trooper 940 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Ben Arfa off to inter? where's this then CT ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4825 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 where's this then CT ? Local Journo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Lets hope it stays a rumour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 We have been ruled out of about 5 transfers already and it's not even 11am. Bunch of wankers this lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7084 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 How much would we accept for him then? £16m? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 7485 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) Don't be silly, his price is 80% off the RRP of 80M. Everything must go! Edited January 31, 2014 by OTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Don't be silly, his price is 80% off the RRP of 80M. Everything must go! And it will if the stupid money gets offered with the safety net of 37 points in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 7485 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 When relegation threatened moves were made to bring in players to move us to mid-table safety. With Europa now threatening the moves are being made to move us to mid-table safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Zouma signing for Chelsea, another one we should have had about 4 windows back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 6 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Zouma signing for Chelsea, another one we should have had about 4 windows back. We've only been linked with him in the summer. I dont think we were ever after him, our scouts were looking at Aubameyang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 When relegation threatened moves were made to bring in players to move us to mid-table safety. With Europa now threatening the moves are being made to move us to mid-table safety. Think It's crazy to think the club would actively try to avoid a higher finish. There would be no benefit to anyone. 7th will get £5m more than 11th place. Ashley would rather have that money than not. £8m on a midfielder that secured us the higher position but left us £3m worse off could possibly be justified by him as a long term investment, I think he sees no benefit in spending £15m to earn £5m and be £10m worse off though. Not that I agree with the approach, it's a hard nosed business decision, not a conscious decision to avoid Europa...which we could send the u18s to play anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeris 0 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Theres not going to be any knee-jerk signings... yawn. Seeing how decent he has done in Greece, can we recall Abeid and have him as Cabaye replacement at least? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Think It's crazy to think the club would actively try to avoid a higher finish. There would be no benefit to anyone. 7th will get £5m more than 11th place. Ashley would rather have that money than not. £8m on a midfielder that secured us the higher position but left us £3m worse off could possibly be justified by him as a long term investment, I think he sees no benefit in spending £15m to earn £5m and be £10m worse off though. Not that I agree with the approach, it's a hard nosed business decision, not a conscious decision to avoid Europa...which we could send the u18s to play anyway. Just off the top of your head HF how much have we made in transfers incoming and outgoings with Ashley in charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2207 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Had a look on BBC to see what the headline was for us. "Dundee Utd loan Curtis Good from Newcastle" Sums it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 7485 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 That was obviously tongue in cheek, but with league safety all but guaranteed the for sale sign is in the window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Just off the top of your head HF how much have we made in transfers incoming and outgoings with Ashley in charge. Spent £38m less than we've recouped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Spent £38m less than we've recouped. Is that including Cabayes money ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Is that including Cabayes money ? Yeah. http://www.toontastic.net/board/topic/29569-ashleys-transfer-history-thread/?p=1254975 That missed out Barton and Parker from when he arrived, hence the £1m difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Yeah. http://www.toontastic.net/board/topic/29569-ashleys-transfer-history-thread/?p=1254975 That missed out Barton and Parker from when he arrived, hence the £1m difference. Cheers mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 So realistically there's a £38 million pot of self financed money through the sale of players that should be used to buy other players without having to touch any sponsorship or tv money have I got that right ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 7485 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 At the base level, yeah. Some would argue that you also need to bring wages into the equation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33837 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 At the base level, yeah. Some would argue that you also need to bring wages into the equation. Correct. But only the wages you spend on new players, the wages you save from players sold doesn't get mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 At the base level, yeah. Some would argue that you also need to bring wages into the equation. But you'd be paying the wages anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) I know I've sort of gone round the houses to get here but it makesit annoying knowing they've all this self financed money available for players. If it's not going to be used to buy players what's it to be used for. Edited January 31, 2014 by trooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33837 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I know I've sort of gone round the houses to get here but it makes knowing they've all this self financed money available for players. If it's not going to be used to buy players what's it to be used for. Some sportsdirect signage. There's not enough of them knocking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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