Prestwich_Blue
Well-Known Member
No this isn't one of those stupid rag type calculations where they work out shirt sales and all that crap.
Been running a few figures following on from a comment in the Balance Sheet thread but think this is important enough to warrant its own thread.
There's been much wailing and gnashing of teeth over our spending this summer naturally but no one has looked at the bigger picture.
We've so far brought in 6 players (including Luiz) who've cost us around £215m. Over the next 5 years they'll probably cost us around £100m in wages, meaning the 5 year cost will be £315m.
But we've also lost or will be losing loads of players off the wage bill and have got/will be getting fees for some of them where they're still under contract. I reckon we'll have reduced the wage bill by something like £45m a year, which is £225m over the same 5 year period.
The fees for these players (plus Mooy, Zuculini, Unal etc) should easily exceed £100m, meaning that our overall gain over 5 years is at least £325m from cash in and wage savings. So over a 5 year period these players have had no net impact in cash terms.
Been running a few figures following on from a comment in the Balance Sheet thread but think this is important enough to warrant its own thread.
There's been much wailing and gnashing of teeth over our spending this summer naturally but no one has looked at the bigger picture.
We've so far brought in 6 players (including Luiz) who've cost us around £215m. Over the next 5 years they'll probably cost us around £100m in wages, meaning the 5 year cost will be £315m.
But we've also lost or will be losing loads of players off the wage bill and have got/will be getting fees for some of them where they're still under contract. I reckon we'll have reduced the wage bill by something like £45m a year, which is £225m over the same 5 year period.
The fees for these players (plus Mooy, Zuculini, Unal etc) should easily exceed £100m, meaning that our overall gain over 5 years is at least £325m from cash in and wage savings. So over a 5 year period these players have had no net impact in cash terms.
