A Premier League spending cap opposed by Villa and two other top-flight clubs will be trialled next season.
Clubs agreed at yesterday’s Premier League annual general meeting to test out top-to-bottom anchoring on a non-binding basis, as well as squad cost rules similar to those already introduced by Uefa at European level.
The system would cap a club’s spending on football costs such as player wages – regardless of how much revenue a club earns – as a multiple of the smallest central Premier League television and prize money allocation to be received by any club. The Premier League said the shadow trial would enable the league to fully evaluate the system and “complete its consultation with all relevant stakeholders”.
The Premier League said anchoring was “a pre-emptive measure to protect the competitive balance of the Premier League”.
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