The Official Premier League 2025/26 Thread

[Hallbopping]

I'm sure Billy will take it well

Fuck I forgot that.

Delete delete delete.

 

[nelly sham]

Forrest is my guess.

My Big Fat Greek Relegation

 

[Handy Run]

Lol, £10m fine and a suspended transfer ban, that'll show them

How Chelsea signed a star team on hidden payments

Chelsea have been hit with a Premier League record fine of £10.75m and handed a suspended transfer ban. Here's what the written reasons said.

www.bbc.com

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2033606001463906558

Very very interesting.

 

[nelly sham]

This used to just be called installments.

Amortisation is generally used when you agree to pay a decreasing values of an asset.
Chelsea are still paying the agreed price.

Arguably more given they're getting nothing out of him. Should make him clean the sheds.

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

This used to just be called installments.

Amortisation is generally used when you agree to pay a decreasing values of an asset.
Chelsea are still paying the agreed price.

Arguably more given they're getting nothing out of him. Should make him clean the sheds.

Still seems like a good accounting trick to allow you to buy loads of talent to get around PSR.

They limited it to 5 years to close that loophole. Some transfers will always turn out to be poor choices. I'm sure Chelsea factored that into their calculations.

 

[dukeroyale]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2033606001463906558

Very very interesting.

mudryk.

the fella the bummers really, really, REALLY didn’t actually want at all, at all.

 

[nelly sham]

Still seems like a good accounting trick to allow you to buy loads of talent to get around PSR.

They limited it to 5 years to close that loophole. Some transfers will always turn out to be poor choices. I'm sure Chelsea factored that into their calculations.

Absolutely. A rather massive loophole to leave open.

 

[Handy Run]

mudryk.

the fella the bummers really, really, REALLY didn’t actually want at all, at all.

We did Chelsea dirty by pretending to want him.

Kinda like City did to Utd once or twice

 

[Philby]

This used to just be called installments.

Amortisation is generally used when you agree to pay a decreasing values of an asset.
Chelsea are still paying the agreed price.

Arguably more given they're getting nothing out of him. Should make him clean the sheds.

Still seems like a good accounting trick to allow you to buy loads of talent to get around PSR.

They limited it to 5 years to close that loophole. Some transfers will always turn out to be poor choices. I'm sure Chelsea factored that into their calculations.

It's only sustainable if you have a good enough success rate on transfers & that broadly translates into success on the pitch.

If either dip badly they'll drag the other down, which creates a sizeable PSR vaccum for the later years.

It could prove a smart move in time, but it's not without its risks. No well-run club should really need to have exploited that loophole.