Quite.
Again tho; diff outcomes for different clubs is one thing (however objectionable), but this is frankly incomprehensible.
If those figures are legit then the epl are essentially advertising how bent it is.
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Quite.
Again tho; diff outcomes for different clubs is one thing (however objectionable), but this is frankly incomprehensible.
If those figures are legit then the epl are essentially advertising how bent it is.
There's a free Ben Davies replacement available at PSV in Boscagli. 20m worth of left footed centre back for free lol. Watched him a few times this year whilst keeping tabs on Johan (who is entering the final year of his contract this summer by the way). What's that? £30 odd million for the 2?
He had some fabulous games in the CL that season, but what stood out was that he pretty much worked twice as hard as anyone else on the pitch; not that he was highly creative.
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At first glance, Tottenham might appear ripe for PSR trouble.Once routinely profitable, they’ve booked five consecutive pre-tax losses — £120.7m in the previous two years which will therefore be included in their 2024-25 PSR calculation.
Yet all of those worries are swept away in an instant when we consider that, in those same two seasons, Spurs incurred £141.6m in depreciation and non-player amortisation costs, principally on their state-of-the-art new stadium. Removing those costs puts them into the black from a PSR perspective, even before any further deductions.
Once those are included, and we again account for the near-£70million annual depreciation cost, we estimate Tottenham could lose over £250m in 2024-25, probably around £277m, and still remain PSR-compliant.
Even as their Premier League prize money has tumbled by virtue of a 17th-place finish in the 20-team division, the loss will be nowhere near that sort of figure. Spurs’ bigger issue this summer was finding the actual cash to spend, though qualification for the 2025-26 Champions League as winners of the Europa League has eased some of those worries.
.....Except the cash for next season's CL isn't paid upfront so we'll have to increase that debt before it gets any smaller.
I hope not he has got a stinking attitude although a fine technical operator on his day
I read on this Talk Sport web-page that according to football finance expert Kieran Maguire we have the highest match-day revenue in the Premier League and only 3rd to PSG and Barcelona in Europe.
Why can't we afford a couple of game changer players?
And of course the link won't work because of the Woolwich filter.
Why can't we afford a couple of game changer players?
https://talksport.com/football/1753299/tottenham-matchday-income-barcelona-psg-Woolwich/
And of course the link won't work because of the Woolwich filter.
Who is this?Speaking of which...
Surely this summer Johan?
Thats why for me that cup was the most important thing and I was willing to sit through all of the other shit for those few precious weeks of glory.
For me, under Levy/ENIC that is our ceiling. Scooping the odd pot.
We aren't a serious football club when it comes to competing in the league. Just look at how we move compared to the other big boys.
Man United should be absolutley down and out and in a hole if you believe the narrative after we stopped them getting CL but here they are making serious moves for Cunha and Mbeumo. If they get both they will be well ahead of us on the pitch again.
And that's a club with supposedly fuck all money.
Chelsea just cheat the fucking system openly and get away with it.
And Liverpool are just so well run its like they are playing 4d chess. They get their business sewn up pretty much as soon as the window opens every year.
The only ones we can really mock at the moment are that lot up the road, but if they buy a couple of forwards and go big again they will be challenging again.
So we could spend 1BM this window, all on five year contracts and the split would be 200M Pa and still have 77M headroom
To me it’s more about the speed of movement and transition. We lacked speed and fluidity moving from back to forward. This is another reason Angeball hasn’t worked well for us. Too slow in ball movement. Sometimes when you try to play possession football the players get too fearful they will give the ball up, then the play becomes slow, robotic and predictable. This could be due to the quality/skills of the squad, a lack of a deep lying playmaker number 6(could really do with a Modric in his prime or a Kante, but they’re hard to find). To play Anges style players need to be far more intuitive and have really good spatial awareness.
We can afford to, we just chose not to.
We are starving, give us something...anything
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View: https://x.com/ThePremInside/status/1930588493194932455
Because "afford" is only part of the puzzle.
Players have agency also.
Now; can we afford AND attract (eg) Eze.....? Yep; no reason why not....
Is he what you define a "game changer".......? (Another discussion)
we cannot spend what we do not have
We know he can cut it in the prem; but we need someone that can also dictate play a bit at the core of our MF.
And they going for Gyokeres and Emi Martinez once Mbuemos done.