City's transfer kitty "expected to be no more than £20 million".

[the other bob wilson]

"the Scottish market - as well as loans and frees - expected to be high on the agenda"

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...citys-14740995

[Blue Not3s]

As much as we need to be sensible, I really do hope this is more poor journalism from Wales Online. I think we need to spend at least £35m to give ourselves a proper chance here, and with the money available now compared to a few years ago, as mad as I may sound to some, £35-40m still comes under the 'sensible' category for me.

[WJ99mobile]

As much as we need to be sensible, I really do hope this is more poor journalism from Wales Online. I think we need to spend at least £35m to give ourselves a proper chance here, and with the money available now compared to a few years ago, as mad as I may sound to some, £35-40m still comes under the 'sensible' category for me.

Agreed. There’s a massive difference between being sensible and being stupidly tight.

Is Tan scrimping for an impending sale?

[Badly Ironed Shirt]

If only the club lost £68m of debt as was promised in Feb 2016. oops we're supposed to forget that right?

[Rjk]

If only the club lost £68m of debt as was promised in Feb 2016. oops we're supposed to forget that right?

If Tan converted the debt to equity, that wouldn't immediately mean he wanted to spend a load more on transfer fees this season, whether it's debt or equity it's all coming from him at the moment

[Croesy Blue]

If only the club lost £68m of debt as was promised in Feb 2016. oops we're supposed to forget that right?

Can we stop having this trying to derail every single thread? It's been discussed to death by the same one person who ignores all the sensible answers he's given. Fair enough it is a talking point but not in every single thread.

[Badly Ironed Shirt]

Can we stop having this trying to derail every single thread? It's been discussed to death by the same one person who ignores all the sensible answers he's given. Fair enough it is a talking point but not in every single thread.

Sensible answers like "Why do you care?"?

It's a thread about Cardiff reportedly being hamstrung in the transfer market, it seems quite on topic to point to a possible reason for that but the paranoia that festers in this echo chamber interprets that as an attempt at derailment. :hysteria:

[Rjk]

As much as we need to be sensible, I really do hope this is more poor journalism from Wales Online. I think we need to spend at least £35m to give ourselves a proper chance here, and with the money available now compared to a few years ago, as mad as I may sound to some, £35-40m still comes under the 'sensible' category for me.

Yes the market has changed hugely in the between years, although we can only afford what we can afford.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

As much as we need to be sensible, I really do hope this is more poor journalism from Wales Online. I think we need to spend at least £35m to give ourselves a proper chance here, and with the money available now compared to a few years ago, as mad as I may sound to some, £35-40m still comes under the 'sensible' category for me.

We spent £35m last time, I think the noises coming out of the club and the players we're being linked with suggests we're going to spend sod all. Every club for the last two seasons has spent £10m plus on at least one player but I just don't see it from us.

[Wales-Bales]

As much as we need to be sensible, I really do hope this is more poor journalism from Wales Online. I think we need to spend at least £35m to give ourselves a proper chance here, and with the money available now compared to a few years ago, as mad as I may sound to some, £35-40m still comes under the 'sensible' category for me.

That should get us Gareth Bales right boot.

[Igovernor]

Like we are going to inform all and everyone exactly how much money we have to spend, laughable really, Warnock will have what he wants within reason

[Sloop_Jon_Bee]

Like we are going to inform all and everyone exactly how much money we have to spend, laughable really, Warnock will have what he wants within reason

[Llanedeyrnblue]

Like we are going to inform all and everyone exactly how much money we have to spend, laughable really, Warnock will have what he wants within reason

THIS ^^^^

[Disco Des]

Which way do we think would get us the best value from our signings?

Coming out saying money is not an object like the Fulham owner or

We only have a rather modest budget like stated in this article?

I know what I think.

[Blue Not3s]

Which way do we think would get us the best value from our signings?

Coming out saying money is not an object like the Fulham owner or

We only have a rather modest budget like stated in this article?

I know what I think.

Yeah to be fair announcing ourselves as the lowest budget is a pretty good shout. Let's hope this is the reason!

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Yeah to be fair announcing ourselves as the lowest budget is a pretty good shout. Let's hope this is the reason!

Clubs, players, agents and managers aren't thick, we're in the Premier League and are guaranteed nearly £200m even if we go down. We're going to get ripped off no matter what happens.

[qccfc]

Clubs, players, agents and managers aren't thick, we're in the Premier League and are guaranteed nearly £200m even if we go down. We're going to get ripped off no matter what happens.

That £200m is over 4 years mind.

If we spend £30m and then double our wage bill up to £60m (lower than Aston Villa in the championship), then there is virtually the £100m for the first season gone, and you are carrying a £60m wage bill down to the championship, and you have to start cutting again.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

That £200m is over 4 years mind.

If we spend £30m and then double our wage bill up to £60m (lower than Aston Villa in the championship), then there is virtually the £100m for the first season gone, and you are carrying a £60m wage bill down to the championship, and you have to start cutting again.

It's over 2. We'll only get one year of parachute payments if we go down (I think). I'm not suggesting we go mad but it doesn't make any difference saying how much money you're going to spend. We're a Premier League club and it'll be assumed we have more money than sense.

[the other bob wilson]

.I expected us to have the lowest kitty in the league, but, that would be about £ 10 million less than any one else last year if I remember rightly (maybe I don't?) and the amount spent increases year on year as a rule. My first thought on reading that was to think "good luck, Mr Warnock, you're going to need it" - maybe they meant Scotland when they were talking about us targeting players with Premier league experience?
On the other hand, did you see that article I posted on here a few days ago about Neil Warnock and dickhead journalists?

[City123]

I mean, I know he got burned last time, but that is ridiculously low

[life on mars]

We could spend money in a different way ,by recruiting better and more scouts , both UK based and European, grab better youngsters into our academy , improve our marketing department to enhance revenues , we should see this a s a 5 year growth business model .

[Hilts]

Its not over 2!
Relegated teams are to receive a £40million parachute payment.

This equates to 55 per cent of the broadcast revenues in the first year after relegation.

It then goes down to 40 per cent (£35m) in year two and to 20 per cent (£15m) in year three.
But they also get around £95m for finishing bottom!

Teams who have been in the PL 1 season dont get the 3rd year.

[Eric Cartman]

I think our team deserve a go in the premier league. There are plenty of 10 million players that make no impact at all, spending X amount guarantees nothing.

[Rjk]

Is that 20million on fees or 20 million on fees and wages increase? Ah well even if we spend nothing at all it'll be fun, and then we hopefully wouldn't have to spend 2 years of Russel Slade next time to put us back on the right track

[surge]

Will put onus on scouting, coaching and tactics if true. Walesonline article suggested we're strong enough to work that defensively but we saw we might need more going forward.