Latest article in athletic basically confirms we are open to offers for all players, youth and senior squads, and will sell at right price. Sound strategy when you can re-invest it all back in to playing squad, but with our financial situation that’s not going to happen.
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Big Sams Undies
Player Valuation: £25m
Makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
If Pickford has had a rise of £20k, that’s straight out of the Mina wages (£120k pw), still leaving us £100k a week better off.
Not to mention the wages of Coady gone, Townsend gone, Simms gone etc etc.
Probably only team in as much financial distress as ourselves...I'll be shocked if we get 8 mil out of them.
Wel spend money signing players. 
HalfTimeSayers
Player Valuation: £35m
Hope so, and could well be the case. But does look like selling the players that might be good in 2 years in order to cobble together enough coppers to buy one or two that are good right now. Depressing and very short-term, but probably a positive that they have recognised that it’s going to be another rough season, so diverting what little funds we are willing/able to spend into just getting some breathing space this season. Worry about the future just before it happens.
I do worry about the “BMD will sort out all finances due to commercial income etc” idea. The increased gate receipts (non corporate) will probably cover just the salary, not the amortisation, of a couple of half decent players each year. If we randomly get £5million a year for scoreboard sponsorship, that ALL goes to someone like Doucoure.
The outgoings are massive for all clubs, and there isn’t a massive pot of gold for unpopular and recently vilified clubs (with a habit of embarrassing themself publicly at board level) to tap into just because the ground is ultra sexy. We aren’t getting £100million a year for the “Microsoft North Stand”, and won’t be seeing Apple on the sleeve of the shirts.
OneTrueLegend
Player Valuation: £35m
Sunderland after Tom Cannon for £3m, I think that’s cheap, he did well on loan last year.
https://www.[Publication is blackli...gn-tom-cannon-as-everton-exit-stance-emerges/
Tipp blue
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
We aren't skint.. we have regulation issues.. with a hearing coming up in a few months we can't go gung ho in this window.. come the hearing we can say "we have regulated our spending and become compliant no need for punishment".
Financial regulations doing their job keeping the rich at the top..United can spend far in excess of most teams despite being almost 600 million in debt.
Eggsyblueskin
Player Valuation: £40m
I understand that argument , if we were a well funded team competing in or around mid table and needing an experienced stop gap it would make better sense.
But we are a bottom of the table club facing our third year of battling for survival, with severe financial restrictions on our squad. In that context every penny counts and every purchase has to able to contribute throughout the season.
I understand the logic , but I’m not sure a 38year old represents value for money , even with a nice collection of of medals .
Tipp blue
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
I hope not, selling our attacking players is kind of the opposite of what we should be doing.
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
Surely needs to be closer to £7.5mil
davids
Player Valuation: £70m
Hate to say it gents but living on the Med trumps the Mersey too.
Dwight K Schrute
Player Valuation: £35m
No doubt he'll be sold for £600k upfront, no sell-on clause and unrealistic add-ons taking it to £3.5m.
Right price seems to mean first offer any any muppet throws our way.
toffeemeister77
Player Valuation: £8m
If we sell our entire team for a few million each will we be able to afford a singe Premier League player?
I'm surprised about the lack of fume watching the Gordon money go into the ether.
I'm surprised about the lack of fume watching the Gordon money go into the ether.
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