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Change what?

benetez said recently on lacal radio he thinks torres will stay! the reason if he goes is the cut from the transfer fee and the 200 grand a week not to mention the 50% tax payment that comes in in april for high earners, oh and clubs have to spend only what they earn come the summer.so they have to buy big now or never and we wont get this much offered for him again

You sure that "spend what you earn" rule is exactly as written, Liverbirdlian? I'm not saying you're wrong, just having a hard time working out how the FA managed to pass a law that prevents a club from investing in its squad should it be sold. How do you save an ailing club now?

thats what im trying to work out its not to clear yet but you have to think its ok having a more level playing field but look what the money teams are doing! buying all players and spend spend spend, so by the time we get the rule in place we will already be further behind in the class players department

I agree that there is a form of control, but I would have thought one would have to control one's wage bill relative to income. I accept that the idea that outside investment implies loans implies not what we really want in the current economic climate, but "spend no more than you earn" means "you can't save up for a class player", and very much locks clubs into their categories. People who qualify for CL will quickly put a large distance between themselves and the rest; do we really want the EPL to be like La Liga, where 2 teams own pretty much all the good players in Spain?

Sounds like a good idea poorly implemented, though one could never accuse the FA of brilliance.

That makes much more sense.