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Jam Tomorrow
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I don’t think you’ve understood that passage correctly. I believe what that means is that if you initially signed a player on a 3 year contract and then extended his contract in Year 2 by a further 2 years, the initial fee could then be spread out over 5 years from the original purchase date. It doesn’t allow clubs to perpetually kick the can down the road or repeatedly restart the amortisation
Yeah you’re right. I thought I’d saw Kieran Maguire from Price of Football say otherwise, but he clarified they can do that for regular accounting and tax purposes, but not PSR.
All the more reason clubs should be required to publish their PSR numbers alongside their regular accounts.
 

Pochemon94

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This team reaks of financial doping to a whole new level. Like what american owner/capital group would be down to spend this much money on unknown commodities? It makes zero sense.

This just reaks of Saudi money or Roman still somehow owning this team.
 

Tucker

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Jul 15, 2013
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This team reaks of financial doping to a whole new level. Like what american owner/capital group would be down to spend this much money on unknown commodities? It makes zero sense.

This just reaks of Saudi money or Roman still somehow owning this team.
Abramovich had learned his lessons in the transfer market by the time he was ousted. No way they’d be doing all this incompetent shit if he was still pulling the strings.
 

Cornpattbuck

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Abramovich had learned his lessons in the transfer market by the time he was ousted. No way they’d be doing all this incompetent shit if he was still pulling the strings.

True. But not a bad way to launder money, I guess, and there's absolutely nothing normal about the way they're doing "business." Investors, hey?!
 

DJS

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Reece James injured again…

I don’t reckon he’ll stay injury free tbh as just seems once certain muscles ago they can’t take the strain of football.
 

KirstyG

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This team reaks of financial doping to a whole new level. Like what american owner/capital group would be down to spend this much money on unknown commodities? It makes zero sense.

This just reaks of Saudi money or Roman still somehow owning this team.
Massive fire sales to Saudi owned clubs in near future...
 

tommo84

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Aug 15, 2005
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Massive fire sales to Saudi owned clubs in near future...
I would agree with you, but an increasing number of players seem to be baulking at the prospect of moving to Saudi, and unlike in US sports, Boehly can’t trade these players away without them agreeing to it.
 

RuskyM

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Reece James injured again…

I don’t reckon he’ll stay injury free tbh as just seems once certain muscles ago they can’t take the strain of football.
Always sad when injuries take out a promising career but I’d be stunned if he was still playing in five years time. Missed 20 games in 21/22, 25 in 22/23, 38 last season. How many players can come back from that?
 

allatsea

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I would agree with you, but an increasing number of players seem to be baulking at the prospect of moving to Saudi, and unlike in US sports, Boehly can’t trade these players away without them agreeing to it.
Does Boehly know this I wonder ?
 

Trix

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Transfer ban incoming.

Chelsea: "No problem, we did enough business this summer to survive a 2-year ban."
But that isn't how things work in football. I mean yes they have a massive squad so numbers wise they are fine. Squad balance, and more so harmony however, is something they don't seem to have factored in at all. Players that aren't in the XI playing are generally not happy, players who don't make the bench are more unhappy and then you have a high number of players who aren't even going to be registered in the squad at all so have no chance of playing are going to be completely pissed off. Training the day after the squad registration announcement is going to frosty as hell to say the least. How are they then going to be able to rely on these players in the future?
 

KirstyG

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I would agree with you, but an increasing number of players seem to be baulking at the prospect of moving to Saudi, and unlike in US sports, Boehly can’t trade these players away without them agreeing to it.
Not necessarily in Saudi but maybe clubs where they have an interest in...Either in background or obvious links
 

RJR1949

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But that isn't how things work in football. I mean yes they have a massive squad so numbers wise they are fine. Squad balance, and more so harmony however, is something they don't seem to have factored in at all. Players that aren't in the XI playing are generally not happy, players who don't make the bench are more unhappy and then you have a high number of players who aren't even going to be registered in the squad at all so have no chance of playing are going to be completely pissed off. Training the day after the squad registration announcement is going to frosty as hell to sat the least. How are they then going to be able to rely on these players in the future?
 

RJR1949

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….and the players in the academy (and the parents of kids who have a choice between academies) are going to see how Gallagher is being treated and think that this is not for them.
 

robotsonic

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But that isn't how things work in football. I mean yes they have a massive squad so numbers wise they are fine. Squad balance, and more so harmony however, is something they don't seem to have factored in at all. Players that aren't in the XI playing are generally not happy, players who don't make the bench are more unhappy and then you have a high number of players who aren't even going to be registered in the squad at all so have no chance of playing are going to be completely pissed off. Training the day after the squad registration announcement is going to frosty as hell to sat the least. How are they then going to be able to rely on these players in the future?
This is what gets me the most of all, hoping that some of these kids will improve to maintain any value when they're now out of the public eye and conciousness and are are working with all of the motivation of never even being able to see a minute on a pitch.

They're beyond the realms now where they can loan anywhere near enough of them out to anyone to gain experience and verging on that they're not even going to all be getting meaningful PL2 minutes.
 

KirstyG

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….and the players in the academy (and the parents of kids who have a choice between academies) are going to see how Gallagher is being treated and think that this is not for them.
They'll more likely than not they'll see the cash....or have Palmer wheeled out in front of them ("see we trust young players, make them shine etc"). If your kid is one of those you don't really believe will make it then you'll liekly bleed the money dry out of the situation.
 

Wheeler Dealer

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I don’t think bankruptcy is an issue. I think they are financially doped to whole new level, the only thing holding then back is FFP

Which they’re pretty much negated by buying themselves from themselves from themselves
With other peoples money. Boehly is simply the front for Chelsea. There is no way on earth he's spending his own money on this project.
 

Bluto Blutarsky

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But that isn't how things work in football. I mean yes they have a massive squad so numbers wise they are fine. Squad balance, and more so harmony however, is something they don't seem to have factored in at all. Players that aren't in the XI playing are generally not happy, players who don't make the bench are more unhappy and then you have a high number of players who aren't even going to be registered in the squad at all so have no chance of playing are going to be completely pissed off. Training the day after the squad registration announcement is going to frosty as hell to say the least. How are they then going to be able to rely on these players in the future?
Of course. My comment was more about how they continue to bloat the squad with no concerns about keeping players happy.
 

Wheeler Dealer

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This team reaks of financial doping to a whole new level. Like what american owner/capital group would be down to spend this much money on unknown commodities? It makes zero sense.

This just reaks of Saudi money or Roman still somehow owning this team.
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