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Reply | The Finances of the Club - How we CAN afford the new players
at 00:53 22 Aug 2013
I'm not sure you're replying to or understanding my post. I'm not talking about Portsmouth's spending, I'm talking about the source of the funds and the Gadyamak money.
There's no conclusions being jumped to here- I've been to Angola and seen the affects for myself, the family name was known to me and plenty of other people before any involvement with your Football club. I'm not someone who instinctively hates Portsmouth and was disappointed when they took over your club.
I'm not doing anything- I have no reason to stop supporting Southampton because I'm slightly unsure (only) of the latest signing financially. However, if the club started dealing in arms I wouldn't be waving it off and carrying on as normal no. |
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Reply | The Finances of the Club - How we CAN afford the new players
at 23:26 20 Aug 2013
I don't think it's far off either, and agree that Chambers, Isgrove and Gazza are probably all sub 15k.
Shaw's new contract is likely higher as it is estimated that Fox is on something like 20k pw (there was a rumour he was the highest paid player when we originally signed him) so it would likely exceed that.
It's right to focus on wages though- people see the big transfer fees and get worried but keeping the wages in line with the figures you suggested is the surest way to stay stable. |
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Reply | The Finances of the Club - How we CAN afford the new players
at 19:24 20 Aug 2013
I would suggest that many of the assumptions and the overall logic to be correct, though I would argue that the wages have indeed been underestimated.
For instance, I expect Ramirez and Osvaldo are earning slightly more than 50k p/w and that others (Lovren and perhaps Wanyama) may not be miles behind that figure.
Similarly Lallana, Lambert and Schneiderlin are closer to 40k pw in all reality.
I just looked on FM (far from accurate but usually ballpark) and it has Mayuka as the only squad member earning sub 15k with many in the mid 20's and compared to other wage figures in the league this seems reasonable.
However, Saints wages are still far more in control than those of Portsmouth and QPR were/are and I believe we have been moving to an approach that uses bonuses as an increasing part of the set up.
I do believe there will be a deficit, as there was in all seasons under Cortese and that the long term plan has to be to increase stadium capacity towards 40,000 and significantly improve sponsorship and marketing revenues.
If most of the current players progress as hoped and the academy continues to be productive than It's likely that the last two summers heavy expenditure need not often be repeated either........most of our squad is young, of sufficient quality and improving. |
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Reply | The Finances of the Club - How we CAN afford the new players
at 19:11 20 Aug 2013
Number of appearances does affect pay-out from Sky, yes. On the old terms 25% of the Sky money was based on the number of televised games (50% being an equal amount for all teams and 25% based on final league position).
I assume the percentages remain the same under the new deal. If so, Saints may well benefit from being one of the more watchable sides in the league and a potential banana skin for the top 6 sides. |
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