2023/24 Amadou Onana

Need to keep him fit now, good move from Dyche keeping him out of the team for a while, hopefully it staved off a longer injury.

If Caicedo is worth 100 million and Latvia went for 60 mill. What price Onana in a season or two’s time? Could turn out to be a very shrewd piece of business by Thelwell.

60m for a nation. Ruining football.
 

Need to keep him fit now, good move from Dyche keeping him out of the team for a while, hopefully it staved off a longer injury.

If Caicedo is worth 100 million and Latvia went for 60 mill. What price Onana in a season or two’s time? Could turn out to be a very shrewd piece of business by Thelwell.
Of course, not wanting to sell our best players off and amazing if we could build a team around them....

But Onana (22), Garner (22) and JB (21)... If they continue on their current trajectory, then by next Summer there is easily GBP 250m + worth of talent there.

Not bad recruitment after buying these for 50-60m.
 
Of course, not wanting to sell our best players off and amazing if we could build a team around them....

But Onana (22), Garner (22) and JB (21)... If they continue on their current trajectory, then by next Summer there is easily GBP 250m + worth of talent there.

Not bad recruitment after buying these for 50-60m.
This is exactly the type of policy that could generate 50m player trading profits each season (keeping it to one sale only per season) and would keep us in line with FFP and sustainability concerns. The occasional very large sale may even accelerate our paying down some of the ruinous debt and make us a more attractive option for a new owner.
 
This is exactly the type of policy that could generate 50m player trading profits each season (keeping it to one sale only per season) and would keep us in line with FFP and sustainability concerns. The occasional very large sale may even accelerate our paying down some of the ruinous debt and make us a more attractive option for a new owner.
And here lies the problem. The race to become the well run mid table side without the means to challenge
 
And here lies the problem. The race to become the well run mid table side without the means to challenge

Which is the ultimate purpose of PSR. In effect it’s compelling every mid table team with any decent player to sell them to the top teams, you can hold out for a season or two but eventually you have to sell them as almost every mid table team is running wages and transfers above their revenue or they face getting involved in a relegation battle.

It was an absolute genius invention by the corrupt PL to keep their top teams happy.
 

We have these 3 players contracted through 26/27/28... I would not be selling them next summer unless we really have to!

As others have said.... build around this spine of a team and in there is no reason we cannot push back up the table.
 
And here lies the problem. The race to become the well run mid table side without the means to challenge
Look where its gotten us. Ambition has to be realistic. We've not got a stupid rich backer at the moment and our ambitions have to be limited in the short/medium term to avoid another similar situation surely. Stadium and survival for now. Cup would be a bonus. I think Europe would kill us though as we'd need to invest to grow a paper thin squad. Injuries and suspensions have been kind so far but it we're one bad day/injury away from being down to plan b and c. I don't want to appear negative but that's how I see it for now. Mid table is fine for a while to ensure when we do challenge again it's sustainable and within the bounds of P&S.
 
It's inevitable he will go at some point and, to be honest, it shouldn't be the end of the world. I think he's a player with a very high ceiling but, for what we want and need, he is also very replaceable. This is precisely the sort of thing that we need to leverage to make sure we're not in financial ruin again in the future. Sell him for over his value and be smart with our recruitment (stop laughing).
 

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