It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

[blueparrot]

Does it not differ to how release clauses are paid and showcased? Thanks for clarifying.

Not for FFP accounting ,no. If Rice is £100 mill and a 5 year contract it will show in the accounts as £20 mill / year and that’s what is submitted to UEFA.
As for paying the £100mill that’s between the clubs it can be in as many installments as they agree on.
A release clause could be paid in one go and it was the case,not sure if it still is, a Spanish one had to be paid by the player in one go. As before though that doesn’t change the accounting process for FFP.
In the case of Arsenal it seems they are stuggling to agree instalments with West Ham , that maybe that they just don’t have that spare cash without borrowing or cutting elsewhere.

 

[RobinHood]

Wages yes 105m having to pay it in two years will go on the books as two years

The £105m will be amortised over the length of his contract, which also fits the FFP criteria.

If WHam want payment over 2 years, that will come out of Arse's cash-flow at £52.5m per year.

They are treated differently.

Edit: Blueparrot beat me to it.

 

[JewelZee]

Clubs such as Ickle Citeh, so random, so incorrect

Is the term nation state some type of English phrase? Or is it some made up term to create an added air of jeopardy? UAE is a nation, a country. What's with the state?

 

[waspish]

the value of the transfer gets amortised over the length of the players contract. Cash on hand and payments whole separate issue and system as far as i remember, been awhile.

@citybrain should know.

Yeah you could right come to think of it

 

[JewelZee]

Looks like Real are using long term debt products to fix short term issues - immediate profitability. This won’t end well…. In time they’ll collapse in a mountain of debt. You can’t keep selling assets and borrowing money to fund shortfalls in the annual accounts… sooner or later they’ll run out of road unless of course they have another training ground to sell!

There's always the national treasury...

 

[manimanc]

the value of the transfer gets amortised over the length of the players contract. Cash on hand and payments whole separate issue and system as far as i remember, been awhile.

@citybrain should know.

That's why Chelsea signed these players at ridiculous prices on 7 and 8 year contracts. Not a cat in hells chance they could afford to do what they did putting players on 4 or 5 year deals.
Was that being really cute or really stupid?

 

[Summerbuzz]

Is the term nation state some type of English phrase? Or is it some made up term to create an added air of jeopardy? UAE is a nation, a country. What's with the state?

State is the institutions, govt, rulers, legal system, army etc.

Sovereign State is a country that rules itself.

Nation is a bit vaguer, usually means the group of people within a state, the population, who share a history and culture.

A nation with it's own Sovereign State, the whole shebang is called a Nation State.

 

[RobinHood]

That's why Chelsea signed these players at ridiculous prices on 7 and 8 year contracts. Not a cat in hells chance they could afford to do what they did putting players on 4 or 5 year deals.
Was that being really cute or really stupid?

The amortisation of the player's registry will be restricted to a maximum of five years because of this. Not sure when this comes in.

 

[TonyM]

Can West Ham go back to City and accept their offer so basically they've agreed both offer and it's up the to the player?

 

[skillman]

Absolutely zero chance the Rice to Arsenal deal falls through. Imagine future players (and agents!) seeing it, why would they think about rejecting other clubs for Arsenal if they have a track record of pulling out at the final hour.

The delays will be nothing and he'll be announced within the next week or so I'd say.

It would be funny, mind...