02 Sep 2021 00:34:13
FFP Question. How do teams such as PSG balance the books with such large outlays of transfer fees and wages (e. g. Messi wages and apparently turn down £189M for Mbappe and he'll go for free next year) Because the money coming in would not balance this out is my understanding.

Unless the rich owner does something like I'll pay you £200M to advertise my company or for sponsorship deal when ordinarily this would be say £10M or a lot less than the £200M that's recorded in the books. Don't UEFA get onto these apparent loopholes? I just don't understand it. I'd appreciate it if there was anyone out there who could help me to understand this FFP system. Thanks in advance. Jack.

1.) 02 Sep 2021
02 Sep 2021 09:15:45
Being in the Champions League every year helps due to the finance that generates plus the prize money from domestic competitions
Sponsorship is another huge money spinner to balance the books, I believe Man City were investigated for the sponsorship of the Etihad as it’s sponsorship was disproportionate to other naming deals
Then you add in other deals like shirt sponsors where values are again linked to exposure so again a team in the CL will get better rates
Then there’s match day revenue, more feet through the turnstiles plus corporate and hospitality makes a huge financial difference
PSG are probably hoping Mbappe extends his deal to honour the verbal agreement of not leaving for free but we’ve seen how these verbal agreements mean jack like with Kane.

2.) 03 Sep 2021
03 Sep 2021 00:16:31
Thanks.