DeanoVilla
One Bloody Number
I've just been going through the full list of players signed and sold by Xia since he took over to try and put some kind of explanation round why things have gone so wrong.
The line we keep being spun is that Xia 'invested heavily' and 'gambled'.... yet did he really?
He's a full list of players signed and sold.... the fee's I believe are fairly accurate. The wages, I've guessed at a lot of them, but I'd be surprised if most of them were far off the truth.
Ins
Name Fee Wage
Elphick 3000000 30000
Gollini 4000000 20000
Tshibola 5000000 20000
McCormack 12000000 40000
Chester 8000000 30000
Jedinak 4000000 50000
De Laet 2000000 25000
Kodjia 15000000 35000
Adomah 0 30000
Lansbury 2750000 40000
Bree 3000000 23000
Bjarnasson 2500000 25000
Hourihane 2000000 35000
Taylor 2000000 30000
Hogan 11000000 30000
Terry 0 60000
Elmohamady 1000000 30000
Samba 0 15000
Whelen 2000000 30000
Total 79250000 598000
Outs
Name Fee Wage
Richardson 0 50000
N'Zogbia 0 65000
Crespo 1000000 20000
Guzan 0 40000
Gueye 7100000 40000
Clark 5000000 25000
Sinclair 3500000 35000
Bennett 0 20000
Okore 1000000 35000
Lescott 0 50000
Traore 0 40000
Gestede 2000000 30000
Westwood 5000000 25000
Ayew 7000000 35000
Kozak 0 25000
Sanchez 3000000 30000
Veretout 7000000 35000
Baker 2000000 25000
Bacuna 1000000 20000
Amavi 6000000 30000
Gollini 3700000 20000
Gil 2000000 20000
Gabby 0 45000
Terry 0 60000
Total 24700000 820000
So that's roughly £80 million spent and £25 million recouped, so a net spend of £55 million or £27.5m per year.
The wages (I've not included the loan signings as they've now all left) have actually gone DOWN, reducing the wage bill by about £220,000 per week or £11 million per year!!!
Now my figures may be slightly off as like I say I've estimated a lot of the wages, but i can't be off by £11 million surely, so the crux of the matter is wages will have gone down.
Now it's my understanding that we have so far recieved approx £70-£75 million in parachute payment (with one further payment of £15 million to come).
So... if the NET spend is £55 million, and the wages have gone DOWN, and we've received £70-75 million in parachute money, plus TV deals and all the other income.... then how the hell are we losing so much money each month? Has Tony actually put any of his own money in at all?!?
Something just doesn't add up for me.
The line we keep being spun is that Xia 'invested heavily' and 'gambled'.... yet did he really?
He's a full list of players signed and sold.... the fee's I believe are fairly accurate. The wages, I've guessed at a lot of them, but I'd be surprised if most of them were far off the truth.
Ins
Name Fee Wage
Elphick 3000000 30000
Gollini 4000000 20000
Tshibola 5000000 20000
McCormack 12000000 40000
Chester 8000000 30000
Jedinak 4000000 50000
De Laet 2000000 25000
Kodjia 15000000 35000
Adomah 0 30000
Lansbury 2750000 40000
Bree 3000000 23000
Bjarnasson 2500000 25000
Hourihane 2000000 35000
Taylor 2000000 30000
Hogan 11000000 30000
Terry 0 60000
Elmohamady 1000000 30000
Samba 0 15000
Whelen 2000000 30000
Total 79250000 598000
Outs
Name Fee Wage
Richardson 0 50000
N'Zogbia 0 65000
Crespo 1000000 20000
Guzan 0 40000
Gueye 7100000 40000
Clark 5000000 25000
Sinclair 3500000 35000
Bennett 0 20000
Okore 1000000 35000
Lescott 0 50000
Traore 0 40000
Gestede 2000000 30000
Westwood 5000000 25000
Ayew 7000000 35000
Kozak 0 25000
Sanchez 3000000 30000
Veretout 7000000 35000
Baker 2000000 25000
Bacuna 1000000 20000
Amavi 6000000 30000
Gollini 3700000 20000
Gil 2000000 20000
Gabby 0 45000
Terry 0 60000
Total 24700000 820000
So that's roughly £80 million spent and £25 million recouped, so a net spend of £55 million or £27.5m per year.
The wages (I've not included the loan signings as they've now all left) have actually gone DOWN, reducing the wage bill by about £220,000 per week or £11 million per year!!!
Now my figures may be slightly off as like I say I've estimated a lot of the wages, but i can't be off by £11 million surely, so the crux of the matter is wages will have gone down.
Now it's my understanding that we have so far recieved approx £70-£75 million in parachute payment (with one further payment of £15 million to come).
So... if the NET spend is £55 million, and the wages have gone DOWN, and we've received £70-75 million in parachute money, plus TV deals and all the other income.... then how the hell are we losing so much money each month? Has Tony actually put any of his own money in at all?!?
Something just doesn't add up for me.