Interview with him in the Telegraph r.e. promotion/finances.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...s-promotion-wonderful-potentially-have-sting/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...s-promotion-wonderful-potentially-have-sting/
"Let's not kid ourselves, the dangers of this continuing unchecked pose far more of a threat to our game than the presence of PL U23 sides in the Checkatrade Trophy does."
It's all part and parcel of the same thing. Both problems arise directly from the Premier League and are in turn a result of the vast sums of cash swilling around up there.
Similar to what Burnley did a few years back. Obviously didn't ensure they went down, but one season in the PL is worth a couple of competitive years in the Championship."Going up is the easy bit, because your costs never rise as fast as your income. When it goes the other way though and clubs get relegated, the future of a club can be risked because you cannot cut costs as quickly as your income falls"
Yes, that's clearly true, but staying put will also lose money, as maintaining the club's status demands more and more is put into the player budget.
Taking the Premier League as an example, the only way to make money out of it is to ensure you are immediately relegated, in the way that I'm fairly confident Vincent Tan is currently doing at Cardiff. Next season he will hope to have a much more viable and competitive Championship club than he had two seasons ago.
But there are at least a dozen current Premier League clubs who are going to be relegated sooner or later. There are only six, possibly seven, who are not going to lose their position.
I've always said that relegation clauses should be mandatory in contracts. Whether it's something that can be done, I'm not sure.How about the notion of dual contracts i.e. 'this is what you get with bonuses if we remain in the PL, this is what you get and your release clause if we get relegated'. Obviously the big six wouldn't need dual contracts but the others would benefit. I suppose the fall down there is that in their desperation to sign a 'star' player the agents would make sure it wouldn't happen when playing clubs off against each other.
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Taking the Premier League as an example, the only way to make money out of it is to ensure you are immediately relegated, in the way that I'm fairly confident Vincent Tan is currently doing at Cardiff.
Can't see why it's not like he actually needs the cash is it! Just all about greed!
Cardiff have lost £70,000,000 in the last five seasons.
This is greed?
Of course it is. Greed can equally mean living beyond your means on the never never.
yes, and greed is not purely associated with money. it is also associated with power. and where you have those greedy for more power, you have those who want to control more and more.Of course it is. Greed can equally mean living beyond your means on the never never.
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