From what Martin Samuel keeps hinting in theTimes, there is strong pressure from premier clubs against the full adoption of the 70% cap.
The 85% cap figure is obviously what Samuel was hinting at.
It may well be a happy compromise for a club like Wolves, and give them the room to manoeuvre in the same way
we have for the last five years.
Take an income of around 200m, (which we will be close ot this year with a top 8 finish). That means the club is allowed
to spend £175m on players wages and amortisation charges. With wages around £125m level, then that leaves an amortisation
charge of £50m per season. That is somewhat below the current charge, but not excessively. It rather reaffirms the need for a carefully managed cycle of investment in and sales of players.
Current operational costs for a club like Wolves are around £40m per annum, which would give a total outlay of around £215m, leaving an allowable loss of £15m per annum.
All of this is only slightly more restrictive than the current system, and would not have the greatest of effects. Plus ca change.