A transfer window and overspendings by clubs are again in the news thanks to Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho who recently talked about the pros and cons of UEFA guidelines which restrict European clubs to spend more than they earn. Although, league clubs have always been the front runner in the race of showing money power all over the world, but they seemed to be little conservative after UEFA strictly asked them to limit their expenditure or face the penalty. Notably, Platini did not act last year when clubs like Manchester United failed to pass their money controlling advisories, but this year, European watchdog has warned all the empaneled sides to face strictest sanctions if they found guilty of bypassing FFPs. Heating the issue again, former Everton manager has presented his side as the victim of changed financial policies whereby they could not buy players of their interest while other sides, who are heavyweights according to him, did whatever they wanted, in fact, clubs like Manchester United who found guilty of violating FFP continuously, still managed to spend over hundred million pound in last summer transfer window.
No one denies the fact that Chelsea has transformed from a tiny club to one of the biggest European side after Roman Abramovich’s took over its ownership back in 2003 and spent some exaggerated amounts to hire players and top officials including thirty million pounds beauty Andriy Shevchenko which made them biggest spender that time.
He also blamed current FFPs as the biggest obstacle for small clubs not having a solid global fan base, coz it affects their earning power while biggies like Red Devils are easily cashing their worldwide fan base and making recurring money to strengthen their buying power within the limits set by UEFA. Mourinho talked about the deadly situation and said, “When UEFA decided for financial fair play, they were trying to do this to make every team equal possibilities, but the reality is that the big teams, the big clubs, the clubs with more years at the top with more fan base around the world, with more income, are the players that keep being the big spenders.
“So Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, Manchester — all these huge teams — I think they have an advantage. (We are) so happy with the way we are doing things, with this great balance between the income and the money we can spend. We are so happy with that profile of club we are, we don’t want to change.”