PSR to SCR

[coldel]

I guess it is worth kicking off a thread that looks into the 2026/27 season and all the rules change again.

So as I understand it:

PSR stays in play till its retired
SCR comes in which includes (squad cost ratio)
It includes TBA (top to bottom anchoring)

The league will be speaking with clubs this season about this and how it affects them, nothing binding, but clubs will be aware. Which could be why we are seeing some clubs in the PL not spending as freely as before.
Obviously some clubs like Chelsea have been smart and gotten around it such as amortisation of players over long contracts, and selling infrastructure to itself.

I can see why the league wanted financial controls in place, to stop clubs going into administration overspending vs income. However looking at the news this week and seeing Morecambe and Sheff Weds going under it clearly doesn't always work. The punishments from it also make it even harder for clubs to recover, pretty much putting them onto a one way conveyer belt to oblivion.

My general feeling is that this will make the gap even bigger in the PL, akin to other European leagues where outside the top 3 or 4 clubs the rest are unable to compete financially.

[Challo]

coldel said:

I guess it is worth kicking off a thread that looks into the 2026/27 season and all the rules change again.

So as I understand it:

PSR stays in play till its retired
SCR comes in which includes (squad cost ratio)
It includes TBA (top to bottom anchoring)

The league will be speaking with clubs this season about this and how it affects them, nothing binding, but clubs will be aware. Which could be why we are seeing some clubs in the PL not spending as freely as before.
Obviously some clubs like Chelsea have been smart and gotten around it such as amortisation of players over long contracts, and selling infrastructure to itself.

I can see why the league wanted financial controls in place, to stop clubs going into administration overspending vs income. However looking at the news this week and seeing Morecambe and Sheff Weds going under it clearly doesn't always work. The punishments from it also make it even harder for clubs to recover, pretty much putting them onto a one way conveyer belt to oblivion.

My general feeling is that this will make the gap even bigger in the PL, akin to other European leagues where outside the top 3 or 4 clubs the rest are unable to compete financially.

Does this allign them to the UEFA Model which many clubs already do to play in european competitions? There was a comment about anchoring, so it ties you to the bottom team in the league to reign in some spending.

Need to read more about it, but if it alligns to UEFA then at least that enables clubs to run from the same rules.

[coldel]

I did use ChatGPT to test out the new rules vs PSR for my club (West Ham) and it would mean we would be in breach of the sustainability rules under the new rules, but not under PSR. So for us specifically it was saying it will be a tougher environment.