I'm sure there are members here who understand this much greater than I do, I was wondering moving forward in the transfer market in the next few seasons how will Juventus compare to the Barcelona's/Real Madrid's/Man Utd's/Chelsea's of this world when this whole fair-play comes in?
The reason I ask is because clearly at the moment we cannot compete financially with these teams on a financial level and we are missing out on players we may have signed in seasons past. Will this whole fair play actually even the playing field and allow us to compete again or will these clubs find loop holes to continue to spend big $$??
Sorry if i'm going over old ground...
It depends on whether the rules will be 1) upheld and 2) subject to loopholes. So the answer right now is uncertain.
For instance, the FFP rules are all about clubs "spending within their means" and "not spending more than their income." The Sheik at City pumps money into the club at the whim of a hat. If he can no longer do that, I don't see what's there to stop him from developing his own, say, media company in Dubai, and "agreeing" to a sponsorship deal worth 3 Billion Euros.
I'm not sure if that's feasible in this, but it's something to think about.