Record signing top 10 (3 Viewers)

[The Philosopher]

What does our record signing list look like now?

Off top of head:


Haji £8m
Bellamy £6.5m
Keane £6m
Hughes £5m
Hadji £4m
Kitching £4m ??
Sims £3.5m ??
MVE £3.5m ??
Moldovan £3.25m
Thompson £3.2m
McAllister £3m


Is that about right?

Who have I missed / got wrong?

Edit: with many undisclosed these are best guesses and changed here and there.

 

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[slowpoke]

Who has said Kitching has cost £5 million ? As far as I know just a few planks on here.

 

[Sick Boy]

Who has said Kitching has cost £5 million ? As far as I know just a few planks on here.

What’s your source telling you pal?

 

[SleepyGinger]

I think it’s around £4M which sounds a lot but it’s just how the market is now. Burnley bid £32m for Maatsen yesterday, I don’t even know what players are worth anymore.

 

[The Philosopher]

Fair enough, I’ve EDITED OP - just trying to piece together.

I forgot Moldovan. Was he £4m?

 

[Ashdown]

Does anyone have a list of our transfer money received and spent since last season. I can’t remember or don’t know what we paid for who ?

 

[Frostie]

Does anyone have a list of our transfer money received and spent since last season. I can’t remember or don’t know what we paid for who ?

Take the fees listed with a truckload of salt but...

Coventry City - Transfers 23/24

Transfers: Overview of all signed and sold players of club Coventry for the current season.

www.transfermarkt.co.uk

 

[Evo1883]

Who has said Kitching has cost £5 million ? As far as I know just a few planks on here.

From their reporter its upwards of 4 mill

 

[slowpoke]

From their reporter its upwards of 4 mill

Not 5mill then ?

 

[Grendel]

Pretty pointless as it doesnt account for inflation and income into the game which has distorted fees upwards

Larry Lloyd in todays money was signed for £4.4 million

 

[wingy]

Take the fees listed with a truckload of salt but...

Coventry City - Transfers 23/24

Transfers: Overview of all signed and sold players of club Coventry for the current season.

www.transfermarkt.co.uk

Which counts for ffp the higher or the initial?

 

[Evo1883]

Not 5mill then ?

No I'm just telling you what the fee is believed to be

 

[Frostie]

Which counts for ffp the higher or the initial?

Add ons are only accounted for when triggered I believe.

 

[slowpoke]

No I'm just telling you what the fee is believed to be

Thing is we will probably never know and does it really matter, Robins wanted Kitching and has got him, backed by the chairman, let’s hope it’s the right decision. & we have another good young player we own on a 4 year contract.

 

[Evo1883]

But does it really matter, when you see
Thing is we will probably never know and does it really matter, Robins wanted Kitching and has got him, let’s hope it’s the right decision. We have another young player we own on a 4 year contract.

I mean if the club announced we'd signed him for 2 Mill , but the contract was 2 years everybody including Barnsley fans would be saying that's a bargain .

It's 4 years , I'm good with it , 5 mill would have been slightly too much

 

[Macca]

Pretty pointless as it doesnt account for inflation and income into the game which has distorted fees upwards

Larry Lloyd in todays money was signed for £4.4 million

Excuse me but I wanted to be the pedant that said this

 

[Macca]

We do however now have a good few players that are ours and have the potential to double or triple in value

 

[Flying Fokker]

What does our record signing list look like now?

Off top of head:


Haji £8m
Bellamy £6.5m
Keane £6m
Hughes £5m
Hadji £4.5m
Kitching £4m ??
Moldovan £4m
Sims £3.5m ??
MVE £3.5m ??
Thompson/Gary Mc £3m

Is that about right?

Who have I missed / got wrong?

Edit: with many undisclosed these are best guesses and changed here and there.

Jarni?

 

[Flying Fokker]

Pretty pointless as it doesnt account for inflation and income into the game which has distorted fees upwards

Larry Lloyd in todays money was signed for £4.4 million

Gary Bannister as well?

 

[Grendel]

Excuse me but I wanted to be the pedant that said this

Ian Wallace when we sold him was one of the highest fees in World Football - if he was today it would be £40 million plus

 

[CovInEssex]

so what would have bellamy been in todays money, £12?

 

[wingy]

We do however now have a good few players that are ours and have the potential to double or triple in value

Not enough anymore,what with inflation running away.

 

[The Philosopher]

Jarni?

Good shout

 

[skyblue025]

What did Hartson cost us in the end? It was a lower fee than the 7.5mil they wanted, but something like 7k per game he played if I remember correctly.

 

[Macca]

Ian Wallace when we sold him was one of the highest fees in World Football - if he was today it would be £40 million plus

Now you are stealing my examples. I’m taking my ball home

 

[Flying Fokker]

Ian Wallace when we sold him was one of the highest fees in World Football - if he was today it would be £40 million plus

In our current over inflated market…

In real term cash today 5.45 million.

 

[Ashdown]

We do however now have a good few players that are ours and have the potential to double or triple in value

Or half

 

[DrPoolittle]

Interesting to read. Just proves that money doesn’t always buy value, success or profit.

(PS Bill Glazier was a world record fee for a goalkeeper)

 

[fatso]

Pretty pointless as it doesnt account for inflation and income into the game which has distorted fees upwards

Larry Lloyd in todays money was signed for £4.4 million

Very true, but don't forget Ffp, which has recently come in, and is supposed to put a cap on what clubs are allowed to spend, (based on their turn over and profits and losses) and therefore reduce the spiraling cost of transfers and give a more even market.

Clearly it doesn't seem to have had a massive effect judging by recent market activity.

 

[Grendel]

Very true, but don't forget Ffp, which has recently come in, and is supposed to put a cap on what clubs are allowed to spend, (based on their turn over and profits and losses) and therefore reduce the spiraling cost of transfers and give a more even market.

Clearly it doesn't seem to have had a massive effect judging by recent market activity.

FFP would nothing in that example

 

[The Philosopher]

What did Hartson cost us in the end? It was a lower fee than the 7.5mil they wanted, but something like 7k per game he played if I remember correctly.

I’ve got it in my head it was £1m down, some stage payments and ended up £2.5m?

 

[The Philosopher]

What does our record signing list look like now?

Off top of head:


Haji £8m
Bellamy £6.5m
Keane £6m
Hughes £5m
Hadji £4.5m
Kitching £4m ??
Moldovan £4m
Jarni £3.7m
Sims £3.5m ??
MVE £3.5m ??


Is that about right?

Who have I missed / got wrong?

Edit: with many undisclosed these are best guesses and changed here and there.

What is notable is that the list hadn’t changed for about 20 years until about 6 weeks ago.

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Ian Wallace when we sold him was one of the highest fees in World Football - if he was today it would be £40 million plus

And he'd be worth every penny, he has to be one of , if not the best, striker's we signed for the club.

 

[JimmyHillsbeard]

And he'd be worth every penny, he has to be one of , if not the best, striker's we signed for the club.

We got him for a pittance from Dumbarton. Sold him for £1m to Forest when he flopped badly.

 

[baldy]

When I first started supporting City,the first record fee was Drinkell for 600K - geeez