I’m Not Happy With EPL’s PSR Rules – Alan Shearer

Newcastle United legend, Alan Shearer has come out to say that he is not happy with EPL rules. Recall that Newcastle United, Aston Villa and a few others have had to make quick sales due to the Premier League’s PSR rules, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, even if he is pleased Newcastle did not have to sell players like Isak and Bruno to comply with Premier League rules, some of the players that left were pretty much forced out to do right by the EPL.

Shearer added that the rules do not sit comfortably with him at all because it limits smaller clubs who are trying to be part of the big players.

His words, “Obviously, Newcastle had to sell players because of PSR. I’m pleased they’ve done the business they’ve done, I’m pleased they didn’t sell Isak and Bruno.

I know Anderson loved playing for Newcastle, but hopefully he’ll get more game time at Forest and he can show everyone how good he is. He’s a really good player.

I think because of what Newcastle had to do and the timing of it, it’s been good business for them.

Those PSR rules don’t sit easy with me. If Newcastle hadn’t sold Yankuba Minteh and Elliot Anderson, they would have had to sell one of their bigger players to one of the big clubs. What chance have you got? What message is that sending out? The rules just don’t sit comfortably with me at all.

If you look at Newcastle and Aston Villa, they’re trying their very best to get near the big boys and challenge. Yet when they do, they have to sell players. Villa have had to sell Douglas Luiz to Juventus because of PSR. That can’t be right when a club is trying to challenge the big boys, and what they’ve got behind them as football clubs doesn’t sit easy with me.”