In Soh? Very little right now, nobody else wanted him and he can't get a game for us - certainly less than we paid. Konate very little, Larsoon very little also. All 3 might hold value at some point but as of now nope. I imagine we could get our money back on McKenna though, so yay. Again that might grow because of the 4 he is the only one actually getting regular games.
There is nothing wrong with signing experience when it benefits the first team, there is however plenty wrong with selling your talented players to fund hasbeens having one last pay day.
Arter 30k per week
Christie 20k per week
Bong 17.5k per week
Jenkinson 25k per week
Barichou 15k per week
Colback 20k per week
Freeman 30k per week
Knockaert 37k per week
Truly value for money at a time when income is taking a huge hit. They all have such huge resale vaule too.
We have no other option but to sell young talent to fund the Club; that is a fact of life that applies to us, just like it applies to all other Clubs.
At least we are getting top dollar for the players we sell; that certainly was not the case under the two previous owners.
And its not like we are selling the young players and doing nothing about replacing them; we have half a dozen young players out on loan, with a similar amount ready to do the same next season; the reason we are in such a good position because we are going out and recruiting the best talent we can from across Europe and the UK.
EM has been as good as his word and funds the Club to the maximum amount allowed; he certainly does not engage in financial engineering to line his own pockets, like someone I could mention, and he certainly has not thrown a strop and taken his toys away the first time things started to get tough.
The wages you quote are speculative; you have no more idea than I do what individual players earn; however, you can be sure we are not paying full wages to the loans players
The current state of the first team squad is as good as it has been, certainly as good as at any time in the last 15 years.
No more bloated squads of over 40 players on the pay roll, Wage bill coming down year on year, with one exception, Fringe players are shipped out on loan if not required, no more long contracts for older players.
We sign players and they are not good enough for you; we dont sign players and we weaken the squad, even when players refuse to sign or go elsewhere.
Even if we had gone out and signed Grant I am sure you would have found some fault with the deal in the end.
And why the discontent; there is only one reason and its nothing do with bollocks about value for money, sell on values or the best one yet, points per pound ratio, its because of your irrational dislike of EM, or I suppose hatred would be more accurate.
It cant be very comfortable for you, hoping we have set back after set back, all in the hope that EM gets pissed off and sells up, something I am not so sure will happen.
All is not well behind the scenes; Jeff Mann and Ben White have left the Club recently, which is not good news; that should cheer you up.