CEO Oliver Kahn from FC Bayern has spoken out in favor of curbing salaries in professional football with the help of upper limits and lower transfer fees.
In an interview with the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, the former national soccer goalkeeper said that the German record champions wanted a hard limit on the maximum amount that a club could spend on salaries.
In addition, there could be a relative size. Kahn named 60 or 70 percent of the income that could be invested in salaries. The 52-year-old explained that the fixed upper limit that applies to everyone should not be exceeded.
In addition, there should be clear limits for investors as to how much they can put into a football club and how much loss they can make up for.
Oliver Kahn: “Crucial fork in the road” in football
“But both points would be pointless without point three: There have to be penalties that hurt and are really carried out, even at the big clubs. Ultimately, we want nothing more than cost control in football,” said Kahn and added with a view to a future regulation des Financial Fair Play: “I believe that football has reached a crucial fork in the road.”
Among other things, the French top club Paris Saint-Germain, but also a number of top English clubs have been supported by multimillion-dollar investors from abroad for years. Most recently, the Premier League club Newcastle United was sold to a consortium with Saudi participation.
“A few years ago the English were ten or 20 million euros ahead of us. Now it’s a multiple,” said Kahn, who is also the deputy chairman of the European club association ECA.
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