Youri Tielemans and Simon Jordan
Simon Jordan believes the Premier League's transfer rules are 'grotesquely unfair' amid Aston Villa's dismantling this summer.
Villa, along with Newcastle, have sold many of their key players that helped them challenge the 'Big Six' in recent years.
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery looks on during their match against Manchester City3
Aston Villa's Europa League-winning squad has been pulled apart this summer
Unai Emery's side won the Europa League just a few months ago, but they've now lost Morgan Rogers, Youri Tielemans and Lucas Digne, with Ezri Konsa on the brink of joining Arsenal.
Rogers joined Chelsea for a record £117m, while Tielemans signed for Manchester United and Digne was sold to PSG.
As for Newcastle, who were playing in the Champions League last season, they have seen multiple stars depart this summer.
Bruno Guimaraes will be joined by Konsa at Arsenal, with Anthony Gordon going to Barcelona and Sandro Tonali to Tottenham.
The two clubs have now been significantly weakened heading into the new Premier League season due to their sales.
Meanwhile, Chelsea and Spurs, who hugely struggled last term, have been spending huge amounts of money in recent weeks.
And talkSPORT host Jordan is not happy with how the transfer window has panned out, slamming the financial rules.
He believes the rules have helped protect the 'Big Six' from being challenged at the top of the Premier League.
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Jordan slams 'unfair' transfer rules
Speaking on Aston Villa and Newcastle's tough summers, Jordan said: "I felt that Newcastle weren't going to be in a position to challenge the legacy clubs because they're not being allowed to.
"It's grotesquely unfair that the Liverpools, the Arsenals, the Manchester Uniteds, Man Citys, the Spurs can spend as much money as they wish.
Sandro Tonali is unveiled as a Tottenham Hotspur player3
Spurs took one of Newcastle's stars for £100m despite almost being relegated last season
"No one else can because they can generate the turnover because they're now seeded. So Aston Villa and Newcastle can get on with it.
"They can't do what Chelsea did. They can't do what Man City did.
"That was break up the orthodoxy of Arsenal and Manchester United and because they can't buy their way into the positions that Man City and Chelsea were able to do.
"You can't build a team to challenge in perpetuity and be a top side.
"It is absolutely the fault of the Man Uniteds and Arsenals because they dressed up the idea of financial fair play as some governance to retain the sanity of the game and it's nothing of the sort.
"It's unfair. It's pulling up the drawbridge and saying to everybody else 'We're in the room now and you can't join'."
Morgan Rogers celebrates during Chelsea's match against Real Sociedad3
Chelsea broke a British transfer record to sign Rogers from Aston Villa
The Premier League is a 'closed shop'
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters believes that every team should aspire to win the top-flight title.
But that's something that Coventry City owner Doug King thinks isn't realistic due to the current financial rules - and similarly to Jordan, he struggles to see a way in which a smaller team can challenge.
When asked for his verdict on Masters' view, King said on talkSPORT's White and Jordan: "You can aspire, but...it's a closed shop.
"It's a squad cost ratio, you've got £800m revenues versus £200m revenues, you can do the maths.
"It's going to be incredibly difficult, so you have to find every advantage you can to be competitive.
"Our goal is to try and build momentum. We need to be in a position to stay in the league if we can, and then build those revenues towards.
"We're never going to get towards those numbers, but build them towards some meaningful revenues so we can be competitive."