UEFA To Stop Chelsea's Spending Power?

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Chelsea are remaining tight-lipped on Uefa proposals to curb Blues owner Roman Abramovich's spending power.



Lars-Christer Olsson, chief executive of European football's governing body, said: "Prolific spending could be banned but it needs a lot of thinking.

"To tackle it you have to agree within the European community that this is unfair competition. Chelsea is a special case."

A Chelsea spokesman said: "We have no comment to make on this."

Uefa is looking to mobilise the European Union in a sweeping reform of the way professional clubs are licensed.

It claims the new system will ensure fairness in all competitions, with clubs responsible for raising their own income and not relying on the bounty of rich benefactors.

Olsson admitted he was reluctant to single Chelsea out, but said: "There is no other club in Europe like them at the moment. "Is it fair competition? It is very unfair for clubs who don't have a benefactor like this and who have to live within their means."

Whats everyones thoughts on this?

I dont really see the point to be honest. Ok, yes it makes it unfair on the other clubs around not having the spending power of Chelsea but its not like chelsea are dominating world football is it?

They cant just do this now to keep everyone else happy.

What about the smaller clubs such as your Charltons, Boro's, Fulham's etc. They havent been able to match Man Utd, Liverpools spending so should we limit that too?

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Originally Posted by Kiko

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What about the smaller clubs such as your Charltons, Boro's, Fulham's etc. They havent been able to match Man Utd, Liverpools spending so should we limit that too?

Brilliant Kiko You spot the blatantly obvious flaw that the clever fuckers at UEFA failed to spot.

Let's take away Chelsea's ability to spend the most money because it's not generated by the club. Then Man U become the club that can generate/spend the most money, buy players to stick on the bench and create a monopoly.

It's good to see that United are suddenly concerned about clubs paying over inflated prices for players.

How much did they spend on Veron again?

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A Salary cap would work.

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That's assuming that all the payments were official and transparent CG.

Which they never have been and never will be.

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Originally Posted by Computer Guy

A Salary cap would work.

It would never happen CG but a salary cap would do wonders for wiping out the greed in football.

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Originally Posted by Kiko

It would never happen CG but a salary cap would do wonders for wiping out the greed in football.

What? You mean like the salary caps in place for the NFL and NBA? Yep, that really wiped out the greed in those sports, those guys are all living sombre lives and all on the poverty line aren't they?

Read how these caps are calculated. There is so many avenues for other forms of payment, compensation etc that any club with a savvy accountant will continue to pay the players exactly what they are getting at present.

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Its all b*ll*cks. Market forces in every area of business define wage levels and the amount business are able to spend. You cant have a wage cap or salary carp because that restricts the player's right to earn. Even if they were to impose a maximum limit of say £50k a week, they could still make payments to players through other means. Cars, houses, image rights - they are all ways to give them money on the side. And totally legal too as long as they declare it for tax.

You cant impose a spending limit on a club as they could argue that it is against EU Legislation. It is not the business of Government or any other organisation to limit what people or companies in the private sector earn or charge.

If UEFA imposed a wage cap for the club of say 50% of turn-over, rich owners like Abramovich would just bump up the turn over by sponsoring the club or by some other way. The super rich will find a way around everything you can throw at them.

When are the Government going to step in and curb city bonuses. They far outweigh even top footballer's wages and yet we hear nothing of them..... Is it because in the main, footballers are working class? I wonder.... I mean no one likes to see a rich, vulgar working class man made good do they......

Just out of interest, at what level would the wage cap be set? If it was say £40k a week, that is probably still too much for the likes of Sheffield United or Wigan and so the discussion is academic. Why should Wayne Rooney be paid on a par with someone of a lesser ability because of a UEFA directive anyway?

I mean lets say United have to limit Rooney's wage at £40k a week (poor Wayne I know, must be a struggle). If a club like Man City had an injury crisis and were desperate for a striker in January and signed say Henrik Pederson as a last resort, on £40k a week to get them out of the shit. How is it fair that a player of Rooney's calibre is paid the same as a player of a lesser calibre.

At least in the open market, the difference between the good and the not so good exists. If we had a cap on the wage levels, the gap wouldnt be there to that extent. How is that fair and equitable?

I rest my patchwork, mish-mash case your honour.