The size of the Wrexham squad is ludicrous. So much deadwood now.
You say that, over the summer they’ve got 21 players out the door (14 gone, 7 on loans) and have brought in 13. So they’ve reduced their squad quite significantly.
What they have done is bring in real quality, Regardless of how they fund it, they are not just striving for survival as their goal.
Luke Woolfenden has left Ipswich to sign for Coventry for an undisclosed fee.
Super signing for Frank Jnr .. Swich have now sold both Woolfenden and Burgess, their defensive mainstays for the past few seasons .. i m o both are better defenders then O'Shea and Greaves their replacements Either Woolfenden or Burgess would have suited us 100%, now both have gone to good Championship clubs
Nice work, though that West Brom figure is wrong. They've brought in way more money than they've spent.
Indeed the number of club who have negative net transfer spend is surprising, with late sales and money not being spent. Many of those late sales being to Wrexham.
Nice work, though that West Brom figure is wrong. They've brought in way more money than they've spent.
Indeed the number of club who have negative net transfer spend is surprising, with late sales and money not being spent. Many of those late sales being to Wrexham.
Good spot meant to be negative 11.5M not positive makes us the 4th highest net spend
It might have worked getting up through the leagues but think the championship is where that stops, small fish big pond regardless how much they spend.
Personally think Wrexham have had a great transfer window, arguably the best in the league.
We would all love to be in their position with spending surely, I know I would.
A net spend 3x higher than 2nd highest. That isn't a great transfer window, that's sheer indulgence
Not sure I'd be trusting Phil Parkinson with £35m personally....
Agree, going to be interesting to see how their season plays out. I get that he’s never really impressed at this level, but until now he’s mostly had small budgets, and he’s a lot more experienced now. I wouldn’t write off him doing ok, but then how much is that down to his management, how much having a few top Championship players to carry the team?
Personally think Wrexham have had a great transfer window, arguably the best in the league.
We would all love to be in their position with spending surely, I know I would.
A net spend 3x higher than 2nd highest. That isn't a great transfer window, that's sheer indulgence
The Wrexham financials are going to be fascinating this season, as that's a ludicrous sum of money to be spending in a summer. It's not as if their commercial income this season will be massively bigger than last season, as it was already really high, and with the Kop end being empty, their gate income will be lower unless they really jack up their prices.
Other than Callum Doyle who is young and could improve, I can't see the rest of their signings being the type of player who will leap in value either, as they've already paid a full price.
Ben Mee .. Brentford to Sheffield U (has this been listed before ?)
Yes, 2/3 of the way down page 35.
Will try and put together a final summary tonight or tomrrow morning. I didn't have time last night with updating the thread with the incomings, and had to be up at 6am this morning.
Will then follow up with the analysis in a couple of days for those interested.
Southampton showing how fucked the parachute system is, got absolutely rogered all season last time out, spent the most, sold the most, net spend is the "best" in the league, so essentially can try and throw money at it and go again safe in the knowledge that the coffers are fine for several seasons
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£39,777,000 spent, according to Wikipedia
The size of the Wrexham squad is ludicrous. So much deadwood now.
What they have done is bring in real quality, Regardless of how they fund it, they are not just striving for survival as their goal.
We would all love to be in their position with spending surely, I know I would.
Championship Signings
Birmingham 14
Sheffield United 14
Wrexham 13
Hull 13
Derby 13
Norwich 12
Preston 12
Ipswich 11
Middlesborough 11
Millwall 11
Watford 11
Portsmouth 11
Charlton 10
QPR 10
Stoke 10
Blackburn 9
Swansea 9
Southampton 9
West Brom 9
Oxford 7
Bristol City 5
Coventry 4
Leicester 4
Sheffield Wednesday 2
Championship Money Spent (add-ons hit)
Southampton 55M
Ipswich 51.5M
Wrexham 38M
Sheffield United 30M
Norwich 23M
Middlesborough 23M
Birmingham 16M
Swansea 15M
Derby 14M
West Brom 13M
Millwall 12M
Charlton 10.75M
QPR 9.75M
Blackburn 8.75M
Stoke 8.5M
Coventry 8M
Watford 6M
Portsmouth 6M
Oxford 4M
Preston 2M
Bristol City 1.5M
Hull 250k
Leicester 0M
Sheffield Wednesday 0M
Championship Money Received (add-ons hit)
Southampton 120M
Ipswich 89M
Leicester 50M
Norwich 42M
Middlesborough 28M
West Brom 24.5M
Sheffield United 23.5M
Millwall 18M
Blackburn 12.25M
Watford 11M
Coventry 9M
Birmingham 8.5M
Hull 7.5M
Stoke 7.25M
Sheffield Wednesday 4.25M
QPR 3.5M
Bristol City 2.25M
Swansea 1.75M
Preston 1.5M
Oxford 1M
Portsmouth 1M
Derby 500k
Charlton 200k
Wrexham 0M
Championship Net Spend
Wrexham 38M
Swansea 13.75M
Derby 13.5M
Charlton 10.5M
Birmingham 7.5M
QPR 6.75M
Sheffield United 6.5M
Portsmouth 5M
Oxford 3M
Preston 500k
Bristol City -750k
Coventry -1M
Stoke -1.25M
Blackburn -3.75M
Sheffield Wednesday -4.3M
Watford -5M
Middlesborough -5M
Millwall -6M
Hull -7.25M
West Brom —11.5M
Norwich -19M
Ipswich -37.5M
Leicester -50M
Southampton -65M
Charlton Summary
Signings 13th (joint 3 teams)
Money Spent 12th
Money Received 23rd
Net Spend 4th
Wages and Loan fees not included
Either Woolfenden or Burgess would have suited us 100%, now both have gone to good Championship clubs
Indeed the number of club who have negative net transfer spend is surprising, with late sales and money not being spent. Many of those late sales being to Wrexham.
Other than Callum Doyle who is young and could improve, I can't see the rest of their signings being the type of player who will leap in value either, as they've already paid a full price.
Will try and put together a final summary tonight or tomrrow morning. I didn't have time last night with updating the thread with the incomings, and had to be up at 6am this morning.
Will then follow up with the analysis in a couple of days for those interested.