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NEW ERA STARTS: PREMIER LEAGUE FINANCIAL RULES ADOPTED FOR 2026/27

Premier League clubs vote to scrap PSR, introducing new Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) rules for 2026/27. The 85% spending cap replaces old loss limits, while a controversial salary anchor was rejected.

NEW ERA STARTS: Premier League Financial Rules Adopted For 2026/27
Exceed 85%? Fines & Points Deductions Confirmed By PL

Premier League teams agreed to the biggest change to money rules in a while, and these new rules will begin in 2026–2027.

The league says that teams have chosen to change from the current Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR) to the Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) and Sustainability and Systematic Resilience (SSR) for next season.

Only seven teams were in favour of the top-to-bottom anchoring (TBA) salary limit, which would have limited how much teams could spend on salaries and transfer costs (including agent fees) to five times the money and TV income given to the team that came in last place. Players saw it as a limit on what they could earn, and both of Manchester's best teams were very much against the most debated of the topics being voted on.

The SCR, which was agreed to by the required 14 teams, will limit teams' "on-field spending" to "85 per cent of their football income and net profit/loss on player sales" starting next season. This new rule will take the place of PSR, which limits club losses to £105 million ($137 million) over three years.

Teams will also have a "multi-year allowance of 30%" under SCR, which they can use to spend more than the 85%. Teams must stick to their allowed 85%, or they could face a sports-related penalty. There will be a cost for using this allowance.

The League will now follow UEFA's current SCR rules, which are now set at a limit of 70%. In 2024, UEFA penalised Chelsea and Aston Villa for not following the SCR rules.

The Premier League said that the new rules "are meant to help all teams have a chance to achieve greater success," as well as "clear tracking and penalties during the season, protection from poor performance, the chance to spend before earning money, a stronger ability to invest off the field, and less complication by focusing on football costs."

The league's statement says that SSR, the other change that was approved, is meant to "assess a club's financial health in the short, medium, and long term." Three tests—the Working Capital Test, the Liquidity Test, and the Positive Equity Test—will check if teams can handle short-term costs while also considering their balance sheet and long-term financial health.

BRUNO SALTOR OFFICIALLY JOINS TOTTENHAM AS ASSISTANT COACH FOR THE NORTH LONDON DERBY

Tottenham appoints Bruno Saltor! Discover the new coaching team under Igor Tudor and the departures following Thomas Frank's exit.

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Tottenham Confirm Bruno Saltor as Assistant Coach Under Igor Tudor

Tottenham Hotspur just shook up their coaching staff, bringing in Bruno Saltor, a guy who’s worked with Chelsea and West Ham in the past.

Saltor’s stepping in alongside interim boss Igor Tudor until the season wraps up. Spurs let go of Thomas Frank earlier this month, and, like Manchester United, they’ve decided to go with a temporary setup for now and figure out the bigger picture in the summer.

Tudor, who’s managed clubs like Marseille, Lazio, and Juventus, is set to take charge for the first time this weekend in the North London derby against Arsenal. Saltor will be in the dugout for his first Spurs match, too.

If you’ve followed Saltor’s career, you might know he’s often worked with Graham Potter. That’s how he ended up at both Chelsea and West Ham. When Potter left Chelsea in 2023, Saltor took over as interim head coach. His one match in charge ended in a 0-0 draw with Liverpool. Frank Lampard replaced him soon after, and Saltor stayed on as part of the coaching staff until Mauricio Pochettino arrived, at which point he moved on. He later reunited with Potter at West Ham but left when Potter did in September.

Tottenham’s official statement confirmed the news: “Following the arrival of Igor Tudor as Head Coach until the end of the season, we can now confirm the appointment of three additional coaches to our Men’s First Team coaching staff. We welcome Bruno Saltor as Igor's assistant coach." Born in El Masnou, Spain, Saltor started his playing career in his home country before joining Brighton in 2012. He made 235 appearances there over seven years, then moved into coaching with the Seagulls after retiring in 2019. Since then, he’s picked up experience at Chelsea and West Ham.

Along with Saltor’s appointment, Spurs also announced some departures. Justin Cochrane, John Heitinga, and Chris Haslam are all leaving the coaching staff after Frank’s exit. The club thanked them for their efforts and wished them well.

GLASNER OUT? CRYSTAL PALACE CONSIDERING IMMEDIATE EXIT FOR BOSS AFTER DISMAL EUROPEAN DRAW

Oliver Glasner’s exit is imminent! Discover why Robbie Keane has emerged as the favorite to lead Crystal Palace out of crisis.

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Odds crash on Robbie Keane becoming the next Crystal Palace manager.

Oliver Glasner was supposed to stick around at Crystal Palace until the end of the season. That was the plan, anyway. But after another rough run of results, his exit could come a lot sooner.

Thursday night in Bosnia should’ve been nothing special, just a routine first leg against a team Palace should handle easily, with the real test back at Selhurst Park next week. Instead, a 1-1 draw against Zrinjski Mostar turned into another mess in a season that’s gotten uglier by the week for Glasner and Palace.

The travelling fans didn’t hide how they felt.

Palace have only managed one win in their last 15 games. That’s not a blip; it’s a full-on collapse, and it looks like Glasner’s time might be up even faster than everyone thought.

People at the top of the club have started openly asking if letting Glasner finish out his contract is actually hurting more than helping. He said back in January that he’d leave when his deal was up in the summer, but with results falling off a cliff and morale at rock bottom, those discussions have picked up speed.

Word is, Palace have already started looking for Glasner’s replacement, planning for a summer hire. But now, it looks like they might bring in his successor right away.

One name has shot straight to the top of the list: Robbie Keane.

TalkSPORT’s Alex Crook says Palace are considering Keane as a short-term fix if Glasner goes before the season ends. Keane’s reputation has soared lately. He won the Israeli Premier League with Maccabi Tel Aviv, then took the Hungarian league title in his first season at Ferencváros.

His win rate at Maccabi was over 73 per cent. He’s also done time as an assistant coach at Leeds and Middlesbrough. People who’ve played for him, like Ireland’s Callum O’Dowda, rave about him. O’Dowda said, “As soon as he opens his mouth, you want to listen. It’s phenomenal, really. On the coaching side,e he has been good.”

For now, Keane is still in charge at Ferencvaros, who are still in the Europa League, so prying him away won’t be simple.

Palace sit 13th in the Premier League, eight points clear of the relegation zone, but that gap feels less safe with every week they fail to win.

Tottenham even considered Keane as an interim manager before they went with Igor Tudor.

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