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Loads of so-called 'experts' online already piling in to put pressure on the poor lad and questioning whether it's too much money for Isak, will he score goals, is he the right player for us, blah, blah, blah.

I really don't care if he doesn't score loads and loads, or if it takes him a while to settle in. I'll give him my backing.

All I care about is the club now really are showing us that we WILL TRY. That they DO CARE.

The owners are making a real statement of intent here. Regardless of whether we become 'successful' or not, things are looking good. Both on and off the pitch.

That's all I wanted. TOON, TOON..
Liar.

You’d sell your grandmother for 2 Gregg’s sausage roll. That’s all you really want.
 
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I **** you not. We can do that. If you go to the beginning of this actual thread and go through it there.
70% max of turnover on wages, transfers… by 25/26.
Max 60m euros loss over 3 years.
How can a club with a current turnover well below 200m spend 400m on transfers in 3 years? Commercial revenue will go up but not by anywhere near that much.
 
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70% max of turnover on wages, transfers… by 25/26.
Max 60m euros loss over 3 years.
How can a club with a current turnover well below 200m spend 400m on transfers in 3 years? Commercial revenue will go up but not by anywhere near that much.
It’s not about the actual spend. It’s how it’s released to the profit and loss account.

So for example. We buy a player for 58m and it’s a five year contract.

That is released to the p and L over 5 years. So it’s only 12m (max) a year.

Sign 400m of players over 5 years and it’s a release of 80m a year pre wages.

Then take into account an additional 50m of commercial income a year. That bets at 30m.

We can make a 35m lose in 3 years so that sweeps the balance prior to wages.

The key here is Ashley kept such a tight ship that we where in profit. So we could actually spend more.

BUT…. We have to increase commercial income.

So we can slunk 400m and still be within FFP. But then that’s when we have to match income with expense.
 
It’s not about the actual spend. It’s how it’s released to the profit and loss account.

So for example. We buy a player for 58m and it’s a five year contract.

That is released to the p and L over 5 years. So it’s only 12m (max) a year.

Sign 400m of players over 5 years and it’s a release of 80m a year pre wages.

Then take into account an additional 50m of commercial income a year. That bets at 30m.

We can make a 35m lose in 3 years so that sweeps the balance prior to wages.

The key here is Ashley kept such a tight ship that we where in profit. So we could actually spend more.

BUT…. We have to increase commercial income.

So we can slunk 400m and still be within FFP. But then that’s when we have to match income with expense.
We have to increase commercial income AND get in (and stay in the CL) or the spending will come to a grinding halt. Our commercial revenue has barely shifted over the last couple of seasons. Presumably the wage bill has shot up. Finessing the accounts only gets you so far.
 
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We have to increase commercial income AND get in (and stay in the CL) or the spending will come to a grinding halt. Our commercial revenue has barely shifted over the last couple of seasons. Presumably the wage bill has shot up. Finessing the accounts only gets you so far.
The commercial income will come mate. Trust me. The PIF have some very VERY big connections and provided we can prove commerciality (the levels have already been set by other PL clubs) we can increase this easily by 100m a year.

In 5 years time we will be turning over as much as the top 6 easily.
 
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The commercial income will come mate. Trust me. The PIF have some very VERY big connections and provided we can prove commerciality (the levels have already been set by other PL clubs) we can increase this easily by 100m a year.

In 5 years time we will be turning over as much as the top 6 easily.
100m extra a year? Based on what?
That would take us to Arsenal/Tottenham levels. We are a long way off those two.
 
100m extra a year? Based on what?
Have you seen the commercial income streams of the top 6. It dwarfs ours right now. And PIF have so many contacts.

They will expose their business interests on commercial revenue streams in the 10’s of millions. Each.

The Saudi market is completely untapped from a PL perspective give and we have just gained an additional 40m fans overnight.

Our owners are recruiting the best of the best in the football world to drive us forward.
 
Have you seen the commercial income streams of the top 6. It dwarfs ours right now. And PIF have so many contacts.

They will expose their business interests on commercial revenue streams in the 10’s of millions. Each.

The Saudi market is completely untapped from a PL perspective give and we have just gained an additional 40m fans overnight.

Our owners are recruiting the best of the best in the football world to drive us forward.
Of course they’re far higher than ours. They are much bigger clubs than us. We can’t just go and get a shirt deal that matches those teams. Fair value won’t allow it. And a few additional Saudis running around in an NUFC top really isn’t going to make that much difference. We are global minnows in comparison to the pull of the big teams.