The reasoning is:
Everton buy Ironbunam for £9m giving Villa £9m PSR profit for 2023/24.
Villa buy Dobbin for £9m giving Everton £9m PSR profit for 2023/24.
Both Villa and Everton happy, screw PSR rules.
2023/24 Lewis Dobbin
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Everton buy Ironbunam for £9m giving Villa £9m PSR profit for 2023/24.
Villa buy Dobbin for £9m giving Everton £9m PSR profit for 2023/24.
Both Villa and Everton happy, screw PSR rules.
DuncansPigeons
Player Valuation: £500k
I think we have an inherent distrust of the PSR regulations and the PL, especially with an ongoing battle over interest treatment.
Creating more headroom is a smart thing and if Dobbin is the sacrificial lamb then so be it
Creating more headroom is a smart thing and if Dobbin is the sacrificial lamb then so be it
Tony’s Carp
Player Valuation: £50m
It's strange how quiet that's gone considering it's a fairly pressing issue. It might be complicated but it can't be THAT hard to get in the right experts and resolve it- even if it couldn't be resolved before the end of the season it surely should've been resolved before the end of the FY.
Tilling
Player Valuation: £6m
To be fair, for the Prem to win the interest argument it would require them to successfully challenge the position of one of the top 10 audit firms in the country. There's a couple of reasons why they could genuinely win that argument and the approach from the club could be bogus, but it would be a huge development/claim, far stronger than the claims brought against us already resulting in deductions.
My point being it's not quite as unreasonable for the club to assume they'll win that argument as it was unreasonable for them to assume they'd win the original PSR breaches. I think we'll end up selling DCL anyway pre-July and it won't be a big issue for this year, but the historic adjustments could create a problem re: more deductions.
Agree completely mate, as you alluded to how can we know what our financial situation - if we dont know what way potential parts of our interest are and that is due to lack of clarity in procedure - if we breach again next year and that is a factor in terms of double jeopardy - it seems procedurally farcical.
Tony’s Carp
Player Valuation: £50m
I wonder if there is the tiniest chance common sense may have prevailed and the PL have concluded that challenging audited accounts is an over-reach, and they've allowed it to quietly go away (perhaps linked to us not appealing the rest of the decision)? But then common sense has rarely played a part in the past.
MACCA75
Player Valuation: £70m
Minus the amount of amortisation per year of around £2 million I presume.
That will only start from date of signing, so would be a tiny amount for 8-10 days of amortisation in 2023/24. Then £2.5m for each of the next 4 years.
jimmythenut
Player Valuation: £8m
Master's "They can't be doing this, they should be selling Braithwaite to United for £35 million, its not fair, how dare they disrespect my friend Sir Jimmy".
Tilling
Player Valuation: £6m
Regrettably, probably absolutely no chance - when you consider that the Premier League are supposed to advocate on behalf of all 20 clubs, if a club had treated interest charges in the same way that we had, I would expect the Premier League to at least interrogate it. I can't see them binning off an inquiry now
and what when we sell JB?
Paul Rideout
Player Valuation: £40m
Genuine question: why aren’t we buying/selling for £30m?
TheBlueGibbon
Player Valuation: £40m
It would increase the price for any other player we were be looking to buy if were to buy an inexperienced player for £30m
jonnyboy316
Player Valuation: £35m
Because we would then have a commitment of 6m a year based upon n a 5 year deal which would impact our ability to comply with PSR in future years
It would then confirm this is a fix, neither player is worth 30 mill, price has to be seen to be reasonable.
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