Analysis
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Is European football getting a salary cap?
UEFA’s new Financial Sustainability Regulations, introduced in June, limit the percentage of revenues clubs can spend on player wages.
- Squad cost ratio has been trending upwards across all leagues through the seasons impacted by Covid-19
- Average squad cost ratios amongst the six largest clubs in the Bundesliga are the lowest of the Big Five; the highest are in Ligue 1
- Atalanta and Real Madrid have shown the most consistent control on squad cost ratio over the last five reporting periods