Are we financially poorer with this "New" squad of players?

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InsaneSociety

Wag

Mar 24, 2010

38

Tunbridge Wells

• Aug 27, 2014

• #1

Has anyone got an estimate as to how much we've spent on signings as opposed to how much received since Sammi took over?

 

Simster

"the man's an arse"

Jul 7, 2003

54,188

Surrey

• Aug 27, 2014

• #2

Who knows. It does feel as if we've cleared a lot of dead wood though, and replaced them with players who will actually contribute something...

 

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mreprice

Active member

Sep 12, 2010

690

Sydney, Australia

• Aug 27, 2014

• #3

Wrong question. Wages are much bigger than transfer fees. Right question is what has it done to our wage bill.

My guess is down 25% - but pending a Ulloa replacement.

 

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Lifelong Supporter

Well-known member

Aug 4, 2009

2,053

Burgess Hill

• Aug 27, 2014

• #4

Yes wages and of course signing on fees and agents' fees. Those might be interesting figures.

 

JBenno

New member

Jun 29, 2011

429

Upper Beeding

• Aug 27, 2014

• #5

mreprice said:

Wrong question. Wages are much bigger than transfer fees. Right question is what has it done to our wage bill.

My guess is down 25% - but pending a Ulloa replacement.

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This.
Makes me laugh, when people assume that transfer fees are the be all and end all of football finance. I keep hearing quotes about the £8m Ulloa money being used to pay a transfer fee for his replacement. when it is far more likely that this money has been added to the overall budget and has help fund the annual wages of Tex, Holla, Corlunga. Players who we have paid little or no transfer fee for but will be on very decent wages.

 

Lethargic

Well-known member

Oct 11, 2006

3,463

Horsham

• Aug 27, 2014

• #6

There is no way we would increase costs and outlay with our obsession to meet FFP, so I would say we are better off financially.

 

Blackadder

Brighton Bhuna Boy

Jul 6, 2003

16,077

Haywards Heath

• Aug 27, 2014

• #7

Lethargic said:

There is no way we would increase costs and outlay with our obsession to meet FFP, so I would say we are better off financially.

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I look at it this way as well, as opposed to "Financially poorer".