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Mbappe’s Cash Grab, Hendo’s Legacy, and Why the Saudi Pro League Is the Future of Elite Football

The Ripple Effect with James Lawrence Allcott

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Newcastle United's FFP Needs to Be Widened

I think every team has like, you can only spend whatever it is, a hundred million on wages every season. And that cap needs to be broadened to squish everyone together and keep the gaps together. The issue FFP is if you tie it to turnover, like you're talking about Newcastle, but they then sponsor themselves. That's why Saudi Arabia will keep getting everyone. It's exactly the same. Because you can go Jordan Henson, do you want to come to Saudi Arabia for 100 grand? No, 200. No, 300. No, for pick a number, 700. All right, because it doesn't matter. But if there was a rule there that it could

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