Villa will be looking carefully at their books over the next few weeks to ensure they stay on the right side of the Premier League's profitability and sustainability rules
Simon Jordan, pictured talking on talkSPORT, has addressed Real Madrid's desire to sign Trent Alexander-Arnold from Liverpool early
PSR rant... Simon Jordan(Image: talkSPORT)
Simon Jordan has blasted the Premier League’s controversial spending rules, claiming they are “bloody stupid”.
With Aston Villa contemplating more player sales this summer to ensure they comply with the league’s stringent financial regulations, the talkSport pundit claims they are threatening the very competitiveness of the league.
Discussing Bruno Fernandes and his potential £100m sale to a Saudi Pro League club this summer, Jordan was asked how Manchester United could afford to turn down such a sum.
And he unloaded both barrels in his response, blasting: “This is the downside of PSR. This is what we're doing to our domestic football clubs, that they have to sell their players to be able to meet PSR.
“So whether it's an academy player, whether it's a better player, like at Aston Villa, this is the downside of PSR.
“So if we keep on with this nonsense, we will unwind the domestic powerhouse that our Premier League is and start to denigrate the quality of our football clubs.
“But that's for the Premier League to work out. That's for (league chief executive) Richard Master to say, 'Well, aren't we doing well here'?
“Because Man United, irrespective of their underperformance, in fact whichever club it is, whether it's a big club or a small club, they should be able to buy themselves out of trials and challenges if they want to, and PSR is stopping clubs from doing so. This is stopping the very essence of what built this Premier League into what it is now, so it's bloody stupid…”
His comments largely mirror the thoughts of Villa co-owner Nassef Sawiris, who believes the league’s spending rules compromise the ambition of clubs like Villa as they strive to compete both at home and in Europe.
Jordan added: “We know for a fact that clubs are being shut down economically if they haven't got the ability to buy players or to take wages on, whoever they are. They can't do it because of PSR consequences.”