Wolverhampton Wanderers have spent heavily over the past six months.
Wolves chairman Jeff Shi spoke exclusively to the Express & Star about FFP regulations, and insisted that they are restricting smaller ambitious clubs from making progress and competing with the elite teams in the game.
The Black Country outfit currently sit comfortably at the top of the Championship table, with a 10 point lead over third placed Aston Villa, with only nine games remaining.
Nuno Espirito Santo has been backed to the hilt in the transfer market over the past two windows, and that could represent some problems for Wolves somewhere down the line.
Financial Fair Play rules dictate that a club cannot record losses of more than £39 million throughout the course of a three year period, but Shi’s comments prove that the club’s owners are willing to invest even more money into Wolves, as quoted by the Express & Star:
“If an owner wants to put money into the club, of course they’ll have a loss in that year. But from an investment view it’s strange. You’re protecting some big clubs and not encouraging the small clubs to catch them. The big clubs have a big fanbase and more money from the commercial side. So how can a small club do something to chase them? I have every right to invest more into the club.”
If Wolves do in fact achieve promotion to the Premier League this season, the door will be open to a new windfall of added revenue, and it will be no surprise to see another summer of heavy investment at Molineux, regardless of FFP concerns.
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