- Apr 13, 2015
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As much as we want if we take QPR and Derby as an example.How much can we spend given FFP?
As much as we want if we take QPR and Derby as an example.How much can we spend given FFP?
FFP and increased Parachute Payments came in after that plan and sank it.Back in 2010/11 season if I remember correctly, please feel free to tell me otherwise, wasn't there talk of this magic '5 year plan'? If so, our Tone is putting his money where his plan is!
Back in 2010/11 season if I remember correctly, please feel free to tell me otherwise, wasn't there talk of this magic '5 year plan'? If so, our Tone is putting his money where his plan is!
How much can we spend given FFP?
Do we throw our FFP principles and ignore our finger pointing of others from recent years out the window in order to grasp success ourselves?
You bloody bet we should.
Do we throw our FFP principles and ignore our finger pointing of others from recent years out the window in order to grasp success ourselves?
You bloody bet we should.
The FFP limit has been raised.
If our Tone was to purchase a player for £9m on a four year contract, then the fee is charged to the accounts over that period, which is £2.25m per year. Add to that the new players probable year one wages and bonuses of £1.15m (£22k per week) and you have a cost of £3.4m in year one. contrast that against the prize money for finishing high up, and the future riches of the top division, and it becomes a relatively small factor in the greater scheme of all things FFP. It is possible to bring in a blockbuster without killing your accounts, but you really only have one or two years, max three, to hit the jackpot, before it all begins to look a bit bleak. I guess Tony knows all about raising, or what in this instance he calls strengthening an already strong position.
Everything depends on the deal, as I imagine it does for TB. Loans with an option to buy if we're promoted, whatever. Reading have been heavily criticised for the Vydra loan signing at an exorbitant fee, but I'd have no problems with it if our Tone didn't. Speculate to accumulate but don't land yourself with an expensive liability if it all goes wrong.