A new report on the finances of the Championship has painted a bleak picture of a division hooked on unsustainable spending but dominated by clubs that receive Premier League parachute payments.
Commissioned by corporate restructuring firm Leonard Curtis, the Football Finance Report has been co-authored by Professor Rob Wilson, the provost of the University Campus of Football Business (UFCB), and Dr Dan Plumley, a senior lecturer in sports finance at Loughborough University.
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Cardiffs issue has been there for years now. We rely on set plays to score goals and struggle scoring in open play. When the set play goals dry up results like this follow.
@roathboy Don’t forget about style of play. When we have a possession manager we’re not direct enough and when we have a direct manager we don’t keep the ball well enough
Erol Bulut led Cardiff to a 12th-place finish in a campaign that includes wins over Ipswich, Southampton, Swansea and Coventry.
An impressive first season despite being one of the relegation favourites in August, and spending less than £2m, the sixth-lowest in the league.🇹🇷🟦
I never thought I would see Cardiff having the best academy in the EFL. 5 graduates played yesterday against Southampton. Two 15 year olds signed to Man City, 1 to Wolves, 1 to Leeds and another to Manchester United