PSR/Squad Cap Rules/Anchoring

The new rules are slated to come in for the 2025/26 season, so this should be the last period for the existing PSR rules.

AFAIK, anchoring hasn’t been ironed out yet, and I wouldn’t bet against the big earning clubs strong-arming the rest of the league into a compromise position or concessions.

For the turnover:spending cap rule, The Athletic sums it up like this:

“Under the proposed new regime, clubs will only be allowed to spend a set percentage of their annual turnover on the wage bill for the first team and its coaching staff, plus the amortised costs of their transfer fees and all agents’ fees.”

The percentage will be 70% for clubs playing in Europe (in line with UEFA rules) and 85% for the others.

^ Just on that last point, unless anchoring has a massive impact (and I suspect it won’t), it’ll mean that clubs *aiming* for European football will have to consider the UEFA 70% rule: you can’t (theoretically) commit 85% of your turnover to wages and the amortisation of fees over the next two to three seasons, then qualify for European football and somehow magic a sixth of that commitment away (although there is, of course, a financial uplift associated with securing European football).

comment by RRRU-ben a-moo-REENG (U17054)
posted 36 minutes ago
^ Just on that last point, unless anchoring has a massive impact (and I suspect it won’t), it’ll mean that clubs *aiming* for European football will have to consider the UEFA 70% rule: you can’t (theoretically) commit 85% of your turnover to wages and the amortisation of fees over the next two to three seasons, then qualify for European football and somehow magic a sixth of that commitment away (although there is, of course, a financial uplift associated with securing European football).
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Yeah Europe provides 10s of millions in prize money, there will be additional sponsor payments and extra games, therefore matchday.

That said, Utd fans do like to bang o about their wages being linked to UCL qualification with 25% given as the bonus...so that could wipe out a decent chunk of revenue gains

comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 39 minutes ago
comment by RRRU-ben a-moo-REENG (U17054)
posted 36 minutes ago
^ Just on that last point, unless anchoring has a massive impact (and I suspect it won’t), it’ll mean that clubs *aiming* for European football will have to consider the UEFA 70% rule: you can’t (theoretically) commit 85% of your turnover to wages and the amortisation of fees over the next two to three seasons, then qualify for European football and somehow magic a sixth of that commitment away (although there is, of course, a financial uplift associated with securing European football).
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Yeah Europe provides 10s of millions in prize money, there will be additional sponsor payments and extra games, therefore matchday.

That said, Utd fans do like to bang o about their wages being linked to UCL qualification with 25% given as the bonus...so that could wipe out a decent chunk of revenue gains
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Absolutely (although the wage reductions have been overstated by some United fans - the players don't have a 25% reduction written in as a standard clause).