The Next Transfer Window
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(Now patiently waiting for MrsG to come to my rescue)
Like £20mil Diop signed on a 4 year deal is counted as £5m loss per season for 4 years, not £20mil in the year we bought him
I think
For the first calculation, it is simply weekly wages that are counted.
The second is based on the club's accounts, and transfer fees are treated as capital in those and, as Champo says, are written off over the length of the contract. If a player is sold, there may be a profit or loss on disposal depending on how much he is sold for compared to his current book value (not how much we paid for him). In Champo's example, if we sold Diop for 10m after 3 years, we might feel that we've lost money (bought for £20m, sold for £10m, so a £10m loss) on him, but from an accounting point of view we'd have made a £5m profit on disposal, as his book value after 3 years would only be £5m.
Disclaimer: the accounting practice is almost certainly correct, but my understanding of FFP may be completely wrong.
Dont get me wrong, if manage to sell Anderson or Yarmolenko tomorrow I'd like for us to compete for him (as he seems a good talent) but hes not what we need
Diangana is a new signing this year. Think he gives us an option that we dont have in the squad in that hes a natural winger on his stronger foot
He makes the game bigger and can beat his man down the touchline, his asisst today was classic old school winger in getting to the byline and pulling it back
Now we’ve got Ajeti and Hugill off the wages...
Another one bites the dust?
Wonder if hes there to partner or replace Zaha
If we do sign anyone, I fully expect it to happen once the more significant moves are done by other clubs, e.g. Chilwell to Chelsea means Sullivan can make a loan offer for Alonso or Emerson.
Personally i'd like one of the 4 young centre backs on show to be given a chance as 4th choice but Moyes said he likes experienced defenders
Agree that we look like we can use the U23 instead of buying freebies and past their prime players on big wages like we used to for squad depth
Wonder if we can get some first hand scouting on saturday when we play Brentford, hopefully have eyes on Rico Henry
Cardoso, Akinola and Alese are all highly rated centre backs, Diangana has done it for a year at the top of the championship, Cullen has several years of league football under his belt. It’s not like these guys are non league players
It’s not from the Guardiola handbook, but it’s managers making players better, whether that be via positional tweaks, man management, tactical changes etc. Moyes spoke about it on the website where he said that money is tight & he is focused solely on making the players we have, better.
It’s all very well bemoaning the fact we have not managed to sign Eze, but when you have Lanzini, Anderson, Yarmolenko, Antonio, Bowen, Noble, Wilshere, Snodgrass & now Diangana all offering options in that 3 behind the striker, you wonder where we need to fit another £15m-£20m player, especially one unproven in the Championship. Arguably we have the better player in Diangana, who had at least proven to some extent he can hold his own in the PL, albeit needing some work.
We will 100% sign a LB, I am certain, & a CB. We do need a striker, but as we saw yesterday, Antonio continued up front & looks to be seen now exclusively as a striker. Ideally another CM would be ideal, or a player who can convert into the CB role as well as CM. Lundstrum, Henry, Duffy & a striker would be the best we can expect with no real cash.
Highly-rated is one thing, but we can't expect them to perform in the PL straight away. I know Rice has done it, but for every Declan Rice there are a hundred Hogan Ephraims.
Diangana, absolutely. He tore up the Championship last season so deserves a chance in the PL. Cullen has probably done enough to be a bench player for us this season, but I'd be reluctant to throw too many of the other untested kids into the squad. I'd rather sign Duffy (for example) and send the likes of Alese and Baptiste on loan in the Championship; if they do well, they can challenge the senior players the following season.
Do we really need to spend that sort of money on that type of player? Was Eze better than Grady last season? Don't we need to focus our limited funds on other areas?
I would like to have brought Eze in; he's quicker and more direct than any of our current No10s, and would offer more than Lanzini and the always-unreliable Wilshere. I think a lot of the fan's frustration is that it's been reported that he wants to come and Moyes wants him, but there's seemingly been no movement from the board. Obviously no-one really knows what's going on, but that doesn't stop us all speculating.
Going on how we performed after lockdown our issue wasn't scoring goals. It was Cresswell being roasted and praying Antonio didn't get injured.
Also if we do get another striker (unlikely) or Haller comes good, Antonio is another attacking player that we need to fit in the midfield.
To be honest, Henry, Duffy and someone like Tammy Abraham (he's not getting a kick all the time Werner is fit) on loan would be enough for me.
All about opinions, of course, but I'd have Eze in over Lanzini. Have a feeling it could be another Maddison/Dendoncker situation.