The French footballing god and now chief meddler (UEFA President) in the European game, Michel Platini has decided to start making sense. I say this because he has spoken up on an issue that i think needs to be addressed in the world game. Salary caps.
Platini has gone about raising this issue in a different way to what i think but he has none the less raised the issue. Platini told skysports.com that he thought Lord Triesmann was right in saying that we need to safeguard the future of football clubs in difficult financial positions.
In an effect he is right. However i see the view slightly different. I think that in order for football to progress as a truly competitive sport, we need to level the playing field for all Premiership and top league European teams. In order to do this the salary cap step must be attained. We could argue all day over where the cap should be placed but 500, 000 per week per club would be sufficient. It would give players less inclination to up sticks and get more money elsewhere. It would in some respects give a much better chance for the likes of Wigan and Stoke to compete with the top table teams.
However, i cannot see the clubs at the top table of European Football going for this. The G14 clubs usually operate like a business with one eye solely on the money aspect and this revelation from the Michel Platini will more than likely get vetoed by the big clubs.
It is quite strange that the point has only been brought up because of a credit crunch trickling down to the footballing world, however it shouldn’t be something that is mentioned then dispersed into the ether.
It is interesting that Jamie Carragher has supported this idea, although, he’s agreed to it in written principle and when he’s retired.
I must admit, I laughed slightly in reading Matt Scott’s article in the Guardian( not because of Matt’s writing skills, or his point) but the sheer notion that the F.A are going to get tough with Premier League over the issue. For as much as Triesmann is talking sense, he has effectively shot himself in the foot with his comment on who is running the game.
I think we are too fragmented with too many bodies responsible for too many parts of the sport,” he said. “Greater clarity is needed about who is responsible for the fitness and future of the game. A clear sports law could clarify the position. The time has come for a comprehensive sports law apportioning responsibility and accountability.”
That surely stops the argument there. Because it is simply impossible to get the big-shots in one room at the same time and then communicate on the same wavelength.
Heres to hoping…..
RT Wilcock
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