Whether you are proved right or wrong do you think at the moment we are looking at an improved squad?
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rochdaleblue
Player Valuation: £50m
Is anyone else like me not bothered about our net spend figure? Yes I'm disappointed to lose Rom and likely Barkley, but both players don't want to be here. You cannot deny the squad is so much stronger than last season. Koeman is much happier, he has thanked the board for getting the players he wants. With the anticipated sale of Ross and McCarthy, it could net the club another 50m, which would be offset by the purchase of siguardsson. Yet you will still have supporters complain that we haven't spent money, even though the squad will be undoubtedly stronger.
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Net spend obsession is for kopites.
This summer the club have massively increased the costs of its players, in money spent and wages paid. It's a big investment and if anyone can't see it then its dead weird.
This summer the club have massively increased the costs of its players, in money spent and wages paid. It's a big investment and if anyone can't see it then its dead weird.
Barkley 30, McCarthy 20....it all adds up
Right, so as I've just explained in my previous response to you, we've raked in £93.5m so far, face value.
Add on the Rom add ons, and that's a total of £108.5m.
Let's say we do sell Barkley, and McCarthy - then that's another £50-60m there.
So, we're at £170m (ish).
Joel - we're asking for £8m - call it £178m.
Niasse, if we can get anything back on him, call it max £7m, to take it to £185m, give or take.
Then we'll spend £45m on Gylfi, plus whatever it takes to get a striker (£30m?), we're hitting £160-170m in spend on incomings.
Not unlikely that we'll go get a defender in. Allow £10m for that... We're about breaking even.
Yes mate, most of the sensible people and the non fifa playing bedwetters.
KevMirallas
Player Valuation: £35m
Hi mate, this persona of yours is really starting to pay off hey? People are even recognising your username now, what fun?!? Still, it is quite a shame to see such effort being put into having some cringey online identity. You could definitely be using this time more wisely. It's not too late.
Sig, striker, Cuco and a CB and we can put a ribbon on this window.
and on top of that we got Sandro and Rooney for 5.2mil and sold Lukaku for 75 rising to 90mil....Net spend means nothing
tadpole
Player Valuation: £15m
What relevance does net spend have to anything ? Seriously ?????
We are not a selling club.
We have the funds to buy pretty much any player who's willing to join us.
We were always going to be banking some money this window if Lukaku left - but that wasn't something we were relying on. We went ahead and signed a series of target players anyway before the Lukaku situation was resolved.
There are over 6 weeks of the transfer window to go. There are certain to be more incomings and outgoings. For example if we brought in Sigurdsson, a Rom replacement, and a defender, that could be another 75 or 80m easy.
Net spend doesn't take into account the wages of all the new signings - Rooney alone must be getting at least 7.5m a year - plus the agents fees and transaction costs involved.
What matters is bringing in the right players, and that when we let players go it's for the right reasons.
you can't see that some players who are great can be got cheaply, and others that aren't worth it sold for extortionate amounts and you call us deluded?! lol Nice1
ham2
Player Valuation: £10m
Koff lad Evan more boring now
Stones wanted to go, Lukaku wanted to go.
You want him to tie them to a chair in his basement FFS?
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