Net Spend

[Zatara]

Lukaku 28mil
McCarthy 13mil
Kone 5mil
Besic 2.5 (rising to 4mil)
McGeady (undisc)
Robles (undisc)

Total = 48.5


Fellaini 27.5 mil
Jelavic 6.5 mil
Anichebe 6mil
Duffy (undisc)

Total = 40mil

Perhaps it's worth noting thst in terms of actual transfer fees, Martinez has spent circa 8.5mil.

Lukaku, McCarthy and Besic are top notch players. Kone was signed at the start as an upgrade on jelavic and anichebe and other signings have been squad fillers and stop gaps.

I'd like to see what he can do with 20-30mil behind him to fill GK / CB / LW positions whilst removing the deadwood to free up wages.

 

[Zatara]

Also we received a few mil for Forshaw due to sell on clause.

So there should be TV money budgeted for spending now.

 

[hktoffee]

This is barely net spend on papers not including wages and signing on fees though. Some sources said Kone costed £6m. McGeady costed £1.5m. Robles, maybe £2m plus. I don't think we received £6m up front for Anichebe. That is the potential max fee. And finally we should receive few hundred K for Duffy which may end up to £1.5m.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Wages are likely to take up a bigger chunk of money than the transfer fees. The likes of Barry might not have cost anything in their transfer fee but will certainly cost a few million a year in wages. I mean 60k a week is 3 million a year.

 

[Zatara]

Sure, however its not hitting huge numbers in twrms of net spend like some are saying.

This is barely net spend on papers not including wages and signing on fees though. Some sources said Kone costed £6m. McGeady costed £1.5m. Robles, maybe £2m plus. I don't think we received £6m up front for Anichebe. That is the potential max fee. And finally we should receive few hundred K for Duffy which may end up to £1.5m.

 

[Zatara]

Wages and transfer fees are budgeted separately though + hes had to sign loads of free players simply due to not having spent much in terms of a net spend.

What im trying to highlight is;

A-- with money hes gone for top players who all fit in well wirh our long term strategy

B-- hes not spemt much net spend wise and filled out the squad with a load of frees

C-- if he shifts out the deadwood now and summer he will free up alot in wages anyway + with TV money etc we should see some top signings based on what hes done with money.

Wages are likely to take up a bigger chunk of money than the transfer fees. The likes of Barry might not have cost anything in their transfer fee but will certainly cost a few million a year in wages. I mean 60k a week is 3 million a year.

 

[Allezfan]

That's everton under kenwright for you.

You don't hire a bloke who won a trophy on a nothing budget if you can give him 300 million a year, you hire mourinho instead.

His remit was to spend nothing and still improve us, same as moyes' remit was to spend nothing and still improve us.

 

[joey_macmo]

Undisclosed doesn't just mean you don't count it. Be conservative and say Mcgeady 500k & Joel £1m

Kone was £6m
Barry was £2m

Anichebe was £5m (maximum so for clarity you count Besic as £4m)



That already nearly doubles your figure to £15.5m which then equates to a bigger net spend than the previous 11 years combined.

 

[hktoffee]

Wages and transfer fees are budgeted separately though + hes had to sign loads of free players simply due to not having spent much in terms of a net spend.

What im trying to highlight is;

A-- with money hes gone for top players who all fit in well wirh our long term strategy

B-- hes not spemt much net spend wise and filled out the squad with a load of frees

C-- if he shifts out the deadwood now and summer he will free up alot in wages anyway + with TV money etc we should see some top signings based on what hes done with money.

Mate that depends on how you define who are the deadwoods. For me Robles, Hibbert, Kone, Distin (contract expired), Atsu (back to Chelsea anyway), Alcaraz (contract expired) are the definiate deadwoods follow by the half deadwoods in Gibson (always injured; playing 9 league games per season in average), McGeady (no end product), Barry (legs are gone), Pienaar (injured-prone and getting old so legs are gone probably, I might be wrong).

I still think Osman has something to offer off the bench so he is not on the above list. We must extend the contracts of Oviedo, Mirallas and Garbutt. Will Martinez do these things? I don't think so. He will probably give an extention to Alcaraz and release Garbutt.

 

[Zatara]

Apart from I think 7 or 8 players theyre all deadwood, stopgaps or injured.

Mate that depends on how you define who are the deadwoods. For me Robles, Hibbert, Kone, Distin (contract expired), Atsu (back to Chelsea anyway), Alcaraz (contract expired) are the definiate deadwoods follow by the half deadwoods in Gibson (always injured; playing 9 league games per season in average), McGeady (no end product), Barry (legs are gone), Pienaar (injured-prone and getting old so legs are gone probably, I might be wrong).

I still think Osman has something to offer off the bench so he is not on the above list. We must extend the contracts of Oviedo, Mirallas and Garbutt. Will Martinez do these things? I don't think so. He will probably give an extention to Alcaraz and release Garbutt.

 

[hktoffee]

Apart from I think 7 or 8 players theyre all deadwood, stopgaps or injured.

Sure, I understand we will not clear the deadwoods at once so Gibson, McGeady, Barry (cos of his long contract) and maybe Pienaar will remain as stopgaps.

 

[Fresh Prince of Belle Val]

He's probably signed half of the deadwood, that's the problem.

 

[applecrumble]

He's also spent a few mill on loans

 

[flibbyflob]

Sure, however its not hitting huge numbers in twrms of net spend like some are saying.

Yeah but in comparison to the net spend on the 5 previous years it is massive. All relative though I guess.

 

[davek]

Hold on, I thought he'd spent loads?

Oh, another nonsense rewriting of history then.