There's likely to be a sell-on in there, of which the club will likely see nothing due to some magical accounting.
And whoever said we undersold - that may be true, but 1) we're incompetent atm and 2) we were a relegated side, despite the prices bandied about in the current football economy
One of those players that some didn't really understand what they contributed to the team until they went. In my mind, alongside Gomez, the best player to have played for us in recent years.
Meire and RD seemed totally oblivious to a basic of English football economics. Every time a new TV deal is negotiated, player values take another twist upwards. They seemed to basing their valuations on previous years. Or probably Transfermarkt.
There's likely to be a sell-on in there, of which the club will likely see nothing due to some magical accounting.
And whoever said we undersold - that may be true, but 1) we're incompetent atm and 2) we were a relegated side, despite the prices bandied about in the current football economy
Both good points, we were not in a good negotiating place, and as Henry says we had to sell. I don't think anyone can begrudge him going to the Premier League instead of playing in League One.
But yeah the reported fee (and those are not always accurate) feels really low for a player with a big upside.
Can only hope there's a sell on fee. Given by the time a deal goes through we will hopefully have new owners, you'd expect the money to be used for good (i.e. not going directly to Roland). And even if Roland hasn't sold by the time it goes through, given there are two parties with deals in principle agreed I cannot imagine the club bringing in a substantial amount of money with that effecting the price. I have to think both parties have people who have regular access/get regular reports on accounts.
I don't think he should leave Burnley for any of those clubs. Quality player for us and still is.
I don't know. Burnley have a glass ceiling and I think JBG has the potential to play at a level higher than that. I think any of the three mentioned have the potential to establish themselves at a higher level. Personally I'd rather play under Puell or Benitez. But obviously two are fighting relegation and something seems to have gone wrong with Soton (interesting to see if it was Pellegrino).
Meire and RD seemed totally oblivious to a basic of English football economics. Every time a new TV deal is negotiated, player values take another twist upwards. They seemed to basing their valuations on previous years. Or probably Transfermarkt.
Little Tommy Driesen was still playing Football Manager 2008 ...
No saying we got a great price, but there has been significant inflation in transfer values (unless we're doing the selling) since we sold him, and he's now a 'proven' premier league player which adds a nought to his value on its own. 20 million just isn't that much anymore when players are moving between premier league clubs.
At his best it reminded me of pardew’s team with Reid, it seemed like the game plan was “if in trouble, just give it to Reid”. Ditto gudmunnson, we’d give it to him to cut inside and shoot. Teams worked it out quite quickly and made the team horribly unbalanced.
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And whoever said we undersold - that may be true, but 1) we're incompetent atm and 2) we were a relegated side, despite the prices bandied about in the current football economy
But yeah the reported fee (and those are not always accurate) feels really low for a player with a big upside.
Can only hope there's a sell on fee. Given by the time a deal goes through we will hopefully have new owners, you'd expect the money to be used for good (i.e. not going directly to Roland). And even if Roland hasn't sold by the time it goes through, given there are two parties with deals in principle agreed I cannot imagine the club bringing in a substantial amount of money with that effecting the price. I have to think both parties have people who have regular access/get regular reports on accounts.
One of the best goals I have ever seen scored.
I thought the fee we got for Cousins (£1.25m) was ok too.
I could be wrong?
I believe we made a decent profit on Ricky Holmes. I'm really struggling to think of anyone else.
Have we actually ever made a profit then? From a signed player?
Maybe Tony Watt but that would only be down to dodgy bookkeeping to get him in, and makes the huge assumption that we got a fee for him.
He was easily one of the top 10 players in the Championship when we had him, in one of the worst teams.
What about Leanne the receptionist?