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I don't think it would stop the bogeymen, provided you kept within FFP limits (and the above clubs effectively did), they could still be bought and sold for a profit, asset stripped, or used as moneylaundering vehicles.

FFP would not have stopped Archer taking over the Albion, the pass the parcel activities at Portsmouth and Leeds, the ongoing power struggles at Glasgow Rangers, or Palace going into administration.

There's a very good criteria. FFP in the Premier League allows a club to lose £105 million over a 3 year period. That is not living within its means. Under those rules Portsmouth would have satisfied FFP and still ended up in the situation they are in today. FFP also ignores the fundamental...

The Championship have no control over PL clubs and vice versa as they are different bodies. UEFA can do what they want with their TV revenues, the Championship can't dictate to the PL.

The legal claim is being made against UEFA, so it would impact upon all leagues governed by UEFA. I still don't understand why anyone thinks FFP is a good thing though.

I agree with you entirely. If you take a look at the United press release today in respect of their results Steady Eddie witters on about commercial deals and EBITDA, but there's very little about a decent defence......................and long may in continue.

It's a myth that they haven't spent well in recent years, in the last four seasons (before this summers splurge) they spent a NET £170 million on players, and they won the league only 15 months ago. What they haven't done is bought good players. Included in the £170 million are the likes of...

Manchester United have managed quite easily running with huge debts, and the Albion are surviving despite owing TB over £100 million.

Backing him is an irrelevance, the issue is whether FFP is legal. The only reason why City and PSG didn't take UEFA to court this year was that their penalties were watered down to an acceptable level. The elephant in the room in relation to FFP isn't the clubs, it could be a player. The...

But if the club owner funds the losses via an equity issue it is not putting the business into greater debt. Manchester City have the lowest prices in the Premier League, mainly due to the club owners subsidising the operational activities of the club, I don't see what they have done wrong.