When Farke first came in, I recall, he brought Zimmermann with him. I think the main purpose was to prove it possible to survive the demanding, two-sessions-a-day, training schedule .....
Football Scotland says that Idah will be given a new chance with us in pre-season: "Idah - contracted until 2028 - will be given the chance to impress among the first-team set up once again at Norwich and given a fresh start under their newly-appointed boss Johannes Hoff." https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/.../adam-idah-celtic-transfer-roadblock-29219499
FLW lists Patino as one of 3 possible replacements for Sara should be leave: https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/x...l-gabriel-sara-replacements-for-norwich-city/
It seems we will save £3,676,192 on salaries this year from the release Gibson, Giannoulis, McCallum and Batth. That should be enough to cover the cost of signing Córdoba if his wages are no more than £13,000 per week. https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/t...ery-norwich-city-player-released-this-summer/ There should also be at least another £3m from the permanent signing of Tzolis by Dusseldorf: https://www.extratime.com/articles/33632/fortuna-düsseldorf-sign-christos-tzolis-on-permanent-deal-from-norwich-city/
Good question. It's about £60m I think, but last season's final payment should have reduced the overall debt by that amount. There is also still money coming in from the installments from the sale of Aarons(£12m), Rashica(£4.5m), Omobamidele(£20m) and Mumba(£1m), plus whatever Attanasio's group may invest. It's then a question of balancing the books for the coming season. That again could be where Attanasio comes in and whether we need to sell any players.
2023--2024 being our second season back in the Championship following relegation, I believe we will have received c. £34m in parachute payments. The season before, our first back in the Championship, we would have received c. £41m.
According to Google: "Relegated clubs will receive 55 per cent of the equal share of broadcast revenue paid to Premier League clubs in the first year after relegation, 45 per cent the following year and 20 per cent in year three if in the PL more than one year." Does that equate with your figures Robbie?
My figures come from a BBC article published in the summer of 2022, quoting Kieran Maguire, widely regarded as the authority on English football finance. He is much more likely to be correct than I would be if I were to try to work out whether they square with those percentages. If the figures appear lower than expected, bear in mind (a) that the year we were relegated was covered by the "old" settlement (if we'd have stayed up, we would have benefitted from the new, much improved settlement), (b) the "equal share of broadcast revenue" excludes the additional "merit payments" which depend on where you finish in the league (we, of course, finished 20th), and (c) EPL clubs additionally receive "Facility fees" from the Premier League, amounting in 2021--2022 to an additional £11m. The upshot of (b) and (c) is that the real loss of revenue is greater than the difference between 100% and 55% (or £45%) of the "equal share" distribution. I've seen other figures quoted suggesting that we received c. £44m rather than c. £41m in 2022--2023, but I'm inclined to give most credence to Maguire.
22 year old Peterborough left back and captain Harrison Burrows being loosely linked. 12months left on his contract
That seems reasonable, Robbie, though is it possible that the £44m figure derives from higher average TV revenues in 2023-24 than those in the year before.
He's Peterborough's captain and top rated player on WhoScored at 7.26. Thorup's LBs have a different role though, dropping into the back 3 when the ball is progressed forward and I'm not sure that's Burrows' style of play. Martin Frese played that role under Thorup and is available on a free transfer, whereas Burrows is likely to cost at least £5-6m.
Maybe. It would be so much easier if a specific parachute payment figure was given in the club accounts!
Trying to sort out many things in the Club Accounts is a nightmare and very often the impression given is not supported by the facts. Smoke and mirrors?
The new format for the Annual Report makes the task even harder. Presumably the Auditors' Report is still available; has anyone found it?
