Implementing a salary cap in the Championship? Data shows wages have little meaning for league placement
PA Images | "If you have your house in order, ideally that you are profitable, that may play a part following promotion. You are likely going to have more sustainable resources to invest in the playing squad to get things up to Premier League standards than you would have if you had been massively loss-making," says Christopher Winn.
Championship clubs are reportedly discussing whether to implement an £18 million annual wage cap – offthepitch.com analyses its implications.
There is little correlation between wage spend and league placement in England's second division, a stark contrast to the situation in the Premier League.
Despite that, a financial expert does not expect promoted clubs to struggle as a result of a presumably larger wage gap.
Not a single club who made the jump to the Premier League since 2010 recorded an operating profit in the year they were promoted.
15 September 2020 - 2:27 PM
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