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Mar 18, 2024 · For clubs that have spent any of the last three seasons outside the Premier League, owners can only put in £8 million of secure funding for those years. This leaves an overall maximum annual loss ...
- Graeme Bell
- Evergeen Football Writer
- How Are Chelsea Squaring This Incredible Outlay of Money Since Boehly Took Over?
- Has The Spending Since Boehly Took Over Surprised You?
- How Relevant Is FFP? Can Clubs Always Find Ways to Skirt Around FFP Rules?
- UEFA's Rule Change in Response
- Chelsea's Squad Size Dilemma - Who Can They Register For Cl and Pl?
- Carragher: Chelsea's Approach Feels Scattergun
- Boehly's Recruitment Strategy Analysed
"What Chelsea have decided to do is to spread the cost of the players by signing them on very long contracts. "So, by signing Mykhailo Mudryk on an eight-and-a-half-year contract, the way it is dealt with for accounting and FFP purposes is you take that £88m cost and you divide that over eight-and-a-half-years, and it works out as just over £10m-a-...
"It has surprised me to a certain extent because given that Boehly's background is that of private equity where the main aim traditionally is to hollow out the costs and to try to make a business more attractive to future owners. "You would be surprised that it is committing itself to such a large commitment in terms of cashflow, in terms of both t...
"There is an element of whack-a-mole in terms of every time we see a new series of rules come in, the accountants and the lawyers look at them from a forensic point of view and try to identify the stresses and weaknesses contained within those rules. "Then what we tend to see is that the regulators try to respond to that. "Certainly, looking at the...
Chelsea's strategy won't be able to be copied by rivals in the future, though, with UEFA moving to close the loophole around stretching transfer fees over long contracts. From the summer, clubs will only be able to spread transfer fees over a five-year period. However, these rules will not be applied retrospectively, which benefits Chelsea.
Chelsea's squad is now up to 33 players. However, the Premier League squad limit is 25, with only 17 non home-grown players allowed. They must commit their 25-player squad lists for the remainder of this season by Thursday February 2. They can also only name three new players in their Champions League squad, with the deadline for that decision at 1...
Sky Sports' Jamie Carragher on Chelsea's approach in the transfer market under new owner Todd Boehly: "It feels a bit scattergun, we thought that in the summer, I do think there is obviously a plan about what they want to do in the future," he told Sky Sports News. "I would be really interested to know what the manager's private thoughts are as it ...
Boehly has spent over £600m on players since taking ownership of Chelsea - but what is the masterplan behind the huge transfer spending? Co-owner and chairman Boehly has overseen the acquisition of 17 players so far since he took charge ahead of the summer 2022 transfer window, with Noni Madueke and Malo Gusto the latest arrivals. Among those incom...
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Jan 5, 2024 · In the same style as the Premier League, clubs are permitted to make three-year losses of €60m (£51.8m), with €55m (£21.5m) of that through 'secure funding' from owners. But for anyone feeling the pinch from those lower numbers, there's also the added cushion of an additional €30m (£25.9m) loss allowed for clubs who UEFA deems in good ...
Mar 12, 2024 · This certainly isn't the lay of the land we're used to. Even ignoring Chelsea's shopping spree 12 months ago, in the pre-Boehly era the 20 Premier League clubs spent £322.9m between them in ...
Jul 14, 2023 · United also still have to be wary about the Premier League’s P&S rules, which allow clubs to make a £15million loss over each three-year monitoring period not covered by ownership funding.
- Mark Critchley
Nov 12, 2021 · Southampton - £37 million. 19. Aston Villa - £5 million. 20. Everton - minus £35 million. Unlike any other club, Benitez and Everton have to make money. Image: PA Images. Clubs in the Premier ...
In fact, the north London club could spend up to £400m and stay within the FFP limit, twice the sum available to Arsenal and comfortably more than Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City. 'Spurs net transfer spend since 2010 is between a quarter and a half of the other Big Six clubs and it is the most successful club in terms ...
