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Out
Manga 3 mil
Zohore 8mil
Total 11 mil
In
Pack 4 mil (I saw undisclosed but I’ll go with the figure bandied about on here)
Vassell 3 mil
Vaulks 2 mil ?
Glatzel 5.5 mil
14.5 mil
Meaning a total spend of 3.5 million
I’m sure I’m wrong and someone will point it out for me, a reason I love this board, but I’ve just been curious about it this morning.
Not really a bad thing is it?
I don’t know what the figure is but I would also allow for agent and signing on fees for free transfers and the impact of the summer changes on the wage bill.
I think Neil Warnock in a recent interview said the club had made a profit on the summer dealings and that was unusual for the Championship. I’m not sure that is right on either count.
My back of a fag packet calculation suggests we paid out more than we got back, and I have seen several newspaper reports showing most Championship clubs received more in fees than they paid out (although that was before Reading opened their cheque book in the last few days - like a few other clubs)!
I did say I’d miss a few 😂
Haven't we saved a fortune on wages though?
I seem to remember we had a plan to insure against relegation by putting clauses in the players contracts should we be relegated. Add to that, parachute payments, spending next to feck all when we went up last season, record season ticket sales this season and the already mentioned income from player sales this summer...
Warnock may well have included the £11m or whatever we are due from Fulham for Reid when he said net profit.. or may have included Pack at £750k which was the original price reported
We spent around £35m on transfers last year, not including the Sala deal and not including signing on fees or agents fees. So over £40m definitely - not really 'feck all' but peanuts compared to what Fulham and Villa spent I suppose. It appears our 'net spend' this summer is about £10m. However, I think that the parachute payment this season is around £55m, so that with the season ticket sales this season is all quite healthy but basically we will be trading at a loss in the Championship, so any surplus will be keeping us going month on month and guaranteeing our future, which is the right way to do it really.
I saw £750,000 for Pack as well
We spent around £13m and brought in around £11m (not counting Reid)