𝗡𝗘𝗪: Premier League clubs are considering introducing a spending cap that would link the amount any club can spend on wages to how much television money is paid to the lowest-placed team. #lfc [times]
The proposal — called “anchoring” — would restrict the top teams to spending, for example, four times the amount the bottom club receive in TV money, though the exact proportion has yet to be defined, as per @TimesSport
Official Premier League figures for the 2021-22 season show the team finishing 20th, Norwich City, were paid £100.6 million in TV money, so if wage bills were restricted to four times that sum it would set the maximum at £402.4 million, as per @TimesSport
The club with the highest wage bill that season were Manchester United, with £384 million, which would have been inside the hypothetical limit, as per @TimesSport