by Im_Spartacus » Fri Aug 14, 2026 12:49 pm
The Premier League explicitly says that 15 percentage points difference from the UEFA cap, are there to provide non-European clubs with headroom to compete against European incumbents.
That's utter bollocks
Aston Villa vs Brentford is the cleanest comparison. They are the lowest-revenue English club I would reasonably describe as now being in consistent European competition. Brentford officially reported £173.1m turnover for 2024/25. Villa reported £378.1m revenue.
Brentford: 85% × £173.1m = £147.1m
Villa: 70% × £378.1m = £264.7m
So even though Villa are subject to the supposedly more restrictive 70% rule, they can theoretically sustain approximately £117.5m MORE annual squad cost than Brentford.
Even though SCR allows Brentford to have an extra 15% to bridge the disparity, this 15% only represents 25 million allowance towards a 117m revenue deficit.
The rich can only get richer, and the disparity can only grow