Sure, if Ulloa cost £2M on a four your contract then it's £500Kpa until his contract is up/extended. If you go paying players off/to leave (as we may have done with Harley) then haven't you got the severance payment and (assuming you paid a fee when they joined the club) an asset write-off cost...
Agree totally and no mention the financial implications of player amortisation/depreciation/write offs - some of these may even be quantifiable!!!
Is the thread just about the "playing" budget anyway?