https://theathletic.com/5457496/2024/04/29/premier-league-spending-salary-cap/

"Premier League clubs have agreed to push ahead with plans for a hard spending cap as part of the “squad cost” rules that will come into effect at the start of the 2025-26 season.

The measure was discussed at a Premier League shareholders’ meeting at The Churchill hotel in London on Monday and is now set to be voted on at the league’s annual general meeting in June."

As revealed by The Athletic last week, the de facto salary cap will “anchor” the maximum permitted spending of any club to a multiple of what the lowest earning side receives via the Premier League’s centralised broadcast and commercial deals.

The concept was first brought up last year, with a multiple of 4.5 in mind, but after several clubs strongly opposed the idea, a multiple of five is expected to be implemented if the proposal passes.

The introduction of the squad cost rule from 2025-26 was unanimously approved at a Premier League shareholder’s meeting earlier this month and is expected to be finalised during June’s AGM.

The spending cap is intended to function as a backstop to the squad cost rule, which will see clubs’ spending tied to a percentage of their revenue."

Personally I am very supportive of salary caps and would love to see a premier league where every club in the division can realistically dream of winning a league title.

I also think if it is successful eg, profitable it might encourage other leagues to enact similar caps.

In the short term this will probably take prem clubs out of contention to win the UCL, but might make us Stronger in Europa or Conference league. I think talent might more evenly distribute across the premier league making 5-7 Stronger.

by ChelseaPIFshares

5 comments

  1. This is good. The metric is something that City can’t fabticate. That is why they are so against this, lol.

    It’s really a brilliant move from PL.

  2. Now city can’t benefit from their owners blood soaked slavery oil money

  3. So going the American route. Cap player costs so owners make more money. Not judging one way or the other but it works in the US cause there is no real competition amongst the major sports there. Then take a look at MLS. There’s a cap there and it’s effectively full of lower league talent and end of the run European league stars to draw crowds. Meanwhile all the current talent can make more elsewhere. Again, I’m good with a level playing field but the other major leagues will need to follow suit or the EPL will see a talent drain.

  4. >In the short term this will probably take prem clubs out of contention to win the UCL,

    I double PL take will suddenly spend less than other European teams.

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