So people are already fuming about how the £28m for Rom seems steep. Now I've for one been arguing ever since before this happened that whatever fee we sign him for, we will sell him on for a profit. I am not in doubt for a second that if we ever sell Rom, we will sell him for a profit.
Furthermore, this isn't a first. A lot of us were fuming our face off for signing McCarthy for £13m, but not one of us is in doubt that we will fetch at least £20m, and probably a lot more, for him in today's market - despite financial fair play.
In fact, let me reiterate that - we might be slightly poor and whatnot, but today's transfer record is a huge landmark. And this means we've tied down our liquidity. We are back to "sell to buy" i guess, but our assets as they look are worth literal bajillions.
According to the very rudimentary figures of Transfermarkt , players like Howard are worth £2m and Barkley £11m but obviously that is way off the mark. Players like Osman, Distin and Barry are a moot point, as they're virtually unsellable (though i still don't know how people would actually bid for Phil Naville back then), so the XI i'm setting up here is mainly young and re-sellable assets.
Feel free to put together whatever bench you want. Naismith might be a hard sell, but i have a feeling we could get £5m for him if we tried, you know?
As a rule, let's include players that have actually played for us though. No speculating in Ledson's value!
As another rule, everyone has to put a price on Hibbo's head.
Howard - £?
Coleman - £?
Jagielka - £?
Stones - £?
Baines - £?
Besic - £?
McCarthy - £?
Barkley - £?
Mirallas - £?
McGeady - £?
Lukaku - £?
Bench - Robles, Naismith, Garbutt, Gibson, Kone, Hibbert
Furthermore, this isn't a first. A lot of us were fuming our face off for signing McCarthy for £13m, but not one of us is in doubt that we will fetch at least £20m, and probably a lot more, for him in today's market - despite financial fair play.
In fact, let me reiterate that - we might be slightly poor and whatnot, but today's transfer record is a huge landmark. And this means we've tied down our liquidity. We are back to "sell to buy" i guess, but our assets as they look are worth literal bajillions.
According to the very rudimentary figures of Transfermarkt , players like Howard are worth £2m and Barkley £11m but obviously that is way off the mark. Players like Osman, Distin and Barry are a moot point, as they're virtually unsellable (though i still don't know how people would actually bid for Phil Naville back then), so the XI i'm setting up here is mainly young and re-sellable assets.
Feel free to put together whatever bench you want. Naismith might be a hard sell, but i have a feeling we could get £5m for him if we tried, you know?
As a rule, let's include players that have actually played for us though. No speculating in Ledson's value!
As another rule, everyone has to put a price on Hibbo's head.
Howard - £?
Coleman - £?
Jagielka - £?
Stones - £?
Baines - £?
Besic - £?
McCarthy - £?
Barkley - £?
Mirallas - £?
McGeady - £?
Lukaku - £?
Bench - Robles, Naismith, Garbutt, Gibson, Kone, Hibbert
