30-12-2019, 10:33 PM
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(30-12-2019, 09:27 PM)Alf Wrote:(30-12-2019, 01:51 PM)Maltared Wrote:(30-12-2019, 12:19 PM)Alf Wrote: I think it's fair to say we won't recoup the full 13.2m for Carvalho.
Either way, back to my original point, the financial weight he carries is the reason why we can't afford to keep him on the books just to develop him, or have as 3rd/4th choice backup.
Whereas on the flipside we're not paying any transfer fee out for Yates', and he signed a new contract Jul 18 when he barely had any game time to his name so will be on relative pittance wage wise. That you can afford to develop, and keep as 3rd/4th choice backup.
Alf why do you think that any club is going to spend that sort of money on Carvalho? ... we shafted Red Bull when they signed Burke, and they shafted WBA in return ... now he is worthless and probably will go on a free to a L2 team when his contract runs out ... Benfica shafted us with Carvalho, and now we r hoping that some team sign him on just watching YouTube highlights...definitely not by sending scouts to the City Ground...
Totally agree, hence why I said "Won't recoup"
It depends on what you mean by recoup.
His original transfer fee has been inflated for some unknown reason; the 13.2m included the loan fees for Dias and Goncalves which made Carvalho worth around 10m, which is still a lot of money
Assuming he did cost 13.2m, for the sake of argument, his actual worth to the club at this moment in time is around 8m - his value is amortised over the length of his contract.
To say the financial weight that he carries is the reason we cannot keep him is nonsense; that is the reason why we can keep him, and should keep him.
We signed an unfinished product and should be doing everything we can to turn him into the finished article; if that means sending him out on loan so be it.
According to the last three sets of accounts we have made a surplus of 29m in the transfer market over the last three seasons, and I would guess there will be another surplus recorded when the next set come out in two months time.
We are clearly not short of money; that does not mean we can just throw it away if a player we sign goes through a difficult period