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I know you quote Kieran Maguire a bunch, but I'm not sure if you also listen along to his podcast. If not, he discussed it when talking about Sheffield Wednesday's points deduction. He said that EFL points deductions wouldn't count in the PL but theoretically a promoted team could possibly face a points deduction should they get relegated back to the EFL.

Just curious, but how would the EFL be able to regulate the sale of players to clubs abroad (even if they have the same owners)? I wouldn't think that any league would have the authority to scrutinize the amount for a player sale to another club without kicking up a storm with other clubs and their player valuations? Obviously the Aluko loan is highly questionable especially at that loan fee. I just don't know what could be thrown at them?? Am I missing something with that?

Guess this is the right thread for this. Sheff Wednesday will be deducted 12 points from next season.

@Mr Popodopolous I'm just curious as to how you think this might affect/impact the EFL (and PL to an extent). Seems like it could possibly lead to a few of the clubs being required to be sold off?

Thank you! It definitely is a very good topic & there is a pretty good discussion for ffp & finances in general. I didn't realize it would include a 25 player squad limit. Not sure I would be in favor of that either. I find it interesting that they settled on the £18million limit. Why not £20mil? How many current championship teams would immediately comply with that? Feels like many of them would have to significantly trim the wage bill for that. I know that Stoke aren't likely to get relegated now, but I thought I read that at least one of their players would be on a wage that is bigger than the entire League 1 wage cap. And it also seems like the huge financial gap between the PL & EFL would just begin to grow and grow (which is a bad thing). The examples are pretty helpful/insightful, thanks! Don't get me wrong, I think finances in football have become unsustainable and definitely agree with some type of cap. I just don't know how implementing that would be beneficial for everyone. There's obviously never going to be a PL wage cap, and the enticement of the PL TV revenue (~ £100mil) will always be there for championship teams and that will cause overspending from Championship clubs in an attempt to reach that prize.

My first post on here. I have been visiting this thread for almost 6 months now, as it has been pretty insightful for me into parts of the world of championship clubs finances and financial health. Just curious (since we, Villa) seem to be heading back for relegation. What is the deal with the proposed £18 mil salary cap? For me, it seems like it would be extremely hard to actually put in place considering about half the teams already spend way over that amount. What are y'all's thoughts on this?