Overview
- Clubs will vote on 21 November on adopting Top‑to‑Bottom Anchoring and/or an 85% squad cost ratio to replace existing Profit and Sustainability Rules.
- Anchoring would cap combined wages, amortised transfer fees and agents’ costs at five times the bottom club’s central income, implying about £550m based on last season’s figures.
- The PFA says some clubs would mount their own legal challenges and it is preparing action after engaging senior players, with a meeting of all 20 club captains planned next week.
- Manchester United, Manchester City and Aston Villa previously opposed detailed work on anchoring, with concerns it would weaken top Premier League clubs against European rivals.
- Draft enforcement seen by BBC Sport includes a six‑point deduction for a second breach plus an additional point for every £6.5m overspent.