Sorry to start another thread, I looked at a couple of recent ones and they had declined too far to resuscitate them.
At last night's forum, Barber made some interesting comments on FFP. At one point he outlined a scenario, where clubs in breach, would face both transfer embargoes and a ban on extending the contracts of existing players. he then went on to suggest that as a consequence of this, some clubs could be forced into a fire sale of their best players.
Is it possible that the lack of transfer activity, is due to the club holding back funds to take advantage of such a scenario in the future ?
How then will this play out ?
Presumably clubs facing sanctions under FFP, will be desperate to off load their top earners, however these are EXACTLY the sorts of players that other Championship clubs will not want to take on, for exactly the same reason. In a fire sale scenario, it would have to be the promising youngsters, still on relatively low wages, that would be sold to raise cash.
Is this a big opportunity for us or are we still likely to be outbid by premiership clubs ?
How many club owners will accept this as a way out of a difficult position ?
It doesn't seem to be playing too well up in Nottingham.
At last night's forum, Barber made some interesting comments on FFP. At one point he outlined a scenario, where clubs in breach, would face both transfer embargoes and a ban on extending the contracts of existing players. he then went on to suggest that as a consequence of this, some clubs could be forced into a fire sale of their best players.
Is it possible that the lack of transfer activity, is due to the club holding back funds to take advantage of such a scenario in the future ?
How then will this play out ?
Presumably clubs facing sanctions under FFP, will be desperate to off load their top earners, however these are EXACTLY the sorts of players that other Championship clubs will not want to take on, for exactly the same reason. In a fire sale scenario, it would have to be the promising youngsters, still on relatively low wages, that would be sold to raise cash.
Is this a big opportunity for us or are we still likely to be outbid by premiership clubs ?
How many club owners will accept this as a way out of a difficult position ?
It doesn't seem to be playing too well up in Nottingham.