I have felt for some time, that what the second tier clubs (the likes of Villa, Spurs, Everton, etc) and below, should be doing, is to deliberately pursue an economic/financial war with the big spending top tier clubs.
the likes of man city, chelsea and united (liverpool too), will have all their players on top paying contracts.
well, these big clubs always need to get rid of some of their players each year (in order to get new lads in).....and if other clubs refused to take these players off the big clubs hands....then the top clubs would be totally snookered, financially.
instead, spurs, villa, everton etc should instead be buying cheaply abroad. And in doing so, they would curtail the spending habits of the top tier clubs.