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Transfers January 2022 - Transfer Window

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We have a billionaire owner if it's true (it's probs not) stick your hands in your pocket and spend what needs spending until the money comes in

If we fuck this up and Conte walks we are done as a serious football team

This is well and truly last chance saloon
It should be his last chance, but it won't be. He owns a large percentage of the club, he is lining Lewis' pocket with money and he's comfortable. No chance he's leaving anytime soon.
 
People will take the piss out of this, but I fully agree

This is not a dig at Arcspace or you or anyone else, but I do wonder sometimes if the 'ignore' functionality actually exists. There's not a day go by without someone replying to someone they've recently claimed to have just put on ignore. Does anyone really actually ever press the button? Do we even know if it works? Or did Admin just put it there as a joke knowing that people would only threaten to use it, but never actually go through with it because despite all the arguing, none of us can actually bare to not know what 'the enemy' is currently saying (possibly about us)?

:mourloopy:
Bit like when some one is red carded and they seemingly can continue to post.
 
Liverpool fans are starting to turn on FSG (#FSGOut trending on Twitter) for not spending money and buying more players, it's funny FSG are a bit like ENIC, they go for the money ball approach of value and would rather see a sustainable ROI than losses.


After a CL and PL title playing good football that seems a little harsh...
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I think they're somewhat clouded by the absurd fee Barca gave them for Coutinho that effectively paid the massive fees for Van Dijk and Allson (and improved them overall). Liverpool have also had the knack of good scouting as opposed to our habit of spaffing on shite. Chucking money into a pit isn't always the solution, as Man United are illustrating.

We could really have done with a Mane... Salah... Jota... etc.
 

'Described as strong'

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‘’Who: The Goat
When: 13/01/22
Where: SC

We've heard this from a few people now so thought it was worth posting.

Paratici (and subsequently Conte) were promised we'd have money to spend on new players and that was part of what convinced them to join.

These finances were meant to be from a deal that we'd hoped to have wrapped up by now. We don't know if it was the stadium rights or someone buying equity but Levy thought it'd be done already. Conte "understands" the situation but if things get worse then that can obviously change’’

It’s all that ITK so as much chance as being wrong as right but logically this would make sense as to why Conte joined and why we ain’t spending. Looks like we fucked the deal for money up from the sounds of this.

No chance people involved in something like this would be blabbing to SC. It could be huge sums of money. Anyone leaking this out and potentially scuppering the deal would be sued by Levy/Lewis straight away. They aren't going to fuck about. Dangerous putting this shit out there.....if it is true of course.
 
You're financially illiterate.

We have to pay back 25m per year on the stadium debt. No point refering to it as a 1bn investment as if that matters.

So yes we can spend 25m less than we otherwise could potentially on players. That's the sum total of the impact. So we can't buy a Chris Wood or an Emerson each year. It's no excuse for no business.

It goes even further that that actually. We are talking about cashflow movements and increased income has to be factored in as well.

I don't have the numbers, so I explain in principle -
- Old WHL capacity was 36 300 ppl
- New WHL capacity is 62 850 ppl

That means difference of 26 550.

If your quoted number is correct then it means that every additional seat has to generate only 941 EUR to earn this extra 25 mil. And it surely does. Furthermore, this is extremely simplistic view that only includes seating. But all the lounges and additional facilities for well-off people... let's just say that from this source the impact could be as big as from increased capacity.

That means that on net terms the additional income per year exceeds loan servicing amounts. And this means our "free cash flow" increases even while we pay off debt.

But that of course would require some normality in the world. That stadium can operate at full capacity. And that it would sell out. Which most likely has not been the case up to now.

So to conclude - since the stadium opened (construction time, reduced capacity, playing on Wembley - these are whole different topic), it should not hinder but boost our cashflows on net level. And that means that stadium construction has not been the reason of squad rotting. It has been totally inadequate scouting ability and player management.
 
If Antonio Conte needed to present Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy with any more evidence of the need for serious investment in his squad, a DVD of this Carabao Cup semi-final with Chelsea should seal the deal.
BBC
 
No chance people involved in something like this would be blabbing to SC. It could be huge sums of money. Anyone leaking this out and potentially scuppering the deal would be sued by Levy/Lewis straight away. They aren't going to fuck about. Dangerous putting this shit out there.....if it is true of course.

It's the A&C way, hence why it's come from the Goat which is an anonymous account.

I remember I dared to question him when he put out something which was so blatantly made up then he banned me from the transfer forum :D
 
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