I thought it had been speculated in this thread already.
edit: looks like BBC were just reading this forum, not a surprise
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edit: looks like BBC were just reading this forum, not a surprise
Ultimately a lot will depend on whether the player wants to push the move.
Premier league football is a hell of a carrot to dangle.
Acun was saying we needed to recoup funds by July at the Q&A prior to Norwich.
Though I don't doubt the deficit has probably grown due to promotion bonuses, far more than was potentially offset by the increased revenue resulting from the playoff campaign.
Maybe it is possible that a smallish projected deficit became significantly larger one, and that ffp would have been satisfied had we benefitted from the increased playoff revenue, but without the increased contractural liabilities that came with promotion?
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please stop, we have enough posters on here already with 'if it was up to me' or I'd like'types of posts. If everyone did it there'd be no room for PSR talk on the transfer threadWonder if this is someone we’re looking at aswell if we’re looking at the Brazilian market for youngsters with high upside
Zé Lucas - Player profile 2026
Zé Lucas, 18, from Brazil ➤ Sport Club do Recife, since 2024 ➤ Defensive Midfield ➤ Market value: €8.00m ➤ * 23/03/2008 in Vitória de Santo Antão, Brazilwww.transfermarkt.com
It's why I moved it to the FFP thread. It's relevant for transfers but far too much clutter.
I've gotta say, I love that prior to a WC everyone mocks that the flavour of the tournament will be signed on a big deal and flop, but then spend the tournament saying they want their side to sign said flavour of the match they've just watched.
There’s some porky pies being fed by the club I think.
I’m glad it is somewhat being reported correctly by the media in the last 24 hrs as I was going to mention it yesterday.
Promotion bonuses etc can be deferred into the next reporting period by promotion successful clubs. Leeds did this 18 months ago to stay compliant, as their promotion bonuses would have seen them fail their PSR reporting, despite everything being well to that point. There’s a specific rule to prevent exactly what we think is occurring, clubs should not be penalized for success within weeks.
As a few other posters have said, if this was PSR non compliance, I don’t see how this would come out right now, as reporting isn’t due until March/April next year.
It can only be the ongoing liabilities and more late payment issues, as the EFL has been overseeing this on an ongoing basis, which would seemingly be a cashflow issue, unless it actually was going to completely screw us for PSR and we haven’t covered these ongoing liabilities with revenue calcs.
Either way, it seems we were likely going to fall short whether promoted or not and it’s a little bit of misdirection from the club…
The only way I could imagine it is a PSR issue is that the EFL has been monitoring our accounts, but that would seem unfair to ping us on particularly as they signed off on the deals.
There is definitely something strange going on with it all though.
Also, the only 'promotion' element to this that I could imagine could be the case would be the add-ons rather than the wage bonus (unless you can defer both?) 2m owed for Omur as he's coming into the last year of his deal; I can't imagine for any other player that an add-on for promotion would be material particularly when spread over the remaining years of their contract. (e.g. even if say, Kamara, Belloumi, Giles, Pandur and Hughes all have promotion add-ons, I can't imagine the amount recogniseable this year would amount to much more than 1-2m combined). Since Acun was flagging it prior to Norwich, I suppose we must have been very borderline anyway, which was why we tried shifting Akintola, so I guess it could be feasible that we were perhaps 0.5-1m over the limit, and that with the Omur add on plus the amount owing for all those other players (could throw in Joseph too perhaps) that that just about makes up the 6m being quoted everywhere.
But that still comes back to the original point of why that's an issue now, and not when the accounts are submitted come March. Unless we're 'self-reporting' to get ahead of it? Very confusing in any case.
The reporting period hasn’t even finished yet. Final accounts wouldn’t have been locked off and fully finalized, audits haven’t occurred.
There’s no way this is a PSR issue imo. They can’t do it live. Companies are allowed time to gather their accounts correctly.
As I said in the other post, all promotion bonuses are able to be deferred into our first PL season. There is a specific rule for it for promoted clubs agreed to by the EFL and PL.
The non compliance has to be for a third reason. We are seemingly chasing money up front also, which says this is cashflow related also imo.
It’s more than likely we owe someone ongoing liabilities by the end of the reporting period and haven’t as yet paid it. Which is strange as cashflow can be solved a million ways. It’s not normally a problem where you’d need to sell assets.
It’s a weird one that I suspect is a bit on the nose and are misdirecting the fans.
Yeah I'm agreeing, the only way it could even be known is if we've essentially self-reported or the EFL has access to our accounts and is flagging it as a risk - which would seem weird as they signed off on the deals and are thus 'complicit'. I've also never known of a club running foul of PSR ahead of the end of a financial period - as you say, the year hasn't even finished yet. It reminds me a little of two years ago when we all knew we had to sell Jaden and Greaves by the end of June to comply, and maybe the only reason this is making headlines is we're now in the PL.
Even promotion add-ons? That's interesting. There seems a lot of confusion about what can and can't be deferred - even Maguire was initially suggesting that our PSR non-compliance is promotion related.
If it's cash flow related surely we just borrow against the first PL instalment rather than scramble to sell players? If it was cashflow related we'd be at risk of an embargo, not a points penalty, so nothing is really adding up.
Promotion add ons are capitalized onto the remaining asset book value.
It’s a cashflow issue only in terms of profit and loss.
Bonuses (which fall under wages) can be deferred until next season as Leeds did with their £19m liability.
Yeah understood, that's why I thought Omur could be the main culprit as he has such little time left on his deal but a substantial promotion add-on. The 2m add on would be effectively being split between this year and next (think next year's his last year?)
Guess we just wait until the clock hits midnight on June 30 and see what comes of it, it's all so confusing before then.
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I know Kalman is a fan, so will be interesting to see where he goes. A former Westerlo player..
Coventry City have today submitted a second bid for Carl Rushworth, worth £26.5 + £5m in potential add ons.
Brighton are now asking for a £40m.
He's obviously a great keeper, but that's crazy money.
Brighton are now asking for a £40m.
He's obviously a great keeper, but that's crazy money.
Let them spend the lot, the reason they need him is that the defence in front of him was average at best.
Whatever price they gave us for that Croatian keeper we should just pay it.
The 25/26 season’s accounts won’t be published until next year but the club’s accounting department will surely be live tracking the losses and will know if we’re over the £39 million loss threshold over the last three seasons?
My understanding of it is that the club know we’re around £45 million in the red over the last three seasons and we need to get that number down to £39 million or lower before the end of this month. If we don’t, then when we publish our accounts next March/April, we’ll be in breach of PSR and the EFL will act accordingly. In other words, if we are in breach of PSR, we won’t find out our sanction until next spring anyway.
It just shows how stupid Coventry are £26m for Rushworth ,they could get Phillips off us for £18m.
Absolutely zero value in the English market, 40m for Rushworth is ****ing crazy.