• Participation within this 'World Football' is only available to members who have had 5+ posts approved elsewhere.

Other Clubs Transfer Window 2025-2026.


Vintage said:
Absolutely mad when you think we had to go through the PL for a season or 2 to get the go ahead to sign anyone. Had to selling our most valuable players. Bought very little with genuine money over probably 5 windows and still had the book thrown at us. While this lot keep going around like Johnny big balls. Where the hell is the fairness in competition in that
Click to expand...
Shouldnt part of the ruling be like it is in Spain or Italy (not sure which one, or if I've made it up), but before you actually sign a player you need to show you are at that current point in time...compliant with the laws that could be put forward at a later date.

E.g Utd know they could take a PSR knock, but feel its worth it to get the player on board, but in other country's the league wouldn't sanction the move
 
f.t.r.s said:
Wish they'd pull them up...not arsed if you're making your repayments on time...

You can't be over a billion in debt. Laying off every hourly paid member of staff and crying poverty. And still spending millions and paying silly wages ...

If you truly want to prevent clubs from destroying themselves then the likes of utd need to be made an example of...
Click to expand...

United Chelsea Liverpool Arsenal And City have had unlimited money for as long as I can remember (obviously City and Chelsea since their takeover)

Miss the CL? Doesn’t matter, unlimited money

Squad size of 50 players? Doesn’t matter

Pay for a 90 mill dud striker? Just buy a 120 mill midfielder next season

95 mill winger not work out? Just send him on loan

These teams can make mistake after mistake and have unlimited spending power. Meanwhile the rest of the league has to recruit perfectly otherwise it’s points deductions or forced fire sales.
 
Saint Domingo said:
United Chelsea Liverpool Arsenal And City have had unlimited money for as long as I can remember (obviously City and Chelsea since their takeover)

Miss the CL? Doesn’t matter, unlimited money

Squad size of 50 players? Doesn’t matter

Pay for a 90 mill dud striker? Just buy a 120 mill midfielder next season

95 mill winger not work out? Just send him on loan

These teams can make mistake after mistake and have unlimited spending power. Meanwhile the rest of the league has to recruit perfectly otherwise it’s points deductions or forced fire sales.
Click to expand...
I don't think United are still in that bracket, or at least they aren't at the moment.

A few years out of CL and a poor period of PL performance, coupled with their inflated wage bills, is meaning they are going to have to be careful.
 
PhilM said:
I don't think United are still in that bracket, or at least they aren't at the moment.

A few years out of CL and a poor period of PL performance, coupled with their inflated wage bills, is meaning they are going to have to be careful.
Click to expand...

Look at what it’s taken to get them there though, and even now they can still drop 60 mill on Cunha, we can’t.

They’ve pretty much had unlimited money for years, spent it on rubbish, and not even sold very effectively. They’re only now getting a slap across the wrist.

We spent some money in about 3 seasons out the last 30 and got slapped with 8 point deduction and the complete decimation of our entire squad through forced sales not to mention losing Ancelotti.

We had 17/18 under Koeman, 18/19 under Silva, and 20/21 under Ancelotti as big spending periods. Even then in this period we sold Stones Lukaku Barkley Gueye for big fees to offset some of that.

I’m not saying we followed all the rules but the punishment has been disproportionate. We’ve ended up with a shell of a squad of poor players to comply with these regulations and incurred deductions. United are only just having to even think about being careful.
 

Saint Domingo said:
Look at what it’s taken to get them there though, and even now they can still drop 60 mill on Cunha, we can’t.

They’ve pretty much had unlimited money for years, spent it on rubbish, and not even sold very effectively. They’re only now getting a slap across the wrist.

We spent some money in about 3 seasons out the last 30 and got slapped with 8 point deduction and the complete decimation of our entire squad through forced sales not to mention losing Ancelotti.

We had 17/18 under Koeman, 18/19 under Silva, and 20/21 under Ancelotti as big spending periods. Even then in this period we sold Stones Lukaku Barkley Gueye for big fees to offset some of that.

I’m not saying we followed all the rules but the punishment has been disproportionate. We’ve ended up with a shell of a squad of poor players to comply with these regulations and incurred deductions. United are only just having to even think about being careful.
Click to expand...
Whether we like it or not, the starting points for each club were not the same: they have a bigger stadium, more hospitality, large sponsor base and more supporters.

This has enabled them to spend more on players and wages, and it's provided additional leeway for PSR due to % of turnover and acceptable losses

In fact, it still does to some degree. But, it doesn't mean they can't still fall foul of the rules, and we're all aware of the scale of their decline over the past decade.

Their squad is full of dross on outrageous wages, which will be difficult to move on. If not for the final day, they could have been 16th or 17th!
 
PhilM said:
I don't think United are still in that bracket, or at least they aren't at the moment.

A few years out of CL and a poor period of PL performance, coupled with their inflated wage bills, is meaning they are going to have to be careful.
Click to expand...
Looks,like their ‘careful’ is sacking tea ladies and back room staff earning £30/40k pa
 
Saint Domingo said:
Look at what it’s taken to get them there though, and even now they can still drop 60 mill on Cunha, we can’t.

They’ve pretty much had unlimited money for years, spent it on rubbish, and not even sold very effectively. They’re only now getting a slap across the wrist.

We spent some money in about 3 seasons out the last 30 and got slapped with 8 point deduction and the complete decimation of our entire squad through forced sales not to mention losing Ancelotti.

We had 17/18 under Koeman, 18/19 under Silva, and 20/21 under Ancelotti as big spending periods. Even then in this period we sold Stones Lukaku Barkley Gueye for big fees to offset some of that.

I’m not saying we followed all the rules but the punishment has been disproportionate. We’ve ended up with a shell of a squad of poor players to comply with these regulations and incurred deductions. United are only just having to even think about being careful.
Click to expand...
Don't see any evidence of them even getting this
 
Gallaeo said:
Looks,like their ‘careful’ is sacking tea ladies and back room staff earning £30/40k pa
Click to expand...
Part of me feels that quite severe cuts might have happened either way, and the whole PSR complaint is a convenient excuse for INEOS to act.

As I've said before, it's their standard modus operandi: take over, slash wages, strip assets and cut 'excess' to make their topline improve.

Do they need to save money? Of course, but the most efficient method would be through players if they really needed to cut the wage bill down, significantly.

Maybe, just maybe, United's workforce had become unnecessarily bloated... yet I stand by the point that a player or two moved on would fix the real cash issue.

They just aren't a nice company to a) work for or b) work with.
 

Zubi gives Arteta his Basque spine with Merino, Vitinho exposed how much help was needed in the center of the park

I just think the negotiations for him was poorly executed by the club, might’ve made the difference in CL had they closed it last summer
 

Welcome

Join Grand Old Team to get involved in the Everton discussion. Signing up is quick, easy, and completely free.

Register

Shop

Back
Top