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16-04-2024 11:56
16-04-2024 11:56
Premier League Clubs vote new sustainability rules for 2025 season
Premier League clubs have unanimously agreed to implement spending caps on player acquisitions as part of a broader initiative to reform the league’s profitability and sustainability rules (PSR), aiming to complete these reforms by the Premier League’s Annual General Meeting in June, according to a report published by The Guardian.
The reform comes in response to ongoing concerns over financial stability within the league and its members. This will mark the introduction of some adjusted cost-control ratios within a new policy framework that will vary between teams playing in continental competitions and those outside of them but looking to get there eventually.
Under the newly agreed rules, clubs participating in European competitions will be restricted to allocating no more than 70% of their revenue toward player-related expenses, including wages, transfer fees, and agents’ fees.
The rest of the EPL clubs, meaning those not clinching UCL, UEL, and UCL berths whether that’s via positioning in the league table or by winning a domestic/continental cup, will be subject to a slightly higher 85% limit. This 15% margin is aimed at maintaining competitive balance while encouraging “outsiders” to try and catch up with bigger foes by giving them a little bit more room to spend on better players.
The new regulations align with UEFA’s financial control system and they are expected to be fully operational by the 2025-26 season while they will operate in parallel to the current PSR rules in place on a test basis for a few months during next year.
The initial tests will work in some sort of “shadow form” through the 2024-25 EPL season before the official implementation comes in time for the 2025-26 campaign. Drafting of the comprehensive rule set, which will be centered around the cost control ratio, is expected to be completed by the end of this season or the start of the summer offseason period at the latest.
While minor infractions of these rules may result in financial penalties, significant violations will continue to be met with points deductions as it’s been the case this season with the main wrongdoer being Everton.
On top of the Toffees, Nottingham Forest has been deducted four points already while all of Leicester, Chelsea FC, and Manchester City are currently under investigation for alleged violations and could suffer severe consequences and penalties during the next few months, including potential automatic relegations and forfeiting titles won in previous campaigns.
The reform comes in response to ongoing concerns over financial stability within the league and its members. This will mark the introduction of some adjusted cost-control ratios within a new policy framework that will vary between teams playing in continental competitions and those outside of them but looking to get there eventually.
Under the newly agreed rules, clubs participating in European competitions will be restricted to allocating no more than 70% of their revenue toward player-related expenses, including wages, transfer fees, and agents’ fees.
The rest of the EPL clubs, meaning those not clinching UCL, UEL, and UCL berths whether that’s via positioning in the league table or by winning a domestic/continental cup, will be subject to a slightly higher 85% limit. This 15% margin is aimed at maintaining competitive balance while encouraging “outsiders” to try and catch up with bigger foes by giving them a little bit more room to spend on better players.
The new regulations align with UEFA’s financial control system and they are expected to be fully operational by the 2025-26 season while they will operate in parallel to the current PSR rules in place on a test basis for a few months during next year.
The initial tests will work in some sort of “shadow form” through the 2024-25 EPL season before the official implementation comes in time for the 2025-26 campaign. Drafting of the comprehensive rule set, which will be centered around the cost control ratio, is expected to be completed by the end of this season or the start of the summer offseason period at the latest.
While minor infractions of these rules may result in financial penalties, significant violations will continue to be met with points deductions as it’s been the case this season with the main wrongdoer being Everton.
On top of the Toffees, Nottingham Forest has been deducted four points already while all of Leicester, Chelsea FC, and Manchester City are currently under investigation for alleged violations and could suffer severe consequences and penalties during the next few months, including potential automatic relegations and forfeiting titles won in previous campaigns.