I don’t think his budget has been that limited.
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I don’t think his budget has been that limited.
His budget is limited compared to other teams. He got to the Premier League using some of the players from his League Two side, and he has turned other players into prized assets. It's all relative, and he could generate good returns if he sold any of his better players. As a manager he adds tremendous value.Originally Posted by Pearcey3
I think that they spent around 80 million this season and sold about 20 million worth of players, not bad in my opinion. Previous to that Bournemouth haven't spent that big, they may have even made a profit on transfers over the previous years, would be interesting to know.
I would view that as consolidation, and they also invest in young players for the future.
Good manager but weren’t they find several million for breaching FFP the season they were promoted to Premier League?
They have been one of the biggest net spenders in Europe over the past four years. They tend to buy quite a lot of players at around the £10 million mark and it adds up. They have sold very few players for much money. Their net transfer spend has been higher than Liverpool’s in that time.
Yes he is doing a decent job but he has been backed to the max.
It sounds like a good business model. Players like Brooks are going to be worth a lot more than £10 million. There is no profit when you buy players for top dollar.
It’s very high risk. If he makes a few duff signings and they get relegated they will have FFP issues. All I can say is that he has spent a huge amount more on incomings than outgoings.
It's not like they rushed into it, they have been building season upon season. Brooks was arguably one of the buys of the season, and Fraser could be off to a Top 4 side.
Rubbish. They bought their way up to where they are and continue to spend.
He's done a great job but don't lie to make his achievements seem better
In a nutshell....THIS.
They are still in the Premier League, so I think the facts speak for themselves, and they have some very salable assets should they ever wish to cash in. I would consider their strategy to be very prudent and hardly a lie. They could have made big money on Calum Wilson if they had sold him earlier in the season.
You said he is working on a limited budget though when clearly that isn’t true.
Like I said they aren't paying top dollar for their players, so it is an investment strategy. How much are their best 5 players worth?
that's a fair point, although if he got a few wrong then a club like bournemouth could end up like swansea in a few years. Apart from the TV money the only other income stream would be to sell one of the crown jewels every couple of seasons.
Yep I understand what you are saying but unless they start selling some of their best players they will have massive problems when they do down which in my view is inevitable. Charlton thought they broke the model. Then Reading. Then Swansea etc etc. All smaller clubs have a limited timespan in the top flight.
He is doing a good job but is very fortunate to have so much backing from his owners.
Since they arrived in the premier league they've spent around 160 million on players and recieved about 40 million in transfers the other way, so a net spend of about 120 million if that's correct, obviously there's wages on top of that as well.
Right... I am not arguing that, I've said he's done a great job but they aren't paupers. Warnock put it best, we went in for Lerma and offered 3m and Bournemouth ended up buying him for over 25m instead.
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