ForestinLancs
Vital Squad Member
20m drop in income for them next season...barring sales. Think thats right anyway.
Summer transfer thread
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Basha73
Vital Football Legend
I would be surprised if Bruce didn’t have them competitive but they have a bloated squad full of top earners - 7 of the top 10 earners in the Championship.
Their parachute payments are cut this season and they are sailing close to the wind for FFP.
Selling Grealish and maybe Chester may help but they are the only real assets they have - maybe Adomah and Kodjia...?
They are going to have to cut costs drastically and it will be interesting to see if Terry stays on.
Bruce is good at this level but is he good enough to contend with all the issues this season’s failure will bring. And that’s if they keep him...
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Vital Squad Member
hahaa fuck off villa. They didn't deserve to go up, play garbage football every time I watch them. Hope fatty Bruce gets sacked.
PsychoTheLegend
Vital Football Hero
And win they did. A Bale wonder goal and 2 calamitous mistakes from Karius the clown.
redderthanred
Vital Reserves Team
Not only looking forward to our summer incoming transfers but with equal measure can't wait until the sh!t hits the fan at Prideless & Villa Park. 
paplane
Vital Squad Member
I personally dont have an issue with sportsmen who are at the very top of their sport being arrogant (Ronaldo, Bolt, Ali for example). Its arrogance from people who aren't there that I dislike (Grealish, Paul Ince, Lansbury).
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Vital Squad Member
Grealish is an overrated twat. Stupid haircut too. Tom Cairney is better.
Galaxy42
Vital Football Hero
You need two types of player to make a winning team, you need grafters & creators. While it would be nice for all players to have both you have to be realistic. This is the Championship.
We would imo struggle to find another player willing to work harder that Osborn which is why I would like him to stay. In fact we need more players of his ilk, not fewer.
The only reason to sell would be if he wants to go & pushed for it, but as we're talking about a club with parachute payments I wouldn't accept anything under £4,000,000 & I suspect we could get more.
We would imo struggle to find another player willing to work harder that Osborn which is why I would like him to stay. In fact we need more players of his ilk, not fewer.
The only reason to sell would be if he wants to go & pushed for it, but as we're talking about a club with parachute payments I wouldn't accept anything under £4,000,000 & I suspect we could get more.
mao tse tung
Vital Champions League
Ever since Osborn came into the team he has done nothing but play in a struggling team; even though he has been moved from position to position by various managers he has displayed remarkable levels of consistency.
I have every faith that Karanka will look after him and will look forwards to him playing in a side that does not struggle.
Its time we got the best out of one of our home grown players.
RedBasie
Vital 1st Team Regular
I doubt whether Ben Osborn would want to move to a place like Stoke. It would be a very similar situation to the way Guy Moussi turned down Derby.:eek!:
Weweregoodonce
Vital Reserves Team
Could image they would be offering big wages!!
forestonourwayback
Vital 1st Team Regular
Lots of speculation on this forum about where clubs may stand against FFP but can anyone summaries where WE stand, very broadly? I appreciate it's difficult to be precise without having accurate information re income, losses etc (where is Jimmy Gordon when you need him?)
My recollection is that we are within the three year rolling 'Profitability and Sustainability' period, during which clubs may make losses, subject to rules on investment by owners and single year constraints, of up to £39m. Is this the third year of that period? Were we in embargo in the first year and did we spend about £7m in the second year, with losses around £15m? Figures just from memory....
During the period, we have been trying to reduce the wage bill and repay debt incurred during the tenure of the previous owner. We are work in progress. I saw a table recently that showed we had made a 'profit' on transfers (fees received less paid out) of some £24m gross. So you would like to think that we were some way out of the mess we were in a couple of years ago.
I also saw a table which showed the correlation between spending and league position this year. Although spending money is not the complete answer, there's no denying it makes a significant difference. Interestingly, the cost of our 2017/18 squad was the 17th highest in the Championship and we finished 17th!!
So where do we currently stand?
My recollection is that we are within the three year rolling 'Profitability and Sustainability' period, during which clubs may make losses, subject to rules on investment by owners and single year constraints, of up to £39m. Is this the third year of that period? Were we in embargo in the first year and did we spend about £7m in the second year, with losses around £15m? Figures just from memory....
During the period, we have been trying to reduce the wage bill and repay debt incurred during the tenure of the previous owner. We are work in progress. I saw a table recently that showed we had made a 'profit' on transfers (fees received less paid out) of some £24m gross. So you would like to think that we were some way out of the mess we were in a couple of years ago.
I also saw a table which showed the correlation between spending and league position this year. Although spending money is not the complete answer, there's no denying it makes a significant difference. Interestingly, the cost of our 2017/18 squad was the 17th highest in the Championship and we finished 17th!!
So where do we currently stand?
