Summer transfer window 2023

[mikel_88]

Yes from what he said it's frees /loans and a few purchases if we are lucky. Also sounds like we have a tiny budget and not the biggest wages to offer. We are relying on selling your Simms, Maupay et al we have scouted around ten players in the positions of need but can we afford any of them right now? Doesn't sound like it.

Horrible this massive window for us and again looks already we will be left short or last minute looking for any again grim

 

[Swartzy]

Sure but you buy the 27 year old and sign a 4 year deal so that ends and he's not in his prime anymore so you go replace him with another 27 year old and so on. You do this for a decade without stocking the team with guys who can give you more than a handful of years or a fee in return when he leaves which leaves you with no money to buy anyone else or depth in the squad.

You are right in the (hopeful) future of this club.
But in the stabilization of the club, which if we don't don't prioritise to get this club back on steady ground. We will never get to the first point of the post.

We need to steady the ship, from Squad/Board/Owner. Before we can dream of doing the running of he club in such a fancy manner..
If it takes a few older proven/experienced loans to get us on the right path again, then so be it !!!!

 

[windymiller]

McNeil, Tarkowski and Pickford all signed from relegated clubs.

And we finished 17th

 

[PeregrineT]

Pretty sure the Kean money went to clear what we paid for him. Bought for £30mill, sold back 2 years later for £25mill plus loan fees. We made zero off that.

Richy £60mill money went on the 2021/2022 balance sheet which still reported a £40mill loss.

We then spent the Richy money in the summer. The Gordon money will have gone to balance that debt too.

So financially we're still either on a small loss or breaking even. We can't afford to have a loss on the 2022/23 books...so we need to sell.

And no doubt not spend all of what fees we get too

Kean was actually purchased 4 years ago, on a 5 year deal, plus we received loan fees for him. So 20m of his upcoming transfer is going straight to FFP, and actual profit on the books. We did not sell him back 2 years later.

The Richy money was spent in the summer, but there was no FFP "need" to balance anything with Gordon if you use a 3 year rolling average, as one of the top big loss years rolled off at the end of the season. The last big loss year(20/21) does not apply to this upcoming season for FFP anymore so we are free of the worst of the bad prior spending. So for FFP purposes we can net spend at least 50 million without selling anyone, including Kean(and most of Gordon).

But it seems the issue is no longer FFP, it is a lack of willingness to take any financial losses, much less the 35 million allowed per season.

 

[joebocop]

And we finished 17th

If we had players that were as consistent as tarkowski, Pickford and McNeil (once dyche took over) all over the pitch. We wouldn't have finished anywhere near 17th.

Relegated players aren't always bad, sometimes they are. But we shouldn't be turning our noses up just because they were relegated.

 

[Tel001]

That was my thinking. Should probably aim a bit higher than that though

Trying to optimistic and basically saying that we can’t do any worse than what we have currently …. The only way is up? I hope

 

[Everton_Gary]

Can’t be buying players late in the window. It hasn’t worked for the past decade. Last minute deals or no deals at all will see us down for sure. Avoided the drop two seasons in a row, improvement needed before deadline day.

 

[RomanReigns]

a depressive summer of being linked to relegated rejects and buying no one ahead

 

[Curtis]

It's okay guys Bill just wants to demonstrate he's a true blue to the skeptics by obtaining a dynamite transfer that will live on as a legendary signing, so before he shuffles off in 5 more years enjoy the talents of Che Adam's as he attempts to score enough goals to avert relegation for the upcoming season

 

[Vintage]

I've got a feeling Maupay won't kick a ball for us again.

Call it superstition.

I call it blind faith

 

[Vintage]

I like labia

Honestly thought you were a fanny dodger since the day you were born

 

[Dublin blue 75]

Can’t be buying players late in the window. It hasn’t worked for the past decade. Last minute deals or no deals at all will see us down for sure. Avoided the drop two seasons in a row, improvement needed before deadline day.

We can’t even agree on a new kit design by the looks of things.

Until BK is removed and a new regime in place, we won’t be singing any incoming contracts.

 

[mccole]

I think we won't be doing any business until July.

It must have something to do with showing the finances for that year at the end of June looking healthy before we start spending plus we are STILL waiting for our board to sort itself out.

 

[Shibbywiggles]

I think we won't be doing any business until July.

It must have something to do with showing the finances for that year at the end of June looking healthy before we start spending plus we are STILL waiting for our board to sort itself out.

I’ve been wondering if Kenwright has gone in all but it being announced but the new board wants to come in and get the ball rolling quickly

They know they can’t do that until July so everything is on hold for a couple of weeks so when they come in we can get a bit of momentum signing a striker and Harrison for example

 

[Mr Happy]

Horrible this massive window for us and again looks already we will be left short or last minute looking for any again grim

Nobody's done any business yet. Chill.