Originally Posted by
TheDOC1979
United readying up Varane transfer…aren’t these fuckers in shit loads of debt? FFP anyone or is that just another in house joke
"Covid 19 has generated a revenue crisis and had a big impact on the liquidity of clubs. This is a crisis which is very different from anything we have had to tackle before. In such a situation obviously clubs are struggling; they have difficulties in complying with their obligations.
I think in general rules must always evolve. They have to adapt to the context in which clubs operate. The break-even rule, the way it works now it looks backwards: it performs an assessment of a situation in the past [looking at profit and loss over three previous seasons. The pandemic represents such an abrupt change that looking to the past is becoming purposeless.
So maybe the rules should have a stronger focus on the present and the future and should definitely have stronger focus on the challenges of high levels of wages and the transfer market. The solution of this is not easy."
- a few quotes from Andrea Traverso, from an article back in March - doesn't provide much help admittedly. I think the last FFP update was that, due to the pandemic, FFP regulations would be measured over a two-year spell, rather than one year. So a club could risk going over-budget for a year with a view to pulling it back later on. In United's particular case, they could very well be looking at something like selling Pogba and Martial, which would help to reduce any "dent" of Sancho+Varane.
Don't like seeing them strengthen, needless to say. We could do with a couple of buyers of our lesser-utilised players, but I think a lot of clubs will "bargain hunt" before coming to us so it might be a window of late action and last-minute nonsense, which will suit Sky Sports News no end!
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