It is difficult to know the motives behind the change of Financial Fair Play. The restrictions that, let’s face it, have failed to stop the already dominant hyper clubs such as Chelsea and Manchester City from continuing to grow.
Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had hoped that FFP would restrict these sides enabling his then Arsenal, famed for its lack of willingness to invest heavily in the market, to compete better. Yet this never came to be. So much so that in 2020 Wenger changed his tune drastically and called for FFP to be reformed to allow more investment.
“I am in favour of measures that reinforce checks around club management, over measures that restrict and limit,” Wenger told L’Equipe via the Evening Standard. “We should value quality management and encourage it."
