Tottenham fans ‘left in the dark’ over Premier League spending cap amid Man City comparison
Paul Robinson fears fans are being “left in the dark” after Tottenham voted in favour of a Premier League spending cap despite the club’s commercial success.
The Athletic reported on Monday (29 April) that Premier League clubs have agreed to put plans in place for a “hard spending cap”, with a unanimous decision being made earlier this month.
Spurs recently posted their financial results for the year ending June 30, 2023 on 3 April, revealing that the club’s total revenue for the year had increased by 24 per cent, up to £549.6million. (Tottenham Hotspur)
Speaking exclusively to Tottenham News, Robinson fears that the new rule changes could have drastic changes on the punishments handed to clubs this season: “I think it’s just another part of the web, that we’re left in the dark. The points deductions, the FFP, and the PSR; we’ve all become very familiar with this season have become a norm now.
“We’re talking about clubs getting deducted points just like winning a game. It’s become such an integral part of the game, and it’s not going to go away. We saw Leicester City win the Championship this week and they’re going to start on negative points next season because of PSR and FFP.
“Sheffield United have gone under the radar. They’re relegated but they too will start the Championship on negative points – they’ve had points deducted with another charge looming.
“Everton and Forest still don’t know the outcomes of their points deductions. There are the charges against Manchester City and the alleged charges against Chelsea that haven’t been brought yet.
“There are going to be a lot of clubs that are facing these issues so they’re then going to have another problem as all these clubs, who have been charged with these issues if they’re voting to change these rules, they’re clearly not fit for purpose.
“These rules that these clubs have all been charged with and had points deducted for, are all going to be changing next season because they’re not fit for purpose. We knew there was going to be a change because of the £105million Profit and Sustainability loss. The clubs wanted more because players are moving for over £100million now.
“We understood that bar was going to move. But, actually, this is a whole shift away from the rules that clubs have already been charged with this summer, so the goal posts yet again are moving. Once again, it’s the fans and supporters who are punished.
“I think it allows clubs more, which I’m not against. How are you going to let these clubs grow to the level of Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham, Arsenal, to name a few? Whether they’ve spent wisely is a different conversation.
“How are Nottingham Forest, who have been out of the Premier League for 23 years meant to close this kind of gap? I understand that there have to be some kind of regulations in there, whether that’s salary cap, transfer cap, or spending cap. But it’s just going round and round in circles and they’re trying to make the best of a bad job.
“I’m not sure how this is going to affect the clubs that have already played out, with the clubs that have already been punished. Are they then going to turn round next season and say, ‘Hang on a minute, we were charged wrongly here because those rules don’t exist anymore because they were proved not fit for purpose.’
“Where does that leave us?”
Why would Tottenham vote in favour of a Premier League salary cap?
With the spending cap set to be based on the lowest-earning Premier League side for centralised revenues, Tottenham would certainly be safe if the rules were in effect this season.
Of course, the teams at the higher end of the spending table are against the ruling, while Chelsea abstained from making a view, unsurprisingly.
While it would allow Spurs to spend less money, Daniel Levy is extremely sensible with his money, sometimes frustratingly sensible for some of the fans, and would not be a problem for the club.
It would, however, hopefully, reign in some of the higher-spending clubs and make the league all the more competitive at both ends of the Premier League table.
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