Summer transfer madness thread

[cheltenhamlion]

We won't be spending it on Hernandez after he ducked us about last summer.

[cdbearsfan]

What happened there, then? I only vaguely remember us being in for him.

[eamonn]

Weren't we prepared to pay close to £20m or something insane? Can't remember if we got Kodjia instead.

[cheltenhamlion]

We wanted Hernandez but his agent was a twat and held things up for ages. We agreed a large fee with Hull finally (something not far shy of £20m) and then got pissed around on personal terms.

Twice we offered what the agent asked but, after considering those offers for weeks at a time, decided we couldn't sign him for less than 70k a week plus various add ons. We fucked it off and signed Kodjia 3 days later.

[cdbearsfan]

Ta. I hardly know the bloke. If we were close to £20 million sounds like a bullet dodged.

[cheltenhamlion]

And then was when Bobby D was running the ship. I reckon he would be here and on more than Neymar if Bruce were in charge. *

* I appreciate that was a cheap shot.

[Salsa Party Animal]

Have we sorted Fair play problem out yet ? Just want to know when it is time for us to make one big money deal.

[Matt Collins]

Have we sorted Fair play problem out yet ? Just want to know when it is time for us to make one big money deal.

No. I think at most it will be net neutral for the remainder of the window

[aj2k77]

Have we sorted Fair play problem out yet ? Just want to know when it is time for us to make one big money deal.

Going off the rules of FFP on this website http://www.financialfairplay.co.uk/financial-fair-play-explained.php we are allowed to make combined losses of £61m for 3 seasons including this one.

2014/15 we lost £27.3m
2015/16 we lost £79.6m (including the confusing writing off of 'tangible fixed assets' £44.8m and 'intangible assets' £34.8m)
I'm not sure how that affects FFP or how it will affect this years accounts

That's a total of over £100m worth of losses, not sure really how we can avoid breaking the FFP rules and getting an embargo unless A. We get promoted or B. there was some accounting trickery last years regarding the writing off of assets.

It's doesn't look good to me but what do I know?

[Dave]

Have we sorted Fair play problem out yet ? Just want to know when it is time for us to make one big money deal.

Going off the rules of FFP on this website http://www.financialfairplay.co.uk/financial-fair-play-explained.php we are allowed to make combined losses of £61m for 3 seasons including this one.

2014/15 we lost £27.3m
2015/16 we lost £79.6m (including the confusing writing off of 'tangible fixed assets' £44.8m and 'intangible assets' £34.8m)
I'm not sure how that affects FFP or how it will affect this years accounts

That's a total of over £100m worth of losses, not sure really how we can avoid breaking the FFP rules and getting an embargo unless A. We get promoted or B. there was some accounting trickery last years regarding the writing off of assets.

It's doesn't look good to me but what do I know?

According to that link, if I've read the table correctly then we were permitted a loss of £83m.

It would be £61m if we'd just finished our second season in the Championship. So if we don't go up this season, next season the three-season loss would be a maximum of £61m.

[Matt Collins]

It al makes last summer's profligacy a real fuck up

[SoccerHQ]

Bristol Post is reporting Baker cost Bristol 500k so looks like we were a bit out on what he was sold for.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

Bristol Post is reporting Baker cost Bristol 500k so looks like we were a bit out on what he was sold for.

Both clubs said undisclosed and yet 4m was being bandied about which was quoted by the mirror

[aj2k77]

Bristol Post is reporting Baker cost Bristol 500k so looks like we were a bit out on what he was sold for.

No way did Baker go for 500k

Have we sorted Fair play problem out yet ? Just want to know when it is time for us to make one big money deal.

Going off the rules of FFP on this website http://www.financialfairplay.co.uk/financial-fair-play-explained.php we are allowed to make combined losses of £61m for 3 seasons including this one.

2014/15 we lost £27.3m
2015/16 we lost £79.6m (including the confusing writing off of 'tangible fixed assets' £44.8m and 'intangible assets' £34.8m)
I'm not sure how that affects FFP or how it will affect this years accounts

That's a total of over £100m worth of losses, not sure really how we can avoid breaking the FFP rules and getting an embargo unless A. We get promoted or B. there was some accounting trickery last years regarding the writing off of assets.

It's doesn't look good to me but what do I know?

According to that link, if I've read the table correctly then we were permitted a loss of £83m.

It would be £61m if we'd just finished our second season in the Championship. So if we don't go up this season, next season the three-season loss would be a maximum of £61m.

The rules were changed so the actual current season is taken in to account as the 3rd season for FFP rules so on that basis doesn't that make our limit £61m?

Even if it's £83m having posted loses of £107m I don't see how this season we will make a £24m+ profit unless there was some kind of financial trickery last year that accounted for such heavy losses that affects us positively this year. Doesn't seem likely to me. Financially if we don't go up we are in big trouble.

[Clampy]

I doubt very much that we let a 26 year old Championship centre half leave for £500k.