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I just want to point out the number you have there is massively off what was offically published in the last accounts.

£268m debt which included 147mil of bank loans secured to protect against further covid issues.

The net debt is far far lower as we have since returned that bank loan.

The next accounts will be published in October for the next period
You are right, just had another look.
Our current debt is estimated to be about $208m (whats that about £200m?)
 
You are right, just had another look.
Our current debt is estimated to be about $208m (whats that about £200m?)


No idea what the exchange rate is but it must be close to that I suppose.

I like how you’ve Both managed to do lots of research into how much debt we have looking through accounts.. but being able to Google $208m into £ is beyond you both :bandit:

for info, it’s £175m
 
We paid his fee off with loan to preston believe it or not. so the 4mil or whatever represents gravy for us.

Never really made sense from footballing side but the player got a big wage and more than he would have at celtic.

Now he can go do what he can to have a career after making himself a nice packet for his retirement fund
 
The fee we paid for him was dirt cheap as well. 1.6m I think it was? Now I know not the greatest but he was a very solid and rated championship defender. Not sure how we got him quite so cheap, even with the sell on clause?
 
The fee we paid for him was dirt cheap as well. 1.6m I think it was? Now I know not the greatest but he was a very solid and rated championship defender. Not sure how we got him quite so cheap, even with the sell on clause?

that was with all the add ons. we never paid any cos he never played.

he was going for a free to Celtic when we stepped in in the January and snagged him up as an emergency play.
 
The fee we paid for him was dirt cheap as well. 1.6m I think it was? Now I know not the greatest but he was a very solid and rated championship defender. Not sure how we got him quite so cheap, even with the sell on clause?
It was £500k with £1.1m in add ons. Presumably none of the add ons have been met because he hasn't played a single game for us so it was really cheap. Pleased that they put a sell on clause in there, means they make a small profit.
 
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Said at the time, but he was brought in as backup of course, but primarily to fill holes in the squad in training. Club found themselves very short of any CB options and it was a cheap somewhat experienced option
 
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on the topic of "holes for training"

The squad is becoming reasonably trim at this point.

GK: Adiran would be considered pure back up. Kelleher hasn't been seen this summer yet (was he on internationals)
RB; nope
CB: Phillips and Williams clearly out of their depth. van den berg perhaps?
LB: Nope
No 6: nope
No 8: oxlade.
Forwards in general nope.

We now have a 25 man squad all of whom will play a part (bar ox probably)

U21s are similar now. We have shed the weight to go down from u23s to u21 and are looking u19s at times. maybe just glatzel, Stewart and o'rourke as lads to go off on loan

only 2 players on loan today (arroyo and lewis) who ouwl be sold for sure.

I think being trim and not wasteful is no harm. Williams, phillips and van den berg should be sold off.

Alisson, Kelleher Pitaluga
Trent, Ramsay
Robbo, tsimikas
Konate, gomez
VVD Matip
Fabinho milner
Elliott Henderson ox
Thiago jones kieta
Salah
Nunez Jota Firmino
Diaz Carvalho

TBH people might say bobby in there but i think he will play a big part still.

I think first team's ready to go chase trophies anyway.