Benjamin Pavard

[Plastic Evra]

We've been linked repeatedly (more or less credibly) in August to players that would have cost 30m€~ in transfer fees (presumably on reasonable wage packages) and yet signed none of them. We're adding a backup keeper at 5m£ and an emergency left back.

The money is just not there, not available or earmarked for something else.

Perhaps with new owners, the debt being restructured and with the expected moves out bringing out a little more revenue and bringing back the wage bill to more reasonable level it won't be as bad next summer.

 

[RedStarUnited]

It's not an excuse, it's the reality of our team. The reality of the matter is that those players cost money and we are not in a situation where we can pretend that we are an endless pit of money. Our past transfer mistakes and tendency to cling on players too long is the reason why we can't sell them to raise money without having to also pay the players. It's something that happens to nearly everyone at some point and it could actually be worse in a future summer.

And this is why people were screaming for the club to take the 60m double offer from West Ham for Maguire and McTomanay.

Shitty squad planning as usual. We will now get 5m or something silly for Harry and maybe a little more for Scott.

 

[FortunaUtd]

This makes me really mad.

 

[roseguy64]

And this is why people were screaming for the club to take the 60m double offer from West Ham for Maguire and McTomanay.

Shitty squad planning as usual. We will now get 5m or something silly for Harry and maybe a little more for Scott.

The offer for Maguire was accepted.

 

[Plastic Evra]

The offer for Maguire was accepted.

Yes but I think there's a reason West Ham offered for the two of them. The McTominay one was a sweetener because he is an Academy player on relatively low wages, there's no amortisation or wage difference to worry about. Robbing Scott to pay for Harry, essentially.

 

[Nani Nana]

With the Varane injury this would have made a lot of sense

 

[roseguy64]

Yes but I think there's a reason West Ham offered for the two of them. The McTominay one was a sweetener because he is an Academy player on relatively low wages, there's no amortisation or wage difference to worry about. Robbing Scott to pay for Harry, essentially.

No idea what this means but okay.

 

[Suedesi]

Unreal - we had a chance to offload Harry Meg to West Ham, could have gotten Pavard who’d slot nicely at CB and maybe we could experiment with Licha as LB while Shaw is injured instead of chasing the useless Cuccurella.