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David Whelan and Arsene Wenger have already voiced their concerns about The Richest Club in The World and the damage their transfer policied could wreck on football.
I mean, we had the situation with Chelsea, but they just stepped up the levels to where Manchester United couldn't compete.
Man City, however, are about to transfer fees to a ridiculous stratospheric level, the likes of which we have never seen before.
Zinedine Zidane is the world's most expensive player at 47million pounds and they want to pay twice that amount?
With these kind of transfer fees, should UEFA start looking into placing transfer caps and maybe even salary caps?
If I want to be short-sighted, I would say no, because selling Ronaldo might become a reality rather than sooner. As a United fan I would want as much money as possible.
But if we look at the larger picture - shouldn't there be a cap for the good of football in general?
Man City would be buying the very best from the very big clubs. The money would not really filter down to the lower echelons of football.
In addition, Man City would offer the best wages around. The other big clubs would have to follow suit.
I can see a lot of problems ahead for clubs that cannot compete with their economic power.
The big clubs will be tempted to overstretch themselves, taking loans based on future performances, much like Leeds did and if those goals aren't achieved, they will be in serious trouble like many clubs in Spain at the moment.
Some form of normality should return to football. The power is in the hands of the players, who can decide to play for a club with history or move to a club where they can create new history (gosh, that was corny).
I think many players will choose the money and I don't think it will be good for football.
A really big fish just got dumped into the pond and it's presence is not good for the pond.
Should FIFA let things take their natural course, or should the intervene to control the damage?
I mean, we had the situation with Chelsea, but they just stepped up the levels to where Manchester United couldn't compete.
Man City, however, are about to transfer fees to a ridiculous stratospheric level, the likes of which we have never seen before.
Zinedine Zidane is the world's most expensive player at 47million pounds and they want to pay twice that amount?
With these kind of transfer fees, should UEFA start looking into placing transfer caps and maybe even salary caps?
If I want to be short-sighted, I would say no, because selling Ronaldo might become a reality rather than sooner. As a United fan I would want as much money as possible.
But if we look at the larger picture - shouldn't there be a cap for the good of football in general?
Man City would be buying the very best from the very big clubs. The money would not really filter down to the lower echelons of football.
In addition, Man City would offer the best wages around. The other big clubs would have to follow suit.
I can see a lot of problems ahead for clubs that cannot compete with their economic power.
The big clubs will be tempted to overstretch themselves, taking loans based on future performances, much like Leeds did and if those goals aren't achieved, they will be in serious trouble like many clubs in Spain at the moment.
Some form of normality should return to football. The power is in the hands of the players, who can decide to play for a club with history or move to a club where they can create new history (gosh, that was corny).
I think many players will choose the money and I don't think it will be good for football.
A really big fish just got dumped into the pond and it's presence is not good for the pond.
Should FIFA let things take their natural course, or should the intervene to control the damage?
