{"id":699553,"date":"2026-05-28T15:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/699553\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:02:08","slug":"are-premier-league-clubs-flat-track-bullies-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/699553\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Premier League clubs flat-track bullies in Europe?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Premier League will move to new financial rules in July, called squad cost ratio.<\/a><\/p>\n

It is designed to ensure competition for European places but allowing those who do not qualify to spend more money.<\/p>\n

The nine teams in Europe can only spend 70% of their revenue on their squad, per Uefa’s rule.<\/p>\n

For the other 11, it starts at 85% but could potentially go as high as 115%.<\/p>\n

Uefa sees this as a problem.<\/a> It fears clubs in Europe will have to spend more to sign players and to keep those they already have.<\/p>\n

Take Bournemouth<\/a>‘s signing of Rayan from Vasco de Gama in January, breaking the Brazilian club’s transfer record in the process. <\/p>\n

In March he made his Brazil debut, and this month he was named in his country’s squad for the World Cup.<\/p>\n

This was the kind of signing that you would have expected Juventus, Inter Milan or AC Milan to make, bringing a 19-year-old over to Europe as one of the Selecao’s brightest prospects. <\/p>\n

Now such is the spending power of the Premier League, a club like Bournemouth<\/a> can offer more money than the old guard – and provide a clear stepping stone for future development as seen by Dean Huijsen’s move to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n

“It’s indicative of the gulf that exists,” Maguire added. “To a certain extent, it’s testament to the enthusiasm for football in the UK. We’ve seen increased attendances on a regular basis because the sport is so dominant. <\/p>\n

“A significant proportion of overseas players are now choosing to play in England than elsewhere in Europe because of the wages on offer.”<\/p>\n

These players are no longer always looking at Italy or Spain, now it’s often Bournemouth<\/a>, Brighton<\/a> and Brentford<\/a>. <\/p>\n

And it is these clubs, backed by the Premier League millions, who are filling the secondary competitions.<\/p>\n

The Europa League looks to be a stronger competition next season, however. AC Milan, Juventus and Benfica are also inside the Deloitte top 20, while Bayer Leverkusen offer clear pedigree. <\/p>\n

Sunderland<\/a> and Bournemouth<\/a> will be in the competition, joined by Palace as Conference League winners. It will present a real test of the Premier League’s dominant position and its financial power.<\/p>\n

But Brighton<\/a> will be by far the richest team in the Conference League and will be the clear favourites to win it.<\/p>\n

Just do not expect the Premier League to brush teams aside so easily in the Champions League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Premier League will move to new financial rules in July, called squad cost ratio. It is designed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-699553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}