The Transfer Thread 2024/25 - Everything Not Wolves

[AndyWolves]

it's easy. You ban amortisation in a swap deal. Kills it instantly.

Would ensuring that the players value is the same on the outgoing clubs books as it will be on the incoming clubs books stop it?

They can then amortise that value over the duration of the contract.

I guess though the selling club could create an unrealistic value on their books, but that would at least need to pass an external audit of the clubs accounts.

 

[The Bear]

it's easy. You ban amortisation in a swap deal. Kills it instantly.

They aren't technically swap deals though. They're just two transfers that happen around the same time.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

They aren't technically swap deals though. They're just two transfers that happen around the same time.

We were doing low level stuff on a similar basis nearly 15 years ago. When we signed Steven Fletcher in 2010, Chris Iwelumo went to Burnley. But it wasn't £5.5m + Iwelumo, it was £6.5m for Fletcher and £1m to us for Big Chris (thanks, as he'd long since been a busted flush).

And we've pulled some chicanery with Man City in getting Tommy Doyle for miles below what his market value is.

 

[Jack Regan]

Ipswich splashing the cash.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1806731681459511629

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

They're in for Greaves from Hull too, looks a good player. Would get in our team.

 

[The Bear]

Do you think we had our fingers burned with Collins in that particular market?

I'd hope not. Plenty of good players that are home grown and reasonably priced. Morgan Whittaker for one but no-one seems to have gone for him yet.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Archie Gray to Brentford. £35m.

 

[The Bear]

That's a lot for an 18 year old.

(said Jeff Shi..... not)

 

[Jack Regan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1807121575486890261

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

£33m and I’ve never heard of him

 

[Kenny]

£33m and I’ve never heard of him

We are all just living in Jeff Shi's world now

 

[Tony Towner]

I wonder who's going in the opposite direction?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

£33m and I’ve never heard of him

He's not played a game for Newcastle

Was very good for Feyenoord on loan

 

[MARKakaJIM]

He's not played a game for Newcastle

Was very good for Feyenoord on loan

Just realised that scanning through I read that headline completely the wrong way and took it as though Newcastle were signing one of those random players that Brighton pick up from nowhere and farm out on loan for a while before they hit the team.

Think it makes even less sense to me now it's Brighton paying that much for a Newcastle non-entity.

 

[Tony Towner]

Archie Gray to Brentford. £35m.

He's very good. Will go on to play for England assuming he doesn't go Scottish. A lot of money though, but I think it'll end up being well spent as he'll go to a big club for more in 2 years

 

[Lycan]

Sounds like even with that £33M Newcastle are still in danger of a points deduction.

 

[Sniffer]

Rumours about an Elanga / Anderson swap.
I’d swap Kilman for Barnes.

 

[Tony Towner]

Rumours about an Elanga / Anderson swap.
I’d swap Kilman for Barnes.

I mean I'm really not a Kilman fan, but that's a bit strong

 

[Templeton Peck]

Thank you. It's hard to see how this can be stopped beyond an tribunal deciding appropriate values for players.

Which worked perfectly well for years. Should have been adopted globally after Bosman.

 

[Templeton Peck]

He's very good. Will go on to play for England assuming he doesn't go Scottish. A lot of money though, but I think it'll end up being well spent as he'll go to a big club for more in 2 years

Eddie Gray says he's set on playing for England - despite his best efforts to convert him.