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, the 66-year-old – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – suggested PiF and other top-flight American owners will want “cost control” at their clubs as there is not “unlimited money” to spend on players.
Man City started their two-week legal action against the Premier League on Monday as they bid to end the top-flight Associated Party Transaction rules.Football InsiderMan City will have unlimited spending power in the transfer market and beyond if they win their case against the Premier League.City and Newcastle are the only two nation-state-owned clubs in the English top-flight, but Wyness claimed PIF could see “competition and integrity” as more important than spending big.
“I don’t necessarily think PIF will back Newcastle to join this fight, and I don’t think the American owners will be backing their clubs either. Join the Football Insider WhatsApp channel to get all our exclusives and the breaking transfer news FIRST.“There isn’t unlimited money to spend on players and clubs, so common sense says there should be some element of cost control.
“If City do win, then we lose that – and it may be that they go ahead and win the league every year and we just start the season with them in first place.“But the other owners, I hope, see how competition and integrity is best for them in the long run.In other news,
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