Amadou Onana

[andyh]

If his wages are covered (as suggested above) a loan back up option would work.
When looking at players value I do think you need to factor in their injury record. He’s just not a reliable 30 matches a season guy.

From AI


The FIFA Club Protection Programme covers matches on the official FIFA International Match Calendar, including friendlies, travel, and training. Key details of the scheme include:28-Day Threshold: Compensation is only payable after the first 28 days of the player's injury-related absence.Wage Coverage: It pays a pro-rata daily salary based on a player's fixed salary.Limits: Payments cap out at a maximum of EUR 7.5 million per injury (approx. GBP 6.6 million or around EUR 20,548 per day) and are capped at a maximum of 365 days.Club Max: Individual clubs can claim a maximum of EUR 80 million per year.While this policy insures clubs against the heavy financial burden of extended wage payments, it only applies to fixed wages and does not cover performance-based bonuses, medical treatment costs, or illnesses.

[lovejoy]

Thanks. We are also stuck with the amortisation of his fee too which is £10m a year

[Drummond]

Poor bloke. Gutted for him.

[letsshakehands]

Thanks. We are also stuck with the amortisation of his fee too which is £10m a year

Wouldn't that (and his salary) be removed from our Uefa squad costs though, assuming he's not registered? So we'd have that much to play with, whether for a direct replacement or elsewhere in the squad? Still shit, obviously.

[paul_e]

Thanks. We are also stuck with the amortisation of his fee too which is £10m a year

Wouldn't that (and his salary) be removed from our Uefa squad costs though, assuming he's not registered? So we'd have that much to play with, whether for a direct replacement or elsewhere in the squad? Still shit, obviously.

Yes, this is exactly the point I made earlier.

[KingstandingVilla]

I swear our team bus ran a black cat over 🤬🤬🤬

[ian c.]

Wouldn't that (and his salary) be removed from our Uefa squad costs though, assuming he's not registered? So we'd have that much to play with, whether for a direct replacement or elsewhere in the squad? Still shit, obviously.

My understanding is that the cost of all senior players would be used in the calculation, not just the costs of the players in the squad for the relevant European competition.

[PeterWithesShin]

Every chance that by the end of this season he'll be averaging playing in fewer than half our league games since he joined.

[eamonn]

Maybe he can retrain to play In a less combative part of the pitch. Decent height for a goalie.

[Dogtanian]

We get compensation from FIFA do we not? Or do we need to ask Trump?

[paul_e]

Wouldn't that (and his salary) be removed from our Uefa squad costs though, assuming he's not registered? So we'd have that much to play with, whether for a direct replacement or elsewhere in the squad? Still shit, obviously.

My understanding is that the cost of all senior players would be used in the calculation, not just the costs of the players in the squad for the relevant European competition.

There's 2 different rules at play. SCR would include everyone (but would be offset by compensation from FIFA) but accounts for commercial income, etc. The bigger problem is the specific limitation in our agreement with UEFA which means the overall value of the list 'a' squad registered for european competition can't be increased. This is the one that had people worried we were going to have to sell someone who we'd rather keep but Onana being out works as us making a ~£30m sale (because it's spread over 3 years) which would be someone like Konsa or Tielemans going.

Again I'd rather this hadn't happened but it does give us a small opportunity to refresh the squad without a sale meaning we can shift the 'value' from CM to the wing where our biggest weaknesses are.

[Villafirst]

Is it worth merging this thread with the Celebrity Fans one?  Poor bugger has watched more of our games than he's played in

It's at least one of these for the last 3 seasons for us isn't it?

Correct - in 2023-24 two in one week at the start the season, Mings and Buendia. Then February 2024 it was Kamara with an ACL. Kamara again in January 2026 with a PCL (Posterior Cruciate Ligament) injury. Now Onana with an ACL according to reports. Lindelof maybe called upon more in the DM position He was great in the latter part of last season. However,  what terrible luck!

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

If this happened to a 'big six' team, no problem, they just go and buy a replacement. Situations like this is further proof of corruption. EPL, UEFA FIFA, Donald Trump, f*** the lot of them

It's so frustrating isn't it? I was talking to a Liverpool fan mate the other day about FFP, etc and how our hands are tied.  He told me to "stop moaning as all the PL owners had voted for it!"  I think he'd missed the point! 

Anyway, get well sooner rather than later Amadou.

It's all taken the shine off Belgium getting one over that ****** in the White House!

[Stu]

People need to stop talking about injuries as if there are loads of different kinds of injuries. There is only one type of injury we get at VP, and it’s torn ACL’s.