4 more years, amortisation. (1 Viewer)

[hamil99]

With what Chelsea, Aston Villa, Newcastle and Everton are doing to skirt FFP, (selling youth players to each other for high fee's and spreading it over a longer contract) I wonder if we are doing something similar. Most of our signings seem to be on 4 year contracts now, so a 2 million pound signing only comes up as 500 thousand in this year's books, meaning we have more wiggle room or potential for spending this season. Is that why Doug has a five year plan? Maximise our spending over a given period and hope we make it to the Premier League and recoup our spending? The guy is obviously a very savvy business man, and I believe he'll be happy to spend with a end game plan to get his money back. But as a club Is this a good model for us going forward? Right now I'm loving it and really excited for the next season, but with all the shenanigans going on at other clubs I'm wondering if we might be slowly lowering the noose over our necks if we don't get promoted.

 

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[CoventryUSA]

I don't think it is for FFP purposes as much as it is what higher-level players expect. It gives them financial security; if you don't offer it, someone else will.

 

[Trueskyblue20]

The whole FFP thing really fucks me off. The likes of Chelsea can spend £bn’s on transfers and have even started splashing the cash this summer on youth players that probably won’t ever make the first team squad, yet teams at the lower end have to walk a financial tightrope.

It’s all geared up to protect the ‘Big 6’ and no doubt we will end up getting stung by it if we make the Prem.


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[SkyBlueMatt]

With what Chelsea, Aston Villa, Newcastle and Everton are doing to skirt FFP, (selling youth players to each other for high fee's and spreading it over a longer contract) I wonder if we are doing something similar. Most of our signings seem to be on 4 year contracts now, so a 2 million pound signing only comes up as 500 thousand in this year's books, meaning we have more wiggle room or potential for spending this season. Is that why Doug has a five year plan? Maximise our spending over a given period and hope we make it to the Premier League and recoup our spending? The guy is obviously a very savvy business man, and I believe he'll be happy to spend with a end game plan to get his money back. But as a club Is this a good model for us going forward? Right now I'm loving it and really excited for the next season, but with all the shenanigans going on at other clubs I'm wondering if we might be slowly lowering the noose over our necks if we don't get promoted.

We're not in the realms of having issues with FFP. It's down to signing players that will have sell on value and not being stuck in the situation of Hamer, O'Hare & Gyokeres.

Plus I don't think Villa & Everton have done anything wrong. Obviously the timing because they look like they are doing it to pass FFP.

If you look at the shite youth players the S*y 4 have sold over the last 10 years (looking at Liverpool). £9million for a young English player with PL experience is not really worth making a fuss over.