Financial Fair Play, and where we stand.

[Scrumpy]

Interesting to see the figures in NOTW today, listing the wage bills for all Clubs in the Premier League.  By 2014 any Clubs competing in Europe need to have a wages bill of less than 70% of their turnover. These figures have been dumbed down a bit for the NOTW readership (!) but I think they are from the 09/10 season. Some figures just aren't quoted, so have an x instead. The figures do not take any account of other debts (so the Man Utd and Liverpool figures may look good, but they are still in financial trouble due to other debt)...

Club - Wages Bill in millions - Percent of turnover
Arsenal - £111 - 50%
A.Villa - £61 - 77%
Birmingham - £27 - 99%
Blackburn - £46 - 91%
Blackpool - £6 - xx%
Bolton - £41 - 69%
Chelsea - £149 - 69%
Everton - £49 - 62%
Fulham - £46 - 69%
Liverpool - £90 - 57%
Man City - £133 - 106%
Man Utd - £123 - 44%
Newcastle - £xx - 83%
Stoke - £30 - 56%
Sunderland - £50 - 77%
Tottenham - £59 - 52%
West Brom - £xx - xx%
West Ham - £xx - 83%
Wigan - £xx - 91%
Wolves - £17 - 92%

[White Noise]

Thanks for this Scrumpy.

If we are 1% below the level on an income boosted by Europa funds and before Sparky makes his big name signings this month then maybe our European experinces will not come again. However, I am encouraged by the fact that Scudamore says he doesn't think the rules will be applied in practice. Oh, but saying that, I have just remembered we are Fulham so we will get hit with the full force of the law and probably stripped of our ground and name while Chelsea will have the gold carpet rolled out for them. :dft006: