They signed Jorginho for around 50mill the same window as when they signed Kepa for 70mill, which was followed by a mid season arrival of Higuain for a substantial loan fee.
They also signed Kovacic with a little over half of the Hazard money last summer.
They’ve got Ziyech arriving for 38mill.
Then when you throw in the 55mill or whatever it was they paid for Pulisic, they’ve certainly been throwing the money around. Their income is surely considerably less than ours so I’m not sure how they are going to keep spending whilst taking a big hit to their income. Unless FFP is just to be ignored from now on...
Oh boy, my memory was way off the mark here. You're right, they have been throwing money around.
From a money perspective, they can do that because the owner does not rely on them being good to actually be able to throw a ton of money. From
a FFP perspective we all know its a joke.
Teams like PSG, Madrid, City, Barca have been spending ridiculous amounts of money with no repercussions whatsoever. They finally decided to punish City yet when you look at why they are doing so, it's for stuff that is much shadier than the main stuff FFP has been brought on for.
For UEFA to move on you, you basically have to abuse the system to an extent that is beyond ridiculous and for this abuse to be leaked online so UEFA is kinda cornered into taking action because god forbid they actually do their job and investigate anything.
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