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Old 08-22-2022, 04:32 PM   #103
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Originally Posted by flere-imsaho View Post
OK fine. Effectively, there is no salary cap.

Or, to go back to answering Ksyrup's question a little more directly, in most leagues*, there's no real guardrails to keep clubs from spending more than they can afford, and conversely a lot of incentive to do just that in chasing the more money available in either a) the top league in their country and/or b) UCL money.


*probably not the Bundesliga
Sorry about my semantics blahblah. Essentially I agree that your point stands. Leagues proclaim to have salary roofs, but in reality the "super league" clubs are not held to them.
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