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It's only a short-term "improvement". You can delay the P&L impact, but you can't escape it entirely. And that's where the sale of the player comes into play.... Say you buy a £100m player on a 5-year contract, but he turns out to be a bit of a flop. Two years later you sell him for £50m. At...

100% of a player sale is reflected in the P&L at the time the transaction takes place, regardless of how long the actual cash takes to arrive. A player purchase hits the P&L, bit by bit, in line with the player contractual length. So, a £100m purchase of a player on a 5-year contract, will see...