This is an intersting analysis of the government’s White Paper,
‘A Sustainable Future – Reforming Club Football Governance’.
From page 12 here
https://www2.deloitte.com/content/d...uk-annual-review-of-football-finance-2023.pdf
Some of its guidelines suggest that regulations should:
- avoiding unnecessary regulatory burden on clubs;
- planning and monitoring, that support longterm financial sustainability for clubs;
- collaboration with key stakeholders, including the football bodies.
This aspect appears crucial as it emphasises that regulations should be adapted to evolving circumstances, such as macro factors and individual situations.
Considerations for Putin's war and our main sponsor, Usmanov, and owners company (Moshiri stake in USM) being sanctioned should be core considerations. Regarding individual circumstances, factors such as the club's most expensive signing being unable to play or be sold due to legal charges beyond the clubs control should also be taken into account. These kinds of situations can create the
unnecessary regulatory burden that the paper aims to prevent the Premier League from imposing on clubs. Such burdens could, and for us has lead to the sale of prized assets at reduced prices, impacting performance and revenue. The stadium also being a crucial investment for our longterm financial sustainability.
Our lawyers should be ramming these sorts of things down that Masters throat and making a song and dance about it to the government, IMO.