Premier League rules give Arsenal and Tottenham transfer hope as Chelsea cause huge problem

Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea have all seen the Profit and Sustainability Regulations (PSR) dominate both the news and their considerations regarding moves in the January transfer window. Following the exit of Harry Kane, Spurs have had the freedom to spend more this winter seeing both Timo Werner and Radu Dragusin arrive whereas the other two London clubs have made no additions to their senior squads.

The market has been inflating year after year with Arsenal joining the group of clubs who have bought a player for more than £100million whilst Chelsea managed to sign two in the space of two windows in addition to plenty of others for big sums. The question of when that might end has therefore circulated and perhaps the PSR could indeed be the policy which affects it.

Theoretically, if Premier League sides must work to the confines of making a loss of no more than £105million across a rolling three-year period, perhaps the prices of players will begin to fall so that teams can still operate effectively in the market. It would be in all the clubs' interests to be able to buy and sell whilst not fearing the possibility of a points deduction.

This would however have some consequences. Daniel Levy has spoken openly about the possibility of a potential sale but with the market value of players dropping this would in turn see Premier League clubs’ own value also fall as their assets depreciate under the circumstances.

Arsenal and Chelsea meanwhile do not look to be anywhere close to the process of a sale. Chelsea have only just been bought by Todd Boehly whilst Stan Kroenke has batted away potential bids and his son and club co-chairman Josh Kroenke has spoken openly about how they do not need the money.

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