Same as we said about McNulty a couple of days ago!
apparently they want 500kWe’ve bid £250,000 plus add ons according to their newspaper.
Was hoping it more went ...apparently they want 500k
hopefully we can settle around 350-400k
apparently they want 500k
hopefully we can settle around 350-400k
Not bad price and leaves around a million for others and I think there will be others
agreed, but he wont be on any more than McnultyIt isn't all about actual up front transfer fees. Players and agents need to be paid after that.
It isn't all about actual up front transfer fees. Players and agents need to be paid after that.
I think OSB said a club is only allowed to spend 60% of any transfer fees receivedIt wouldn't add on a considerable amount to the total fee as a combination of transfer/agent/and signing on fee. For instance, apparently last season we spent £113,620 on agent fees from February 1st 2017 to the end of the January transfer window last season - and that was the highest paid out to intermediaries and agents in League Two. Even above Mansfield and Luton. So, I cannot see the agent fee being to extortionate. I couldn't guess the signing on fee but I presume it would be a percentage of his total annual salary - which again wouldn't be steep as we have to comply with FFP and the budget respectively.
It wouldn't add on a considerable amount to the total fee as a combination of transfer/agent/and signing on fee. For instance, apparently last season we spent £113,620 on agent fees from February 1st 2017 to the end of the January transfer window last season - and that was the highest paid out to intermediaries and agents in League Two. Even above Mansfield and Luton. So, I cannot see the agent fee being to extortionate. I couldn't guess the signing on fee but I presume it would be a percentage of his total annual salary - which again wouldn't be steep as we have to comply with FFP and the budget respectively.
What I mean is that it isn't a case of saying "right we got 1.5m for McNulty so we have to now go and buy players for 1.5m"
It could be that we get some free agents and give them a decent wage instead on a bit more than we could have before. Then there's tax / national insurance etc.
If for example you sign 3 players on a 3k a week contract for 3 years that is going to be most of the McNulty money gone just on wages.
I think OSB said a club is only allowed to spend 60% of any transfer fees received
At our level wages are usually the biggest factor in getting the best L1 level guys in
Most are on short(ish) contracts and will have been looked at and passed over by higher level clubs for whatever reason - a bit like McNulty until he scored all those goals for us last year
I think that's a common misconception amongst fans that don't understand the background of a football transfer though. They'll just assume if their supported club gets X amount for their player then they automatically believe all of the X amount is readily available to be spent on another. When in reality the fine print in the majority of transfers are different (in relation to the up-front fee) and the cost that comes after such a sale.
Exactly, plus I think we'd also have to pay VAT on top of the transfer fee which stands at 20%.
This could be the case as MR knows how many players are still needed and won't want to waste a significant proportion of the McNulty fee on one player. With rumours of potentially up to a further 4 players coming in (GK, RM, ST x2) I'd assume a bid of around the 300K - 400K is our absolute maximum for Chaplin because as you've said, put just 3 players on first team contracts and the money would be all but spent.
Don't forget we were still looking at other players regardless of McNulty staying or going. It's not like the fee received has to cover all remaining business (although suspect it will).
But what if we offered Mcnumpty 5k a week? That still leaves us a big wedge to investWhat I mean is that it isn't a case of saying "right we got 1.5m for McNulty so we have to now go and buy players for 1.5m"
It could be that we get some free agents and give them a decent wage instead on a bit more than we could have before. Then there's tax / national insurance etc.
If for example you sign 3 players on a 3k a week contract for 3 years that is going to be most of the McNulty money gone just on wages.
But what if we offered Mcnumpty 5k a week? That still leaves us a big wedge to invest
But what if we offered Mcnumpty 5k a week? That still leaves us a big wedge to invest
Just looked on Conor Chaplin’s Wikipedia page and it has his current club as Coventry City ??
How many headers did McNulty score ?The only think about Chaplin that worries me slightly is that he is about 5"6. He'll definitely need someone alongside him if he does sign otherwise MR might as well tell our wingers to never bother crossing.
Just looked on Conor Chaplin’s Wikipedia page and it has his current club as Coventry City ??
How many headers did McNulty score ?
That said, when I edited JCH's Wiki to say that he'd signed for us on loan until the end of the season with a few to a permanent move at the end of the season, within about 5 mins some uber-geek with too much times on their hands had undone my change and I got an email telling me that I hadn't put a source-and that was for something that had actually happened! It would have taken them less time to google him and see that it was a fact than it did to undo my edit and email me about it...Wikipedia is editable by anybody. I could invent myself as a professional footballer and member of the current squad if I wanted to.
People who hate on Wiki because it's user editable are silly. In straight comparisons it's been found to be more accurate than Encyclopedia Britannica. Obviously less so the more niche the topic is, but the idea that "anyone can put anything" shows a huge lack of understanding as to how a wiki operates.
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