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The Premier League is poised to amend its new spending rules before they are introduced next season to give clubs greater flexibility in the transfer market.
Under squad cost ratio (SCR) rules approved last November, clubs will be restricted to spending 85% of their revenue on player costs, with a levy payable to the Premier League, for distribution among the other clubs, in the event of a breach. A six-point deduction would be imposed if a club’s spending reached 115% of revenue.
Under the terms of an amendment introduced at a shareholders’ meeting on Thursday, clubs that do not spend their 85% allowance for two seasons will be permitted to rollover up to 10% in the third year, enabling them to breach the cap without incurring a fine. A club, for example, that spent 80% of revenue on transfers, player wages and agent fees for two successive years would be free tocould spend 95% in the third year.
