"Concerns that top players might leave if their pay is restricted".
This is 100% built just to protect the top clubs. They deducted points from Everton and Forest, realising there will now be a magnifying glass on how they handle City and potentially our situation, and to remove themselves from such contradictory, they are now going to implement this rule. Especially when they probably figure at some point all clubs will have some book cooking when investigated deep enough.