Unai Emery

[brontebilly]

Monchi really did do us over last summer.

Had we even drawn the last game at Old Trafford and not shit the bed in how we played most of that game against a really crap Man U side, then Monchi is likely still here and the players we got in a lot better and less of a gamble. That's on Emery and the players as much as what transpired is on Monchi and co. regarding recruitment.

We were already in big trouble PSR wise I thought? We seemed to gamble a bit too recklessly last Jan, 5 players in and 2 of them didn't even make CL squad afterwards.

[Percy McCarthy]

^^ We sold the women’s team for £50m just before the June 30th end of financial year.

[Rory]

I'm sure it's just me missing the point, but I don't understand how we're still treading on egg shells when it comes to PSR.

Our net spend is what, about +£40m over three years?

If there's still an issue, what on earth are we paying these guys?

[Garyth]

[...] we're still treading on egg shells when it comes to PSR.

Isn't SCR (European version) the problem, rather than PSR (which is getting phased out anyway).

Reducing 96% to 70% was always going to be brutal - we could have just kept everyone's wages the same and not bought/sold anyone, but that wouldn't have been acceptable while also trying to sustain European football.

 The way I see it is that we've taken a more nuanced approach: selling some players and replacing them with lower wage players, renegotiating existing players to more long term wage structures, short term loans that only effect a single financial period, and leveraging income streams to the max. The problem with this is that every addition has to be seen in the light of tight wage headroom due to missing out on CL football this season.

It's not that we can't afford them, it's that we can't afford to play them in Europe. I suspect this is also partly a driver for premium young/academy players.