Arsenal can finally sign perfect Declan Rice partner after Stan Kroenke FFP masterclass

Arsenal were dealt a boost to their transfer plans on Monday after not being charged by the Premier League for breaching profit and sustainability rules (PSRs). The regulations are effectively the domestic form of financial fair play (FFP) and have become more and more significant in the past 12 months than ever before.

Having previously never seen any side in the top flight punished for breaking financial termsthe Premier League could now be about to do it three times within the same year. Everton have been joined by Nottingham Forest in a nervy wait to see what conclusion an independent commission come to after the two sides were ruled to have broken rules for the latest rolling three-year time period.

The Toffees have already been docked ten-points for failure to comply with the allowed loss threshold provided as they were sanctioned just three months ago for their misdeeds over the 2021/22 season. Now they have been hit with yet another blow.

For Arsenal it has come at a good time. Not only have they avoided possible punishment — something which isn't a major surprise but the very threat of it has put a supressor on January transfer plans after three years of heavy spending and negligable outgoings — but it opens up the chance of exploiting their fellow opposition.

It comes at a time whereby league-wide activity remains at a general lul. Only Chelsea's lavish spending last year has made any sort of mid-season impact for some time. Arsenal's own January plans were limited to riskless deals for Jorginho, Jakub Kiwior and Leandro Trossard in 2023 and came with the high chance that they would be generating money from the Champions League later on in the year.

The same is true now but another £200million spent without