Salary cap won’t work says Collymore

The amount of money that’s in football these days is quite astonishing, with the Premier League’s top earner, Kevin De Bruyne, taking home a whopping £400,000 per week according to Capology.

In some respects, if that’s the going rate then you can’t really blame the Belgian for taking what he’s worth, though it still leaves a sour taste.

Those that pay their hard earned each week to watch their teams in action arguable have to scrimp and save to do so, and whilst it’s accepted that a top-flight footballer will always be paid well, there’s a question mark as to whether it’s gone too far now.

Premier League salary cap won’t work – Collymore

The idea of a salary cap wouldn’t necessarily be a bad one, though former Premier League great, Stan Collymore, doesn’t believe a cap on an individual’s wages would work.

He does offer a potential workaround, however.

“The problem with a salary cap for me is it’s got to come from FIFA,” he said to CaughtOffside for his exclusive column.

“I think if you have got agreement across the big leagues of England, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, that would go some way to having a salary cap implemented, but of course, all it means is you’ll get more and more players going to the Saudi Pro League and picking up their £500k+ per week. So it kind of becomes self sabotaging.

Man city ace, Kevin De Bruyne, is the Premier League’s top earner on a whopping £400,000 per week

“If FIFA said there is going to be a global salary cap, then I think it could work, but I think that FIFA would also have a fight on their hands from from UEFA.

“We need to get there in some way though I worry that just like the creative accounting of certain Premier League clubs – selling or their swapping their best young kids or assets to get around FFP – the clubs will find a way to circumvent this cap.

“What I would like to see is an organisational cap, which HMRC can then can get involved in.

“The organisation, for example Man…

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Author : Jason Pettigrove

Publish date : 2024-08-09 10:08:43

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