Some American investors have been reticent about investing in English football because of the free market in terms of salaries and Arsenal Chief Executive Ivan Gazidis believes it is time for change.
"I think it is worth our while to investigate whether there are elements of the salary cap system, which they have in US NFL and baseball, which would benefit football," he told the Guardian.
"Clubs have a duty to provide more stability in our business models and some form of wage restraint is one element worth looking at. There are many different ways in which it could work."
Gazidis is part of a European clubs' association working group considering improvements to the financial running of football, and he cited Germany's Bundesliga as a model that could be copied as they now hold the European Under 17, 19 and 21 trophies.
“The only profitable league, which has tight restrictions on the debts clubs can carry, and insists they live within their means,” he added.
However, with Sheikh Mansour at Manchester City and Roman Abramovich at Chelsea then this idea is unlikely to meet with the approval of many top flight teams.
In fact, the situation might change at Arsenal if Alisher Usmanov’s, the Russian with 25 per cent of the club, proposed rights issue of shares raises new money for the club.
"I am open-minded and we have commissioned Rothschild to advise the board," said Gazidis. "We have to be sure it can make a real and lasting contribution to the club."
However rational Gazidis’ argument may be, it is unlikely to be more than a footnote as clubs will carry on regardless with the Premier seemingly immune to recession.
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