Financial Fair Play Takes Off! New System and Transfer

When we look at the last years, many football clubs big debts You may have noticed that under Here, UEFA, the boss of football in Europe, in order to control the expenditures of these clubs. Financial Fair – Play (FFP) had activated the system.

However, this system, which we cannot say that it has achieved very successful results, leaves its place to another planning. Here is this change, the new system, why so much money is spent on transfers in football, TFF 1st League teams. Altinordu Football Club Technical Director Huseyin Eroglu and Sports – Economy Journalist Ceyhun Kuburlu we talked to

Let’s start with the basics, what is Financial Fair Play (FFP)?

Fair – Play is actually a concept we’ve heard for years. That is to treat the opponent with respect, congratulate the winner, play a fair game. UEFA wanted to reflect this Fair – Play spirit to financial competition. Financial Fair Play, which was implemented in the 2012 – 2013 season, started to examine the financial balance of the clubs in their income and expenses and accordingly also imposed sanctions.

Ceyhun Kuburlu, one of our guests today, explains the first purpose of FFP’s emergence as follows: “Actually, in football prevent black money was built for. However, European clubs followed many different ways to break this system. One of them is sponsorships. Middle Eastern capitals transferred millions of euros of sponsorship money to clubs. UEFA tried to prevent this system, but the transfer of Neymar took place for 200 million euros and was not even questioned. So FFP wasn’t very helpful either.”

How did Financial Fair Play affect Turkish clubs?

Kuburlu, on the impact of FFP on Turkish clubs “It has helped cut expenditures in countries like Turkey. In other words, it was said, ‘Longer your feet according to your quilt’. Many clubs in Turkey due to FFP punished but still Club debt increased. Bank loans were effective in this. summed up in his words.

So why is Financial Fair Play being removed?

FFP system implemented by UEFA for 9 years The biggest obstacle is the coronavirus pandemic. it happened. Clubs, whose income items decreased due to the pandemic, started to complain about this situation. Kuburlu, who attributed the removal of FFP to this reason, said: UEFA announced that it has abandoned this rule in order to provide capital to European clubs whose incomes have decreased due to the pandemic. Clubs need money said.

UEFA announces new system to replace FFP

UEFA President Alexander Ceferin

The UEFA Executive Committee, convened under the management of UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, also announced the system that will replace Financial Fair Play. ‘Financial Sustainability Regulation’ This new plan will be as follows:

• Football team expenses (Transfer, salary and manager fees) will not exceed 70 percent of the club’s income.
• The annual acceptable deviation will increase from 30 million Euros to 60 million Euros.
• Clubs will be given 3 years to adapt to the new system.
• The decisions will enter into force in June 2022.

According to Kuburlu, if this plan does not proceed with the right control, the income spent will increase even more.

How will the removal of Financial Fair Play affect European and Turkish football?

Undoubtedly, with the abolition of the FFP, both European and Turkish clubs will be affected by this decision. While European football will become more financially free, Turkish clubs will have some difficulties due to their debts from the past. Kuburlu describes this situation as follows: “The pie will get bigger in European football. Because the flow of capital will accelerate. However The same is not true for Turkish clubs.. Because the debts are approaching 20 Billion Liras and there is no income item to pay this money. next season in Turkey suspension of spending limits Waiting.”

We asked Altınordu Coach Hüseyin Eroğlu: Is it that important to spend money for clubs to be successful?

Hüseyin Eroğlu, Technical Director of Altınordu

An investment is necessary to be successful, yes. However, when, where and how this investment is made is also of great importance. In short, not investing make the right investment important. Financial restrictions in football sometimes bring transfer bans. So, does transfer mean everything for a team? Our other guest today is the Izmir team. of the Golden Horde coach Huseyin Eroglu. Altınordu, which we can call ‘Turkey’s football player factory’, is a club that invests in establishment, training and player training. They get the fruits of this by bringing stars such as Cengiz Ünder and Çağlar Söyüncü to world football. From the perspective of a coach, we wanted to listen to what kind of plan they follow in financial restrictions such as FFP and so on. We asked our questions to Hüseyin Eroğlu.

‘Many transfers do not mean success’

• Financial restrictions in football force clubs, but transfers never end. Despite the economic difficulties, is the transfer so important?

During transfer periods, you look for players according to your budget. Sometimes you have a hard time doing this. It’s hard to keep the players you have. When a good player is gone, the player you can replace may exceed your budget. However, making a lot of transfers does not mean success. Correct transfer 3-4 players to join the squad. They argue that success will come with transfer. Recruiting 12-13 players every year hurts clubs financially, debts are constantly increasing. Not a transfer, the right transfer is a must. That’s why the scouting system is very important. When the clubs suffer economically, they may experience difficulties due to the transfer ban. I do not think that these expenditures in Turkey are examined as much as in Europe. Even if it is examined, the clubs are already making transfers in some way.

‘It’s easiest to spend money on a transfer, but then…’

Clubs need to think for the future, not daily. At this point it is important scouting system to identify the player at an early age and bring them into the team. This means financial income for a talented player or club for the first team. You have to trust the player tracking unit. However, when the player comes, you will work with the trainers who will improve the player. Even if we train the actor ourselves, we scan abroad or in the country. Easiest to spend money on transfer but then you face such restrictions and financial problems.

Today, we talked with Ceyhun Kuburlu and Hüseyin Eroğlu about the FFP system that UEFA is preparing to abolish and what the new system will be. The main problem of our clubs is this: We transfer money as we fail, and as we spend, we fall into debts that cannot be paid. This again brings failure. That’s why the right model for me is to turn to infrastructure. from equity to bring the players we have trained into football. If we can establish this system, there is no limit or restriction that we can overcome. What do you guys think? Do not forget to give your opinion in the comments.