Bastian
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There's numerous FFP threads concerning City, Everton, specific new rules, etc. I think a general thread on FFP would be interesting.
Lately I've been thinking about how much difference it makes selling youth products over selling bought players, i.e. we sell McTominay for 30m our spending cap under FFP is raised significantly, especially when deals are amortised. While breaking even on a bought player doesn't come close. It makes me think about the Chelsea youth operation where they don't buy them to get them into the side (bar Lampard's short first spell during a transfer embargo) but to loan them out and then sell them on (usually for quite decent money). This seems an obvious loophole, because it is not in the best interest of the game for one club to collect young players who go on 2-3-4 loan spells until they are then sold on. They could develop much further in a more stable environment and the competition would be richer for it, while a Chelsea wouldn't spend money to make money. It would make sense that a youth product sold for great profit would only count towards FFP if they had a specific number of matches played for their club.
Lately I've been thinking about how much difference it makes selling youth products over selling bought players, i.e. we sell McTominay for 30m our spending cap under FFP is raised significantly, especially when deals are amortised. While breaking even on a bought player doesn't come close. It makes me think about the Chelsea youth operation where they don't buy them to get them into the side (bar Lampard's short first spell during a transfer embargo) but to loan them out and then sell them on (usually for quite decent money). This seems an obvious loophole, because it is not in the best interest of the game for one club to collect young players who go on 2-3-4 loan spells until they are then sold on. They could develop much further in a more stable environment and the competition would be richer for it, while a Chelsea wouldn't spend money to make money. It would make sense that a youth product sold for great profit would only count towards FFP if they had a specific number of matches played for their club.