Transfer Rumours 2016/17 City Transfer Thread

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highpeak tiger said:
A wage bill of £50m equates to 25 players on £40k a week, which seems a bit high
(OLM trust the wedding went well)
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A club's wage bill covers all staff, not just the 25 first team players, it covers all academy players and coaches, the first team manager and coaches and all the administrative staff. Our team when relegated had a £52m wage bill, when we got promoted the wages automatically went up to the same level and we've only lost Taylor and Aluko. There was also £5m paid in bonuses for promotion.

Wedding was fantastic, thanks. <ok>
 
originallambrettaman said:
A club's wage bill covers all staff, not just the 25 first team players, it covers all academy players and coaches, the first team manager and coaches and all the administrative staff. Our team when relegated had a £52m wage bill, when we got promoted the wages automatically went up to the same level and we've only lost Taylor and Aluko. There was also £5m paid in bonuses for promotion.

Wedding was fantastic, thanks. <ok>
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Any news on potential bids tomorrow OLM ?
 
Anyone think Valencia or Sakho are out of our reach or even worth bidding for (don't think we will btw)? Both seem surplus to requirements at West Ham, and Lazio and Sunderland seem favourites to get them at the moment
 
It's amazing that we somehow only have 20m to spend when taking into account wages, etc. and yet clubs like Bournemouth, Palace, and Middlesbrough are able to splash cash around like there's no tomorrow.

I'm happy for us not to spend big to instead pay down the debt or make it easier to sell the club, but to say that we only have 20m available to spend is a bit silly.
 
So no talk in here about the fact we're reportedly close to signing Lamine Sane? Should be a decent option, and good to see he can cover midfield and CB.
 
originallambrettaman said:
Too many have got carried away with the headline figures, it was never as good as it sounded.

You get just under £100m for a season in the Premier League, if you go straight back down you're guaranteed another £86m in parachute payments over the following three years, hence the £170m headline figure.

We've already got a £50m wage bill, spend another £20m on players and add their wages to your spend and most of the £100m has gone. You can spread the player purchase costs over three years and have a real go, but if you go down the parachute money doesn't even cover the wage bill and you need to have a major clear-out.

If last season showed us anything, it's that spend doesn't equal success.
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So you don't get any money from gate receipts, merchandise sales, advertising and sponsorship etc?
 
SydneyTiger14 said:
Wages for staff around the club are also insignificant compared to player wages. OLM including them to argue why our wage bill is massive was silly.
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It's not silly, it all adds up. There's a lot of admin staff when you think about it, not just the ones listed on the website. It's not a deciding factor but it certainly contributes.
 
Sterling Archer said:
It's not silly, it all adds up. There's a lot of admin staff when you think about it, not just the ones listed on the website. It's not a deciding factor but it certainly contributes.
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I doubt their contracts also include a promotion clause though, so our wages 'jumping' to 50m would have had nothing to do with their salaries.

I can't believe it's even being considered. All of their salaries would probably fit inside one of our top earners' contract, and we have another 20 or so senior players.
 
SydneyTiger14 said:
I doubt their contracts also include a promotion clause though, so our wages 'jumping' to 50m would have had nothing to do with their salaries.

I can't believe it's even being considered. All of their salaries would probably fit inside one of our top earners' contract, and we have another 20 or so senior players.
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No they probably don't, but their 30k a year or whatever still come out of that wage bill. The footballing staff and management all have promotion clauses though and that does make a massive difference.
 
Sterling Archer said:
No they probably don't, but their 30k a year or whatever still come out of that wage bill. The footballing staff and management all have promotion clauses though and that does make a massive difference.
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As the original point was made though, I don't think we now have a 50m wage bill when you consider that would mean 25 players on 40k a week.
 
Sterling Archer said:
It's not silly, it all adds up. There's a lot of admin staff when you think about it, not just the ones listed on the website. It's not a deciding factor but it certainly contributes.
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Absolutely, remember that one of the "Non Playing Staff" will be Steve Bruce, and add to that Phelan and quite possible Ehab etc and the army of cleaners, cooks, medical staff, stewards etc etc, and the wageroll will be far from insignificant.
 
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We must be buckling under our huge wage bill. I wish we were like other clubs who are able to run on an army of volunteers.
 
TygerTyger said:
Absolutely, remember that one of the "Non Playing Staff" will be Steve Bruce, and add to that Phelan and quite possible Ehab etc and the army of cleaners, cooks, medical staff, stewards etc etc, and the wageroll will be far from insignificant.
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It's not 'non playing staff', it's 'non football staff'. All our management and backroom team are included in the football wages.
 
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SydneyTiger14 said:
As the original point was made though, I don't think we now have a 50m wage bill when you consider that would mean 25 players on 40k a week.
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Our highest earner is probably Hernandez and he's on just short of 40k. I believe the next highest was Huddlestone but I don't know what the renegotiated terms were. He was on around 28k a week. But that's just their basic wage, it doesn't take into account things like appearance fees, sub appearances and bonuses, which all come out of the wage budget. All players will have stuff like that, even the youth players.
 
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