The problem with a salary cap proportional to revenue is that it will still allow clubs such as shiteh, to artificially increase their revenue through inflated commercial deals with undeclared related parties.
It might also encourage the practice of part paying salaries into players’ accounts in offshore tax havens.
Like all attempts to impose some sort of prudent financial constraint upon football teams, it is almost certainly doomed to failure i.e. an exercise in futility.
Would you like £100m per minute so we can be your official toothpick supplier?
Evidence???
If the basis for opposing a law is to say “well, people will still break it,” then no law is basically worthwhile.
The reality is that any scheme is dependent on how well it’s written and how much time and dedication is put into enforcement. City was a hair’s breadth away from being barred from the UCL for multiple years, let alone the other penalties they were facing. But CAS found that the claims were essentially barred by the Statute of Limitations - that is, UEFA took too long to discover the problem and punish it. On the other hand, Barca had to basically gut their roster - including letting Messi leave on a fucking free - in order to comply with La Liga regulations.
Write good laws. Enforce them well. And you’ll see change.
Hearing Minamino is injured from INT duty… is the loan market and free agency market still open?
Not serious though. Can’t find details beyond that.
I thought he wasn’t good enough and we need a better 5th choice attacker??? Make your mind up.
What’s his injury? How long is he out for? Reports say it’s a knock so it could be precautionary or very minor. Just as it could be major.
Until we know that answer maybe we shouldn’t all shit our pants just yet?
When did he get injured, he was on the bench against Oman.
Splinter 
That is not what I’m saying at all. Please do not put words into my mouth.
What I said (regarding a wage cap) was
“Like all attempts to impose some sort of prudent financial constraint upon football teams, it is almost certainly doomed to failure i.e. an exercise in futility.”
Before proceeding it is important to draw an important distinction. FFP is not required by the Law of the land. FFP regulations are the rules of an association and go above and beyond a club’s legal obligations. So it is quite possible to break FFP rules, but still to operate within the Law.
So we are discussing association rules, and not the Law.
For association rules to work, they have to be enforceable. In particular they must provide a mechanism for discovering, by legal means, where a breach of the rule has occurred. If you cannot discover if someone has broken a rule, you cannot enforce that rule.
In the case of FFP, for it to work it must be possible to discover any breaches by examining a clubs published financial documents.
It is important to recognise that City were exposed through leaked emails, not through the normal processes of FFP such as vetting published financial statements. If the confidential emails had not been leaked, while UEFA might have suspected a breach of the rules, it would have been impossible to prove it. No matter how hard you scrutinise shiteh’s accounts you won’t discover a breach of FFP.
It doesn’t matter how well you write the rules. If you lack the means to prove that the rules have been broken, you cannot enforce them.
A back up… for the back up?
One thing I saw being bandied around back then, was that City committed fraud with their financial statements. I can only presume that’s not the case then, since no criminal action was taken? @Kopstar?
No criminal charges have been brought…yet.
Fingers crossed. Because if nothing happens they are in for Mbappe, Haaland, Martinez, whoever they want, with no restraint, in the march to trample all before them.
Obviously they won’t buy everyone, but it is in the interests of the game that good rules are written and enforced. If Man City can do what they want I don’t see how it can be competitive longer term.
(Good discussion Jibjab and Lawton, btw).
Firmino is injured too.
What’s with that storky with the snake @Dutch
It’s the coat of arms of The Hague my hometown and it is an eel not a snake
Actually seriously, why not invite Sturridge back to train with us in building up fitness and if he shows anything good, a short term deal might work for him and us.
There is a reason he is without a club.
He was a very good player for us a few years ago, but that race is run.