They paid May's bills, they get the extension. Bought other parties one more month to get the money together. That's all the extension was.
They've been dead in the water for a while.
I liked Iwobi, but his importance to the team pales in comparison to a healthy DCL.
Again, trading a few dollars for our PL status makes zero financial sense.
Depends on the money. For the 20 million mentioned above, I agree. Gaining 20 million and losing PL revenue would be one of the dumber decisions we've ever made, and that is saying something.
That's the going rate for good players. If you want good players, that's what you pay. Paying Pickford that wage has helped keep us in the Premier League, the value far exceeds the cost.
Again, the issue is giving that to bad players. Which is mostly what we've done (and continue to do with...
That's fine in a vacuum, but that's not realistic. Certainly Pickford should be or he wouldn't be here. The average salary for a first team PL player is 60-70k per week depending on the source. It's higher for a starter, it's higher for a good starter...
The issue isn't giving good players...
Has nothing to do with Dyche. I give Kompany credit for going to the Championship and accomplishing what he did there, but I'm not sure the minimum qualifications for taking the biggest jobs in the world has ever been lower.
And it all fell apart from there, frankly. That window was the first inkling of our financial woes, something Carlo wasn't going to stick around for (and why it was a poor appointment in the first place, he and the club were not on the same page).
They add 70 million in depreciation to their income statement, then remove it for the FFP calculation. It's not as if they get to add 70 million from nowhere.