As big money has come into English football over the past 20 years we've all noticed how the price tag on English players has been increasingly over-inflated - leading to most clubs looking overseas for players.
But now, with an even bigger cash injection into the Premier League we have now reached the point where 'smaller' clubs simply do not need to sell.
Look at van Dijk - £50M is being waved away with ease by Southampton.
This morning West Brom have knocked back bids from Man City for Jonny Evans saying 'they don't need to sell' although admitting every player has a price.
You then have the ludicrous situation of Everton spending huge sums of money on players yet there isn't enough TV demand for their European game to be televised (in a world where almost EVERYTHING is televised).
My point is this really - how long are the really big Premier League clubs, the ones with global pull, going to continue to put up with this 'equal' Premier League payment structure?
I'd imagine the likes of Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal etc at some point are going to start looking at clubs like Southampton, who refuse to sell them players, and start to wonder if those clubs are not drowning in money on the back of their own global brand.
If the next TV deal comes in lower then I think that could be the point that we see the sh*t start to hit the fan, because Liverpool and Man Utd and the others will think that it should be the Brighton's and Huddersfield's who should take the hit not them.
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