Brighton boss: PSR is reasonable; it will be unsustainable for the Premier League to continue burning money at a large rate

Hupu News on October 14th: Brighton boss Tony Bloom accepted an exclusive interview with TheAthleticUK.

"Everything in the Premier League gets harder every year. We have to keep looking to improve and innovate. If we stagnate - and a lot of businesses talk about this, but in football, especially in the Premier League - our rivals are very competitive and they are always trying to outdo us.

They are always trying to get stronger, so we have to do the same, and ideally we will improve faster than other teams."

After clubs' spending exceeded £3 billion for the first time during the 2025 summer transfer window, Broome made no secret of the future of the Premier League.

"The situation now is that the revenue of the league is growing at a certain rate, and transfer fees and wages are also growing at a faster rate, so there is an element of unsustainability, which is why the rules we are about to vote on are very important.

Because if the club's losses The losses are growing at a faster rate and will only end in disaster." The vote Bloom referred to is the Premier League's latest attempt to stop clubs from living beyond their means, following the recent appointment of an independent football regulator to protect and promote the sustainability of English football. Clubs will vote on whether to replace the current profit and sustainability rules (PSR) with team cost rules (SCR) at their next meeting in November.

Brighton has yet to decide how to vote.

"The advantage of the team cost ratio is that it's more real-time, it looks at the entire season rather than looking back three years.

But there are pros and cons to both, so we're taking a hard look at it, and no financial system is perfect, it's just that we want to be as good as possible. The rules are very complex, but They are trying to make it as reasonable as possible

Every club will not like every part of it. The key is whether Premier League clubs think the changes will make the league better and more sustainable overall. What really matters - and why the Premier League is so popular - is that even some clubs have deep pockets. resources and some of the top teams in the world, but on any given day, a few teams at the bottom could beat them.

So, the gap between the top and bottom is competitive to some extent. If the gap is too large, interest in the Premier League will drop and Premier League revenue will drop, which will not only affect the Premier League teams, but all teams at the bottom of the table.

So to me, it's critical that I pay close attention to this kind of detail to make sure that this continues for decades to come. "

Blum has no sympathy for competitors affected by the PSR.

"Of course you can disagree, it doesn't matter. If the Premier League officials vote for the rules, you have to abide by them. If someone breaks the rules, no game can continue, so people should abide by the rules and if they don't, there must be consequences.

We don't want anyone to break the rules. Everyone knows what the rules are, and the PSR is a three-year rolling calculation model that allows for losses of up to £105 million, and this does not include the academy, women's football and Any infrastructure project. This is a huge amount of money, so if clubs exceed the regulations, they must face the consequences.

Many media are saying that this plan will not work because it forces clubs to sell local players. This is simply wrong. You don’t have to sell local players. You just need to arrange your finances reasonably to avoid the risk of exceeding the limit. I've heard this ridiculous argument many times. It makes absolutely no sense. "

Bloom is very clear that he believes that this situation in the Premier League is unsustainable.

"The financial situation is really tough and clubs are spending more and more. The rivals' net spend is going up. If you look at our net spend over the last five years, Brighton are not as good as what other teams are spending.

Most clubs are losing a lot of money.

The financial situation is just crazy right now. It's not just in our country, it's in most countries. I know football clubs as a whole lose money because the competition is so fierce. But some clubs are willing to Losing money season after season makes no sense to me.

We want to be a sustainable football club. Sometimes we lose a lot and sometimes we make a profit. But over time, if we stay in the Premier League, we can be sustainable and profitable. Most of our competitors can't do that.

So, it’s really difficult to compete with these clubs. And the biggest clubs, their commercial income and stadium income are much higher than ours. "