Work with the Orange Ledger
Independent numbers for decisions that depend on the squad cost rules.
Every Premier League club's squad cost ratio, rebuilt from its own filed accounts, tested in public as new figures arrive, and documented down to the source. If a transfer, a sponsorship, a loan, an acquisition or a legal case depends on those numbers, get in touch.
Who it's for
- Clubs and prospective ownersHow a club’s accounts, contracts and transfer commitments translate into room under the squad cost rules, before a window or a deal.
- Agents and intermediariesWhich clubs can afford a transfer or a contract under the rules, and which need to sell first.
- Sponsors and commercial partnersWhat a partner’s revenue is worth to a club’s spending limit, and the financial position of the club behind the badge.
- Law firmsIndependent, sourced figures on a club’s finances and on how the rules apply to them, for contract work, transfer disputes and litigation, with a documented source, a public method and a dated record of every change.
- Regulators, lenders and finance firmsIndependent, sourced reconstructions of club finances, with the method, the ranges and every correction on record.
Why the numbers can be trusted
- 20 clubs rebuilt from their filed accounts on one consistent method.
- Forecasts tested in public. Each club's estimate is checked against new accounts as they arrive, and every earlier figure stays on record.
- Every figure sourced, every estimate a range, every correction dated at the top of the article.
- Independent. Not affiliated with any club, agency or the Premier League.
See every forecast and how it has been scored on the track record page, and the method on The Engine page.
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