Everton could create £12.5m PSR room ahead of January
Speaking to Everton News, TBR Football’s financial expert
Adam Williams provided an overview of how Everton could transform this into a big PSR boost.
“A player signed for £5m on a five-year deal, for example, would only deduct £1m from Everton’s PSR calculation each season,” he said.
“It is the club’s total amortisation bill that counts towards their profit-loss figure and therefore the one that has a bearing on their PSR calculation.
“So, a sum of £2.5m from a sell-on clause would effectively give Everton, for whom the margins in terms of PSR are razor thin, an extra £12.5m worth of PSR headroom in January.”
Everton could offload Beto among with a number of other players to potentially create some further PSR room.
“It isn’t a free hit. Everton still would need to register the cost of a £12.5m signing over the next five years. But if they are struggling for room for manoeuvre in January, it can be a valuable option.”
“Basically, they could sign a player for £12.5m in January and only £2.5m – i.e. £12.5m divided by five – would be deducted from their PSR calculation over the next 12 months.”