As said before talks still ongoing ,and we will never know the ins and outs anyway, just guess work at the moment by everyone
His book value would have been closer to £30m as we’ve paid a year of that off, but that’s not factoring in Sporting’s 10% of profit, and Mendes’ cut. I think you’re right that it’s close to £10-15m profit.
And all up front, which is really rare - the fee would have been higher if we’d spread it over a few years, but that’s clearly something we were looking for.
Latest reports are the original £47m so no shift there plus an option to buy Doyle for £4.5m - a bit of a discount on market value but counterbalanced by a massive 50% sell on clause if we take him permanently. All the talk of £60m seems to be rubbish unless there are bonus payments amounting to £13m which I sincerely doubt and with no guarantees they will be met. Feels more like Nunes's behaviour at the death has been rewarded. But let's see exactly what the details are before commenting further. Don't forget the 10% cut for Sporting and Mendes's cut also!
How is making a good profit on a player that has underperformed ,and now on strike, any way having our pants pulled down?
And Podence!!!!!
Agreed.
We won’t though, will we. We never really know all the details.
You’ve got to factor in getting an (arguably) £15m rated player on loan with a £5m buy option, and the Girona centre back (owned by City Football Group) for £8m when his release clause is over £20m.
So it’s complicated …even if we had all the facts. I am still amazed that so many people without all the facts want to argue about what is a good deal…very few accept that Hobbs knows what he is doing.
You really can’t say, believe what you like but no way we agree if it’s not worth the£60M in my opinion, just how the deal is dressed up to look hence the different fees and terms quoted. Every party wants to look the winner
I mean let's be real, I respect his want to love but by and large he has been ****.
I’ll judge it based on the return in players before the window closes. Still feel like we need a direct replacement for Nunes and a centre forward that can hold the ball up.
Absolutely ,if it all goes through we have got £35 mils worth of players for £12 mil, so way over the £60 mil we wanted, plus cash up front, which never happens nowadays,and got rid of a player that doesnt want to be here wins all round imo
Yeah Hobbs needs to earn his money for the next 54 or so hours now. If we get a top player who can replace nunes ball carrying attributes and get a good striker in then I think we have done ok
Making 2 joint record sales is having our pants pulled down?
