With a decent manager and a decent owner Millwall may be a surprise next season. I think the Championship will be relatively easy and expect Bournemouth and Norwich to not be big forces. Leeds going up and potentially Fulham too removes two big spenders whilst those coming up from L1 are generally smaller teams. Sheff Weds and likely Derby also starting on -12 points and could be another admin or two as well.
Perfect time to be a well run club in the Championship. RD is such a non, had he held us this season on break even and just invested a tiny amount to keep us up he could have seen us have half a chance next season and recouped all his money plus profit.
Agreed, except for Norwich. I expect them to really go for it next season, they're strategy was to use the PL season to build up their finances so that they can be strong going forward
Norwich seem to be adopting the Brentford model for signings. They've already signed 8 players for next season, all of them aged 22 or under. Keiran Dowell from Everton is probably the only known name they've signed, all the rest are young foreigners.
Daily Mail are claiming that Jadon Sancho has agreed a five year deal with Man Utd (£340k p/w)
Now its up to Man Utd and Dortmund to talk fees
ridiculous price and ridiculous wages .. and a real punch in the face to all those who have lost their job and to those who will lose their job in the near future
Will be interesting to see how Dortmund spend the money. Already spent well on Menier to replace Hakimi (who will be missed, gutted he's going to Inter) and Jude Bellingham to add more quality to midfield that perhaps Dahoud hasn't really shown consistently, and that could allow Brandt to play further forward if Can is rested or played in a back 3.
Think they'll need another attacker to replace Sancho at a minimum. Maybe two given the injury to Reus.
Daily Mail are claiming that Jadon Sancho has agreed a five year deal with Man Utd (£340k p/w)
Now its up to Man Utd and Dortmund to talk fees
said on talksport this morning that a £108m fee had been agreed with Utd paying half up-front and the rest in instalments.
Man City have a 15% sell on fee for Sancho so will be getting about 16m from the deal, which effectively pays for their 21m deal for Ferran Torres.
Crazy that the two are the same age, have a similar level of top flight experience, not too dissimilar in terms of ability..................yet one player is costing 90m more.
Will be interesting to see how Dortmund spend the money. Already spent well on Menier to replace Hakimi (who will be missed, gutted he's going to Inter) and Jude Bellingham to add more quality to midfield that perhaps Dahoud hasn't really shown consistently, and that could allow Brandt to play further forward if Can is rested or played in a back 3.
Think they'll need another attacker to replace Sancho at a minimum. Maybe two given the injury to Reus.
They'll be handing out 300k contracts to Auba like it's nothing though, and signing Willian on at over 100k per week. Yet can't afford to keep staff on. Absolute shambles, fucking football
Think the worst example is Mesut Ozil who is earning £200k yet isnt actually doing anything
At least Willian and Aubameyang will actually play Football and do SOMETHING to earn the wages they're on
Try £350k a week on for size. He's sitting tight and running his contract down. He knows he won't get anything like that again so is holding the club to their word and squeezing every last penny out of them.
Once he goes they'll be able to reemploy all the poor bastards they've laid off.
If Ozil took a pay cut of only 25k per week out of his 350k per week earnings then that would pay for all 55 of those employees to be paid. Fuck football. But mainly fuck football club owners.
If Ozil took a pay cut of only 25k per week out of his 350k per week earnings then that would pay for all 55 of those employees to be paid. Fuck football. But mainly fuck football club owners.
Or each senior pro taking a £1,000 per week pay cut
Not justifying the crazy salaries paid to players, but many of those Arsenal employees will be in customer facing areas like hospitality which may never recover to the levels it had before the lockdown
Not justifying the crazy salaries paid to players, but many of those Arsenal employees will be in customer facing areas like hospitality which may never recover to the levels it had before the lockdown
Arsenal are not a club that are gonna be struggling financially.
Non League clubs and lower league 1 or league 2 clubs you can understand a few redundancies.
But Arsenal have just won the FA Cup, they have Europa League football and get millions in TV revenue next season as well as sponsorship.
They will no doubt spend in the transfer window as well.
They are using covid as an excuse to get rid of staff and its appalling
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg for 15m is a steal for Spurs. some of the figures being thrown around for players is eye watering but that seems cheap for a proven PL player. Just what Spurs need too.
Not justifying the crazy salaries paid to players, but many of those Arsenal employees will be in customer facing areas like hospitality which may never recover to the levels it had before the lockdown
Arsenal are not a club that are gonna be struggling financially.
Non League clubs and lower league 1 or league 2 clubs you can understand a few redundancies.
But Arsenal have just won the FA Cup, they have Europa League football and get millions in TV revenue next season as well as sponsorship.
They will no doubt spend in the transfer window as well.
They are using covid as an excuse to get rid of staff and its appalling
Depends how you look at it. Obviously they're not going to be struggling financially like Dover are, or like league 2 clubs are. But they'll certainly be struggling compared to what they were expecting to earn this year and that's what everything will be budgeted on.
Real Madrid for example aren't struggling financially, but Covid has apparently cost them 200m.
But i do completely agree that it's pathetic that a premier league club, especially one owned by a billionaire, who have apparently just this week offered Willian 22m over 3 years to sign for them, can decide they need to let staff go because of Covid.
If Ozil took a pay cut of only 25k per week out of his 350k per week earnings then that would pay for all 55 of those employees to be paid. Fuck football. But mainly fuck football club owners.
Or each senior pro taking a £1,000 per week pay cut
Arsenals entire squad agreed to a 12.5% wage cut................Ozil was one of 3 players who did not. Wanker.
If Ozil took a pay cut of only 25k per week out of his 350k per week earnings then that would pay for all 55 of those employees to be paid. Fuck football. But mainly fuck football club owners.
Or each senior pro taking a £1,000 per week pay cut
Arsenals entire squad agreed to a 12.5% wage cut................Ozil was one of 3 players who did not. Wanker.
My comment was tongue in cheek, it’s good to know that the majority of arsenal players are decent guys. Your Ozil comment is spot on
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Now its up to Man Utd and Dortmund to talk fees
Think they'll need another attacker to replace Sancho at a minimum. Maybe two given the injury to Reus.
Crazy that the two are the same age, have a similar level of top flight experience, not too dissimilar in terms of ability..................yet one player is costing 90m more.
At least Willian and Aubameyang will actually play Football and do SOMETHING to earn the wages they're on
Once he goes they'll be able to reemploy all the poor bastards they've laid off.
Football died along time ago.
Non League clubs and lower league 1 or league 2 clubs you can understand a few redundancies.
But Arsenal have just won the FA Cup, they have Europa League football and get millions in TV revenue next season as well as sponsorship.
They will no doubt spend in the transfer window as well.
They are using covid as an excuse to get rid of staff and its appalling
some of the figures being thrown around for players is eye watering but that seems cheap for a proven PL player. Just what Spurs need too.
£11m from Valladolid.
I expect him to sign for Liverpool for 50+ in a couple of years.
Real Madrid for example aren't struggling financially, but Covid has apparently cost them 200m.
But i do completely agree that it's pathetic that a premier league club, especially one owned by a billionaire, who have apparently just this week offered Willian 22m over 3 years to sign for them, can decide they need to let staff go because of Covid.