Transfer Rumours Summer 2026 Transfer Thread…
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Could he do both? I don't think there's a rule against sponsoring your own team (as long as its arguably market value).
I reckon Acun will at least try for Arda Guler on loan, especially since Mourinho is heading back there and we know they're mates
We could…but unless we stay up that would be a nightmare in a couple of years time!
Indeed, and the money doesn't come all at once, with tv money spread monthly and prize money paid at the end of the season
Amortisation of transfer payments and the actual cash payment structure are not necessarily the same thing.
Looking at players with potential to increase value,.... I'll throw one in the ring currently valued at about £20 million. Brighton loaned him to Roma but an ankle injury (successfully Operated on) meant it was cut short... Even Ferguson.... loan or purchase...?
Why would anyone buy 25% of a business that is almost certainly going to lose money?
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Amortisation of transfer fees is only relevant to PSR and the new SCR. It doesn’t actually mean a lot if the club doesn’t have the financial clout to pull off expensive signings.
As we saw last summer, we couldn’t or wouldn’t pay the loan fees and wages for Louie Barry and being in arrears to other football clubs is arguably worse than falling foul of financial regulations regarding spending in relation to revenue. You could argue that PSR/SCR is a deterrent against clubs spending beyond their means. Having liquidity issues is worse than having a sugar daddy owner who can afford to keep spending money even if the club doesn’t make much money.
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Catching up on this thread.
Does anyone seriously think we will or should spunk fortunes on some of the names mentioned, like Modric, Lukaku, Bowen, Robertson, Vardy, R Henry, .... and "a sprinkling of players toward the end of their career with deep PL experience"? Surely not. It ain't gonna happen nor should it. It would be utter madness! They would cost a fortune in wages, with little to no future up side.
Dublin and Serg may look to pull in a Xhaka (Boateng 2008) equivalent out of the bag somehow, but they primarily have to come up with some gems, mostly from abroad, that don't cost a fortune, that have the potential, and the still missing power and pace.
I'm sure their list will be full of players that fit that sort of bill. There's a couple that Serg was keen but unable to bring in last season, who we most likely will see as early signings.
I hope to hell we're not spending on some of those names mentioned, and I'm pretty confident we won't. In Dublin and Serg we trust.
Does anyone seriously think we will or should spunk fortunes on some of the names mentioned, like Modric, Lukaku, Bowen, Robertson, Vardy, R Henry, .... and "a sprinkling of players toward the end of their career with deep PL experience"? Surely not. It ain't gonna happen nor should it. It would be utter madness! They would cost a fortune in wages, with little to no future up side.
Dublin and Serg may look to pull in a Xhaka (Boateng 2008) equivalent out of the bag somehow, but they primarily have to come up with some gems, mostly from abroad, that don't cost a fortune, that have the potential, and the still missing power and pace.
I'm sure their list will be full of players that fit that sort of bill. There's a couple that Serg was keen but unable to bring in last season, who we most likely will see as early signings.
I hope to hell we're not spending on some of those names mentioned, and I'm pretty confident we won't. In Dublin and Serg we trust.
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Acun is waiting for the players to come back from Vegas. He sent them with a wad of money. One of the players was waving it in the picture taken when they were on his jet. Anybody any idea of how they are doing at he table. Sure rumors will fly once they are back. Vegas 0 Hull City $100M.
I agree. We’ll see a few eight-figure signings but they’ll mostly be players in their early-to-mid-20s with resale value like Sidiki and Diarra at Sunderland rather than spunking it on wages for older players. Pace, power and athleticism is key. A few experienced heads on free transfers will be solid additions too but players like Modrić and Lukaku are neither realistic nor necessarily desirable.
It's still unclear what really happened there. He was on the verge of signing until the restrictions hit, and we did later spend loads of money on wages, so we clearly felt we could afford to spend. How many payments we failed to make and what the root cause of that was is still unclear.
We didn’t make any wage payments for the months he was on loan with us and didn’t pay the loan fee instalments after the first instalment until we got hit with the sanctions.
In his Q&A before Norwich game Acun basically said we got ****ed over by Villa, they've now admitted responsibility and the club has got it's money back. Not sure I believe him, but thought it was interesting at the time
