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Season 20/21 Predictions League - Round 15 - Tuesday 8st Dec & Wed 9nd Dec - 7.45PM
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By Redcar Rioja · Posted
I'm guessing that our squad of 25 players next season will have a few young ones lets say 5 at around £4K a week, then say a core group of 14 at around £8K to £10K a week so lets call it £9K. Then there will likely be a few who are paid a little bit more say 4 around £12K then I'd guess say two on £20K for their "star status." I make that a weekly bill of £234,000 and annually just over £12M. I'm guessing that SG and the Accountants will work out how much of a squad wage bill they can afford and work it backwards starting with who is already here and how much are they costing us then the difference is what NW will have to negotiate and wriggle with. There are all sorts of permutations that can be worked into that, he may prefer to gamble with padding the squad with say the likes of Wood, Wing, Spence and Coulson (or of that ilk rather than them specifically) so he can offer a bit more elsewhere, for example a Striker who is mobile and even scores goals may be deemed value for money in committing a huge dollop of that budget to. Just as an aside to me Fletcher doesn't fit that billing. Loans where parent clubs pay a big chunk will likely have to be well executed in getting the likes of Kebano back in on loan but the waiting and the chance that you don't get who you really want could leave us short. The £12M figure is just a nominal one, it could be £15M or indeed could be much lower depending upon the real financial landscape rather than the one we are hoping for. One or two of the younger players or lower paid players are likely on less than £4K or £9K so there may be more flexibility. When it comes to the names being bandied about like Bolasie I'm guessing that he will occupy one of the top salary berths if he came permanently. Like Fletcher I'm not sure that represents a good return on that level of investment, the question then becomes if not them then who? -
By RiseAgainst · Posted
What do we need now? A goalkeeper and two strikers worthy of the name, and a CB because Hall and Fry have both been missed whenever they've been out. What will we need by August? Surely that depends how many of the loanees stay or go? If they all stay, I think we've probably got enough bodies and strength in depth without bankrupting ourselves. If players start drifting back to parent clubs, we need to replace them with like-for-like. On paper, our squad today is stronger than it has been for a couple of years. I do think we could fashion a really good side over the next year, similar to the Karanka-era sides where the starting XI largely picked itself and subs made a real impact, but endlessly chopping and changing playing personnel won't help to build that consistency. Personally, I'm not a fan of loan signings for that very reason, but I accept they're a necessary evil when we don't have money to pay up front for outright acquisitions. -
By Changing Times · Posted
Get what wages off the books? Assombalonga is leaving regardless of who the manager is. Fletcher may not leave if he signs a new deal. Who else is there exactly? I've said this a few times because it's worth pointing out - Cardiff's wage bill went up with Warnock as the manager, not down. People are talking about us signing Bolasie, Mendez-Laing, and any number of other players. We've had lists of free transfers this summer put up on the forum. These players aren't going to sign for nothing. Bolasie might not want £70k a week like he's been getting at Everton, but he won't be coming in on the cheap either, if he comes here at all. There's a thread up now for the summer transfer window with people putting up all kinds of amounts of players we have to sign. If any of them are even close then the wage bill is unlikely to go down. The signings we've already made this season won't have come cheaply either albeit they might not be at the same level as the likes of Ayala, Clayton, Gestede and Friend, who all left last summer. -
It's ok as it is only Dans Summer transfer thread, will wait until the MFC transfer thread comes up🤪 -
By Dan_Boro_Till_I_Die · Posted
Mowett would be decent on a free but his agent will really shop him aroundif they don't go up or he doesn't sign a nee deal. I really like that Hamer from Coventry.
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