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10th biggest spenders in europe in 2015 ?
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10th biggest spenders in europe in 2015 ? -
That's gotta be wrong surely?
The only player I can remember us getting in the transfer window when we were in the prem was Zarate on loan, and i doubt we spent that much for him.
Since then we've spent phark all.Feed The Massimo And He Will Score
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We could have staggered some transfer fees over several years? Don't think that would account for £34m though!Comment
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in relation to incoming revenue it's hugeI must away now, I can no longer tarry
This morning's tempest I have to cross
I must be guided without a stumble
Into the arms I love the mostComment
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Is it the same list from the same paper that said we have the 5th biggest debt in the world?Comment
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had a quick look at the accounts. the star is (surprise, surprise) wrong, but the real figures are still slightly higher than you'd want.Originally posted by LoftusRoadLad View Post
the star claims that this is net spend during 'financial year 2015', which means the 2014-15 season as a whole. we bought the following that season: caulker, sandro, mutch, fer, mccarthy and robinson and zarate on a loan. in addition, we sold mutch and samba.
the combined total transfer fees spent were £38.782m. we (surprisingly) appear to have received £16.022m in transfer fees. so the net position is £22.760m outlay, not the £34m the star claims.
one thing that's interesting that i'd not noticed before is that there is an impairment charge for £11.663m - what this means in layman's terms is that the club decided that the squad that we had at the end of that season (or at least part of it) were not worth what we'd paid for them - to put the charge in context, that was about 37% of the squad's previous book value, a genuinely astounding figure.
(unfortunately, the accounts don't break things down - fees paid, fees received or book value written off through impairment - by player)Comment
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Transfers 2014/2015 season according to wikipedia
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17 July 2014 Rio Ferdinand Free
22 July 2014 Steven Caulker £8M
5 August 2014 Jordon Mutch £6M
20 August 2014 Leroy Fer £8M
28 August 2014 Jack Robinson £1M
29 August 2014 Alex McCarthy £3M
1 September 2014 Sandro £6M
8 January 2015 Ryan Manning Free
OUT
7 June 2014 Yossi Benayoun Free
1 July 2014 Ángelo Balanta Free
1 July 2014 Hogan Ephraim Free
1 July 2014 Tom Hitchcock Free
1 July 2014 Aaron Hughes Free
1 July 2014 Andrew Johnson Free
1 July 2014 Stéphane Mbia Free
1 July 2014 Luke Young Retirement
1 July 2014 Park Ji-sung Retirement
28 July 2014 Esteban Granero Undisclosed
5 August 2014 Gary O'Neil Free
5 August 2014 Mo Shariff Free
19 August 2014 Júlio César Free
26 August 2014 Dylan Carreiro Free
30 August 2014 Danny Simpson Undisclosed
31 August 2014 Loïc Rémy £10.5M
14 January 2015 Josh Laurent Undisclosed
29 January 2015 Jordon Mutch £4.75M
LOANED IN
6 August 2014 Mauricio Isla 30 June 2015
21 August 2014 Eduardo Vargas 30 June 2015
1 September 2014 Niko Kranjčar 30 June 2015
6 January 2015 Mauro Zárate 30 June 2015
LOANED OUT
18 July 2014 Samba Diakité 30 June 2015
23 August 2014 Joe Lumley 20 September 2014
28 August 2014 Jack Robinson 30 June 2015
4 September 2014 James Haran 2 October 2014
11 September 2014 Michael Petrasso 12 October 2014
9 October 2014 Michael Harriman 30 June 2015
10 October 2014 Jamie Sendles-White 3 January 2015
14 October 2014 Michael Petrasso 10 January 2015
24 October 2014 Michael Doughty 24 January 2015
30 October 2014 Frankie Sutherland 6 January 2015
7 November 2014 Joe Lumley 8 December 2014
20 November 2014 Cole Kpekawa 20 December 2014
26 November 2014 Max Ehmer 30 June 2015
2 February 2015 Bruno Andrade 31 March 2015
19 March 2015 Cole Kpekawa 30 June 2015Comment
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you're right... samba was a year earlier. i'd trust the audited financial accounts over wikipedia any day of the week, so somewhere along the way, we paid nearly £7m more for those 6 incoming players that needed a fee (genuinely no idea who, or how, though).Originally posted by jmelanie View PostComment
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