Bigger cars for agents.
I don't think there is any chance that wages and fees won't go up. There will be some really silly numbers thrown around this summer.It will mean that we no longer need to sell a player a season to offset losses, assuming that clubs manage to keep this out of the hands of agents and players.
Yes good point. I've mentioned that before but forgot to here ... the biggest impact I can see is the Prem gets stronger against other Euro leagues. I don't think it will matter much at the top end of the CL but the Europa level sides in the Prem will be much stronger than equivalent in other leagues.It also means our buying power in the european markets goes up as we compete for players with sides across europe
... but if most other sides at our level invest the money in players it would mean we fall behind in total spend. We might make it up eventually when (if) the new infrastructure starts paying off but it's a delicate balancing act.It could mean we have some money available to invest in the infrastructure of the club, again, assuming a will to do so.
This is it - because every club will get more, the playing field will be identical to now.
We don't (currently) compete with those teams on the pitch. We compete with them to some degree in the transfer market. However the impact of that might not be that large. Ligue 1 made almost 100m in profit from the Prem according to the latest figures. So players in those leagues will be available but they have basically always been available. One team aside they are a selling league (as are most in Europe, at least compared with the Prem). Maybe slightly better players come into play but we won't be competing with most Ligue 1 teams for their signatures anyway ... we will still compete with Prem teams even when we're signing players from other leagues.However we will get a monster boost relative to non-EPL clubs So despite the playing field remaining equal within the league, outside the league we have money to play with
According to Talksport last night the bottom club in the league will get about £60m and it will incrementally increase as you go up the table. Until then I was under the impression that it was about £14m each but apparently:
"Under the new deal, clubs are set to receive at least £14m more than they already get from the Premier League.
In perspective, Manchester City earned £60.6m for being crowned champions last season. The bottom-placed Premier League club look set to receive this figure from TV rights alone, regardless of how they perform.
Next season’s champions will receive a hike of £29.2m, taking £89.9m for finishing top of the pile.
The team finishing bottom will still earn £53.3m, without taking into account the fact that overseas TV rights may fluctuate. If these rights rise an expected 50%, the bottom club would receive £62.7m, with the champions taking just shy of £100m".
I make that £1.865m per place which would mean that, if we finished 7th, we would trouser £88.81m! Given that we reportedly owe £46m we could potentially pay it off, meet the £17m valuation of Finch Farm and still have £25.81m available for transfers.
Initially, it will stop us from making losses and give us extra money to spend. Eventually, our increased expenditure will either match or exceed the new revenue, and we will be back to breaking even or suffering losses. However, it will be as a result of money being spent on the club, which can't be a bad thing.
At the very least, it's an opportunity to get our house back in order, but if it's invested wisely, I believe it's an opportunity to make us truly competitive once again.
The problem we have is, every new TV deal has been record breaking and yet we continue to grow the debt and sell off assets. I see no change with this TV deal.