Also, for me, the problem is sustainability coupled with longevity
Let's say we have £350m to spend from a huge sponsor, and let's say we manage to get Lion Messi’s younger brother Ian – he’s even better than Lionel!
Thing is though, right off the bat, it costs us £100m, so we are left with £250m, and we agree to pay him 331,000 per week. Let's say we buy him when he's 20 year of age.
That means he'll be with us for 755 weeks at 331,000 per week, or 14 years. So his entire career
Sounds good, but let’s be realistic here, that's just one player, and we haven't even considered wage increases each year for 14 years yet. And that's with a massive £350m sponsor deal. And let’s not forget, there’s no guarantees in football either. There's no guarantee he'll score every single game or stay injury free
And what about the other players? Let’s say the other world class striker Joe Bloggs is only on £200,000 a week (only? Don’t make me laugh), is he happy with that wage structure? He may be, he may not.
It’s just not worth it - and I hope we never ever have to go down that route, because by that time, football is no longer a sport, it’s a business like horse racing. Besides, when you agree to pay someone £331,000 a week, that player is bigger than the club – period
Clubs would be under tremendous pressure to compete, and it’s simply not sustainable
I’m hoping these FFP rules (or whatever they’re called) are maintained throughout the football world. The very reason for their inception should tell you folk are starting to get anxious about the crazy money going around the football world
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