Any recruitment team is doing well if they get 60% hits 40% misses. Most players will fit into an "OK" category between the 2 extremes.
I think we exceed this yardstick quite comfortably.
Kemy, Elvis and Locadia aside, we have done pretty well all in all.
Not really.
£3million accounts amortization loss + maybe £2million wages is a hefty write-off.
We must at least try to offset some of that with a loan fee and partial wage payment.
Just this season left on his contract.
No need to worry about selling him now, just need to get a loan fee and a chunk of his wages paid.
There must be some Championship club desperate to sign a striker.
Well we agree a compensation figure. And with that figure we propose a sale fee. But the buyers want to pay less. So we go back to Hoffenheim saying we'll pay them less compensation. But they arn't happy. So Locadia offers to take a cut in his slice. But it isn't enough etc. etc. etc.
So...