The impressive Swiss Ramble blog has produced its latest forensic financial analysis on Manchester City. The focus is on how City have managed to spend big in the summer transfer window, yet remain compliant with financial fair play rules.
The impressive Swiss Ramble blog has produced its latest forensic financial analysis on Manchester City. The focus is on how City have managed to spend big in the summer transfer window, yet remain compliant with financial fair play rules.
There are a lot of compexities there which the blog deals with in its usual careful and thorough way. However, one key point is that compliance is not just about controlling costs, but also about increasing revenues. Manchester City have done particularly well there with a 300 per cent increase since 2009, albeit some of it is down to Premier League television deals.
City’s commercial income at £166m is not far short of the Manchester United at £189m. Admittedly, some of that is down to what some have argued are ‘sweetheart’ deals with companies associated with the owners. However, the Swiss Ramble thinks there is considerable scope to grow commercial revenues through deals with companies not linked with the owners.