Transfer Rumours Summer '23 Transfer Thread

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Chazz Rheinhold said:
I do agree but I do remember Adebayor saying I’m here for money
It’s not only my family it’s my village I’m supporting.
No idea on neves situation
Just as bad is jakupovic who coulda been our number one but went to Leicester for a little extra and never played a game
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I can't blame Eldin, he was meant to be on stupid money at Leicester, something like £30k a week and he only really had that one decent season for us.

Even though he's in the MLS now he's only guaranteed $112k for the year (they publish all the basic salaries) and is LAFC's back up keeper.
 
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spesupersydera said:
Thats shocking, I get why players at the end of their careers, like Benzema, go there for a massive boost to their pension pot, but - for a world class midfielder at his physical peak, one wanted by one of the world's great teams (Barcelona) to go there is verging on madness, he's set for life but sacrificing the best years of a short career.
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Not every player enjoys playing or is turned on by winning things. It might just be a way for him to get as rich as he can as quickly as he can and get out of the game.
 
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Kalman said:
£1 million for Bielik. Injury issues aside, that's an absolute bargain.

Knight would be Bristol City's fourth signing of the summer as well. A club that actually is getting their business done early and not just saying it.
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Thought they were struggling with FFP like many others
 
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The Tan interview on humberside and HDM makes me think the club are being way more cautious about wages. Whether that's because their hands have been forced or they're being preventative of getting in the mud remains to be seen.

Suspect we get 2 or 3 early doors and wait for later in the window when some more cost effective options become available
 
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Do we actually need many through the door? I mean the squad looks a bit overloaded? Other than a keeper, and a replacement for Elder, I don't see a massive rush....
 
HCAFCHangout said:
It's quite possible we dont have the budget if recent comments are to go by
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If that’s the case then last summer’s window was quite poor in hindsight. Sure we signed some good players like Seri, Tufan, Christie and Óscar but we also wasted a lot on the likes of Sinik, Woods, Vale, Pelkas in terms of wages and/or transfer fees.

I’m still confused as to how we went from having the largest FFP headroom in the Championship plus the money we got from KLP, more tickets sold, Corendon and Efes sponsorships etc. to now being too close to our FFP limit on losses over three years.
 
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Kalman said:
If that’s the case then last summer’s window was quite poor in hindsight. Sure we signed some good players like Seri, Tufan, Christie and Óscar but we also wasted a lot on the likes of Sinik, Woods, Vale, Pelkas in terms of wages and/or transfer fees.

I’m still confused as to how we went from having the largest FFP headroom in the Championship plus the money we got from KLP, more tickets sold, Corendon and Efes sponsorships etc. to now being too close to our FFP limit on losses over three years.
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honestly non of it makes sense to me
 
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Kalman said:
If that’s the case then last summer’s window was quite poor in hindsight. Sure we signed some good players like Seri, Tufan, Christie and Óscar but we also wasted a lot on the likes of Sinik, Woods, Vale, Pelkas in terms of wages and/or transfer fees.

I’m still confused as to how we went from having the largest FFP headroom in the Championship plus the money we got from KLP, more tickets sold, Corendon and Efes sponsorships etc. to now being too close to our FFP limit on losses over three years.
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Because our turnover is a lot less than other clubs and the headroom thing was Allam spin to market the club?
 
Kalman said:
If that’s the case then last summer’s window was quite poor in hindsight. Sure we signed some good players like Seri, Tufan, Christie and Óscar but we also wasted a lot on the likes of Sinik, Woods, Vale, Pelkas in terms of wages and/or transfer fees.

I’m still confused as to how we went from having the largest FFP headroom in the Championship plus the money we got from KLP, more tickets sold, Corendon and Efes sponsorships etc. to now being too close to our FFP limit on losses over three years.
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Think its those latter players that have done us in. Especially as you can't get a fee for 2 of them and I think we'd be lucky to recoup on Woods and Sinik.

Top 10 wage budget is something you just have to play around with. It's the reality for all non parachute teams until this new TV deal hits and even then I dont think it scratches the surface until the premier league pull their finger out regarding money distribution
 
HCAFCHangout said:
Profit of about 13m before tax. About 160k Gross profit
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So we were still in the green going into the 22/23 season and sold KLP for about £16 million. Even with the new players’ transfer fees and wages amortised over the length of their contracts, I still don’t see how that makes us close to the £30 million limit on losses over three years?
 
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