Exactly. And to even consistently stay in the top 4. The rules are to benefit the top 6.The very existence of P&S rules is punishment enough for teams like us. They have stopped us competing. The only routes available for a team to break into the elite are to a) spend far more than your revenue and hope you break into the top 4 and stay there within three seasons, b) slowly and gradually build the team relying on outstanding player turnover over the long term
To this day no one has done option B, we had a go at option A and failed due to a mix of poor recruitment and also injuries. Newcastle and Villa are currently having a go at Option A. Both will not be successful unless the top 6 have a huge failure and they will be back to looking at options like selling their best players to come back into compliance, artificially inflating their sponsorship deals, or just trying to hide it from the prem and hope the regs go away
So if Villa don’t make it this year into the top 4, Emery is probably looking at transfer restrictions next year, just as Lopetegui was, just as Ancelotti was, even though all three clubs have owners who could continue to bankroll spending without an issue. Emery will go, players sold, and Villa are back to square one.
So basically if you’re not in the top 6 you have to be perfect to have even a chance of getting into the elite with these rules in place.
If you are one of the scab six you can spend what you want whenever you want however many times you want buoyed by massive commercial revenues gained over previous decades when they could spend without restriction to get their place at the top of the game.
Maybe we should just all be like a Palace or Fulham instead, just have no ambition, stay in your lane in the PL and sell your top players now and then to keep the books healthy. What’s the point?!
We’re not guilty of anything, the rules are corrupt ones designed to keep the scab six at the top, and we’ve been more than punished enough by them already.
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