26 Jul 2017 15:21:38
Howdy.
First off, thanks for taking the time out of your day to reply to our queries. I'd say some days are more taxing than others.
Just one question Eds. With Dan Levy saying that such spending as we've seen this year being unsustainable in the long run, and with certain accountancy firms estimating the billion pound mark to be breached by the end of the window, do you think that UEFA or maybe even FIFA might take some sort of action to curb such ridiculous spending?
Spending close to €180 million on a relatively unproven kid from France - for example - is nuts in my opinion, and might do more damage than some may realize down the line, not only to the transfer market but to the kid himself.
Any opinions on the matter will be much appreciated.

{Ed002's Note - They are in a difficult position because only the EPL and a few other sides can afford these sort of sums of money - and that is down to media money more than anything else. Even the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona have to sell to buy and all are suffering because of FFP on wages. We have to separate the few players worth extreme amounts of money from anything that is done to curb spending as they have to be dealt with as exceptions to FFP. Levy is correct that it cannot be sustained in the longer term and this will likely give a boost to a pan European breakaway (which is on the just published agenda for August 24). But, in all honesty, that is still some years away and folks need to live with the imbalences across the game. FIFA and UEFA would like it under control but they are far from out of the woods with previous issues and a couple of things are about to come back and bite them on the ass.}

1.) 26 Jul 2017
26 Jul 2017 16:21:33
Thanks Ed.
I honestly believe that somewhere down the line all of this is going to comeback to haunt everyone involved, and that the fans will be feeling a bit -or far - lighter in the pocket as a result of whatever happens.