I haven't seen the Barnsley fans' posts, as stated it was all hypothetical in order to bring context to the issue. He has not cost the club £2m, assuming Baldock were the other 4m.
This is hypothetical, but let's consider this.
COG: £550,000 + £75,000 agent fee.
Contract of 3 years, with a salary of £10,000 p/w (10,000 x 4) x 36 = 1,440,000. That's how much his contract is worth. So COG = £2,065,000
Is what COG could have cost us had he remained on his contracts...
Are you all serious?
It's accounting for: Transfer fee, WAGES and agent fees. Of course it'll be closer to £6m. Do you think they'll simply cost the club £550,000 then that's it?