Yasin Ozcan (now out on loan at Anderlecht)

[eamonn]

As for Ozcan's razor, the bloke probably started shaving last year. Buying him and selling him on quickly for a quick buck must be the most rational explanation...

[LeeB]

I bet the option to buy us with a chunky sell on/buy back too, so if he does well and they sign him we cash in again when they flog him to Inter a year later.

[OCD]

No mention of an option to buy on the OS. I think there was with Nedeljkovic. So maybe that bit is bollocks? If it is, he was always likely to go on loan as we already have 2 left-sided centre backs in Mings and Torres so he wasn't going to get much game time.

[john2710]

I'm not going to get too worked up over a young player I've never seen, who is probably a long way from being a first team player, being loaned out or sold for profit. I'm sure any agreement is tipped in our favour.

[Chris_Jephcott]

No, I don’t get this one. At all. With the lack of activity across the board, this and Enzo have grated me a bit more than they should do.

[Brazilian Villain]

No mention of an option to buy on the OS. I think there was with Nedeljkovic. So maybe that bit is bollocks? If it is, he was always likely to go on loan as we already have 2 left-sided centre backs in Mings and Torres so he wasn't going to get much game time.

A loan makes sense, a loan with an option to buy doesn't.

[SaddVillan]

No mention of an option to buy on the OS. I think there was with Nedeljkovic. So maybe that bit is bollocks? If it is, he was always likely to go on loan as we already have 2 left-sided centre backs in Mings and Torres so he wasn't going to get much game time.

A loan makes sense, a loan with an option to buy doesn't.

A loan with an option to buy would make sense depending on

1. The amount of the option to buy
2. The percentage of any sell-on clause that we'll undoubtedly negotiate.
3. Whether we insert a buy-back/matching price option into the sell to RSC Anderlecht.

Because we're being screwed by SCR and PSR rules, we've got to try and bring in money from anywhere and everywhere.

In 2023-24 home games brought in £28m.
Obviously it was a higher amount last season with ECL games - say £45m.

Add 10% to that this year ftom price increases/changes to price bands, and we're looking at c.£50m.

Everybody's moaning about ticket price rises.

Bringing in £25m a year on player trading would be the equivalent of increasing capacity by 50%, which if you add in the extra income from the extra  8,000 Witton End seats will (hopefully) mean that ticket prices won't have to go up so rapidly in the future.

The club's got to get money from somewhere.

Player trading is one part of the income equation and, much as it goes against traditional views - it's here to stay. Look at how Brentford, Brighton, Chelsea and Citeh make it work.

We can't ignore it, and we need to be better at it.

[PhilVill]

Not too sure I'm that keen on this sort of thing if it is an option to buy but as much as it stinks a little, it's here to stay in this financial rule adhering

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Everybody's moaning about ticket price rises.

I heard mentioned that the increased ticket prices for CL games brought in a whopping, life changing, additional £900k.

[DrGonzo]

That's equal to 3 weeks of an injured Rashford!

[Brazilian Villain]

Everybody's moaning about ticket price rises.

I heard mentioned that the increased ticket prices for CL games brought in a whopping, life changing, additional £900k.

I assume that figure is per game.

[SaddVillan]

Everybody's moaning about ticket price rises.

I heard mentioned that the increased ticket prices for CL games brought in a whopping, life changing, additional £900k.

I assume that figure is per game.

Widely reported that we made £15m from the 4 league phase home  games. So £3.75m per match. Add on the last 16 and quarter final home ties, and that brings it to £22.5m from 6 fixtures.

[VillaTim]

That's equal to 3 weeks of an injured Rashford!

once we were out the ECL the guy bailed on us . He did play well at times though but was always a temporary move .

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Everybody's moaning about ticket price rises.

I heard mentioned that the increased ticket prices for CL games brought in a whopping, life changing, additional £900k.

I assume that figure is per game.

Can only be. I obviously wasn't paying too much attention or more likely, it was poorly explained. ;-)

[pauliewalnuts]

That's equal to 3 weeks of an injured Rashford!

once we were out the ECL the guy bailed on us . He did play well at times though but was always a temporary move .

He was injured.

Honestly, Coops, do you put any thought into some of these posts?

I just read this post without seeing who the poster was, and I just knew it'd be you.

That's not a good thing.