Relegation threatened Forest Green Rovers have published their accounts for 2022/23. Revenue was £8.4m (record level) up 32%. Wages £5.4m up 35%. Player purchases £382k. Player sales £0. Squad cost £439k. Almost £1m in the bank They claim to be the world’s greenest football club.
I used to see a lifelong Wolves fan for lunch once a month. He was approaching ninety, but still went to games. Sadly he passed away the other week. As football finance guru Kieran Maguire has noted, Wolves continue to be constrained by financial fair play rules. Radio 4 this morning described them as this year's 'crisis club' and the pessimists have certainly been piling in. Martin Samuel wrote sympathetically in the Sunday Times yesterday, saying that the Premier League drives talent away with regulatory red tape: 'Why could Al-Hilal sign Neves? Because Wolves needed the money. And why did Wolves need the money? Because the club had to comply with an artificial construct known as financial fair play. So Wolves are going skint, yes? No. There is no suggestion that Wolves are in financial trouble, only that they are failing to meet the rigours of FFP. Wolves’ owners appear to have the money to run the club, and invest in the club, and in fact came up with a pow
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ReplyDeleteForest Green Rovers FC look certain to get back to back relegation. Going vegan was a missed steak as vegan food is not that popular. All clubs must concentrate on the football and just make sure they sign good players. No club should promote a diet.
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