Transfers 2016

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SuperChrissyisfantasticPardswasatrocious said:
When RD took over he wasn't banking on the financial fair play to be scrapped pretty much from the off, as confirmed by KM. At that time, with a sensible approach, being a part of the network could have huge potentials for CAFC in regards to having Championship quality players (like Buyens) at little to no cost put on the club as RD could off set the wages from his Standard Liege books (the financial rewards in England being much higher than Belgium). However they totally underestimated the quality in the January where RD purchased the club, and it was only after the purchase did it look like FFP was to have wholesale changes.

Why I think thats significant is then RD had to change his business model. They made it very clear he wouldn't try and go head to head with some of the other clubs as he didn't want that risk falling on CAFC. In truth, he never planned to spend such money nor did he think he would need to. So 3 years later, and a division down, the thought of selling will now have entered his mind whether KM or he admit as much. You've covered the losses above, and he doesn't appear to be putting the readies up to ''guarantee'' promotion, nor displaying a desire to win the division. He's starting to sell the assets. The club should still sell for circa £20million regardless of the first team. If Lookman goes for £4mil then that's near £10millon made this summer alone, and gets him much nearer to the reported £40mil that he wants.

After Lookman, are the assets there to keep him hanging around? We have Konsa who looked decent, but not sure we have anyone on the books that will command £2mil up in the next couple of years. I imagine RD will know that already.
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Quite astute. The strangest thing in all of this is that he seemingly doesn't see the value in the old adage 'spend money to make money' and invest in a side capable of bouncing up the leagues and to the riches of the Premier League...
 
DickPlumb said:
My SOURCE on CHARLTON LIFE REDHENRY says that Liam Walsh is incoming.
That is from my SOURCE REDHENRY on CHARLTON LIFE.
That is just a rumour,I have no way of knowing whether it is correct or not.So don't blame me if it doesn't happen.

Is that alright with you Royston and Don? Did I mention it was from REDHENRY on CHARLTON LIFE.
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Are you going through the menopause Dick ?

Old maxim in life matey - if you dish it out, you sometimes have to be prepared to take it back.

I can't see what the harm is in naming sources.
 
The Kish said:
Quite astute. The strangest thing in all of this is that he seemingly doesn't see the value in the old adage 'spend money to make money' and invest in a side capable of bouncing up the leagues and to the riches of the Premier League...
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That will be going against his mantra and a business man approaching 70 will rarely change stance in how they conduct business. The parallels of how he's doing business now can compared to his last few months at Liege. Of corse he has several other clubs to draw examples from, but none of them will be hitting his pocket as much as Liege and Charlton do. The cost to run those two clubs on a day to day basis is much higher than his teams in Hungary, Germany and Spain combined I imagine.
 
SuperChrissyisfantasticPardswasatrocious said:
When RD took over he wasn't banking on the financial fair play to be scrapped pretty much from the off, as confirmed by KM. At that time, with a sensible approach, being a part of the network could have huge potentials for CAFC in regards to having Championship quality players (like Buyens) at little to no cost put on the club as RD could off set the wages from his Standard Liege books (the financial rewards in England being much higher than Belgium). However they totally underestimated the quality in the January where RD purchased the club, and it was only after the purchase did it look like FFP was to have wholesale changes.

Why I think thats significant is then RD had to change his business model. They made it very clear he wouldn't try and go head to head with some of the other clubs as he didn't want that risk falling on CAFC. In truth, he never planned to spend such money nor did he think he would need to. So 3 years later, and a division down, the thought of selling will now have entered his mind whether KM or he admit as much. You've covered the losses above, and he doesn't appear to be putting the readies up to ''guarantee'' promotion, nor displaying a desire to win the division. He's starting to sell the assets. The club should still sell for circa £20million regardless of the first team. If Lookman goes for £4mil then that's near £10millon made this summer alone, and gets him much nearer to the reported £40mil that he wants.

After Lookman, are the assets there to keep him hanging around? We have Konsa who looked decent, but not sure we have anyone on the books that will command £2mil up in the next couple of years. I imagine RD will know that already.
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I agree to an extent, but I don't understand why he would spend on the likes of Holmes, Magennis and Ajose when he could have just brought in entirely frees and cut his losses. By staying one more year he is going to lose at least £3mil, even when taking our outgoings into account, why bother bringing in anyone if he just intends to sell now?
I think he's making a final half arsed effort to get promoted, so he's spent a bit on a first XI but again no squad.
 
Miketyson2007Junior said:
I agree to an extent, but I don't understand why he would spend on the likes of Holmes, Magennis and Ajose when he could have just brought in entirely frees and cut his losses. By staying one more year he is going to lose at least £3mil, even when taking our outgoings into account, why bother bringing in anyone if he just intends to sell now?
I think he's making a final half arsed effort to get promoted, so he's spent a bit on a first XI but again no squad.
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Purely going by the parallels between us and standard. He was selling players for millions but still bringing individuals in for the fraction of the cost all the way up to his sale.

I may be way wide of the mark here, and probably mixed with a high degree of hope, but the pattern is similar, albeit on a smaller timeframe.

I've always maintained I think he will sell the club as quickly as he purchased it. Slater noted he did all his own due diligence in a matter of days which left me with question marks at the time. That's another question for another day, and a bit off topic though.
 
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