I assume it would be more a tax term Goat. Profit per accounts is the start.
Then we adjust accounting profit for anything that is tax sensitive to get tax adjusted profit, or trade profit. I assume in this case you mean a business carrying on a trade, of which trading footballers is the principal activity?
Lad?
Dunno where you learnt your accounting but I have no idea what you just said.
Allow me to explain :
We sell young John for pyar wonga, then we go and spunk the lot of it on overpriced tosh like the boy Williams and crazy eyes Indi.