having cheated their way to promotion a decade ago or so.
I think they will. Both to stave off future points deductions and try to convince the authorities that they are belatedly taking this seriously
I think the difference was that Watford had nothing to play for, so announcing the Pedro sale with games left would have had little impact on their overall league position. Leicester are fighting for promotion, and even if a deal is agreed, I can't see them announcing a sale until their campaign is sealed
The problem with relegation is it completely screws over the 2nd and 3rd best team in the division they get relegated to. The year we went up to the Premier League, if Man City had been relegated as punishment the year before, we'd have presumably finished 3rd and gone into the play-offs, instead of securing the promotion that the whole plan was aimed at. We could easily have then not gone up, lost the likes of Murray and Knockaert etc that Summer and then slipped back down to being a mid-table club, and had to start the whole 5 year plan again.
I don´t understand how they got away with that, once they were back in the EFL.
What I said was 'before the opening of the summer transfer window'. I did not say a deal would be communicated before the end of the Championship season.
Depends on what the alternative is. Playing for a club challenging for Europe compared to one starting with a points deduction in a relegation battle sounds alright to me.
….or had more of an incentive not to play the last 3 games while pissed.
