[Albion] Jensen Weir Wigan - signed on 3 year contract

[schmunk]

I know the ethics wouldn't ever allow it

I think you're supposed to call them "Minorities" these days...?

 

[Washie]

I think you're supposed to call them "Minorities" these days...?

This makes zero sense. poor form

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Plus the £250k non-relegation clause as part of the Burn deal.

I think it's great that we, as a club, are circumnavigating the divide between the PL and FL and finding a way to help out a club in need. I'm sure that we would've been able to get a deal for Weir at a much lower initial cost with lots of add-ons depending on performance. Stumping the money up front works well for all involved.

What guarantee is there that the money would be used to fund the club as opposed to drawn out to line somebody’s pockets ? Football finance is a murky world

 

[sparkie]

What guarantee is there that the money would be used to fund the club as opposed to drawn out to line somebody’s pockets ? Football finance is a murky world

Wigan is now run by the administrators, so that seems less likely.

 

[B-right-on]

Wigan is now run by the administrators, so that seems less likely.

This. Administrators will spend every penny making sure ther eis a club there to sell. heard that they have a preferred bidder in place now,

 

[B-right-on]

Plus the £250k non-relegation clause as part of the Burn deal.

I think it's great that we, as a club, are circumnavigating the divide between the PL and FL and finding a way to help out a club in need. I'm sure that we would've been able to get a deal for Weir at a much lower initial cost with lots of add-ons depending on performance. Stumping the money up front works well for all involved.

Absolutely. I am sure TB was happy to help out another club to survive and that was all part of the deal. As well as being the hard businessman and getting the best for the club in the long term.

Everyone wins and is happy, sign of a good deal.

 

[albionalex]

3 year contract seems a bit short.

 

[Beanstalk]

I know the ethics wouldn't ever allow it but imagine if we could put a B team in the Championship with the amount of young talent we have, Surely wouldn't be far off a play off place?

Seeing as there have been four editions of the Checkatrade Trophy with B teams and no U23/B team has made it to the final it is unlikely we would be competitive. There has only been 1 team to make it to the Semis (Chelsea U23).

Obviously, your point is that without sending these players on loan the U23s would be a much better team, but I think for a lot of them (White, Gyokeres, Ostigaard etc.) the loan experience through the leagues builds them up to be competitive at a Championship level rather than them just being good enough skill wise.

 

[Beanstalk]

Absolutely. I am sure TB was happy to help out another club to survive and that was all part of the deal. As well as being the hard businessman and getting the best for the club in the long term.

Everyone wins and is happy, sign of a good deal.

100% this. There was a lot of talk on the Guardian football podcast about whether there was an ethical way for Premier League clubs to help out clubs who were struggling with finances further down the pyramid. They essentially declared it should happen but nothing is free. This seems like the most ethical short term solution - PL clubs paying slightly over the odds in upfront fees for youth players.

 

[AZ Gull]

Plus the £250k non-relegation clause as part of the Burn deal.

I think it's great that we, as a club, are circumnavigating the divide between the PL and FL and finding a way to help out a club in need. I'm sure that we would've been able to get a deal for Weir at a much lower initial cost with lots of add-ons depending on performance. Stumping the money up front works well for all involved.

Do you have a link to that £250k figure please?

I know the Sun mentioned a few weeks ago that we would owe "a sizeable sum" to them if we stayed up, but I haven't seen a firm figure mentioned anywhere.

 

[Beanstalk]

Do you have a link to that £250k figure please?

I know the Sun mentioned a few weeks ago that we would owe "a sizeable sum" to them if we stayed up, but I haven't seen a firm figure mentioned anywhere.

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[super-seagulls]

What guarantee is there that the money would be used to fund the club as opposed to drawn out to line somebody’s pockets ? Football finance is a murky world

War choo tawkin bout?

 

[RexCathedra]

Weir loose?

 

[SeagullinExile]

Seeing as there have been four editions of the Checkatrade Trophy with B teams and no U23/B team has made it to the final it is unlikely we would be competitive. There has only been 1 team to make it to the Semis (Chelsea U23).



Obviously, your point is that without sending these players on loan the U23s would be a much better team, but I think for a lot of them (White, Gyokeres, Ostigaard etc.) the loan experience through the leagues builds them up to be competitive at a Championship level rather than them just being good enough skill wise.

Isn't the Checkatrade for U21's not U23's? Sure i read that somewhere

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Isn't the Checkatrade for U21's not U23's? Sure i read that somewhere

Yes, academy teams have to name at least 6 players aged 21 or under in the starting line up, additionally a maximum of two players named on the team sheet aged over 21 are allowed to have made more than 40 senior appearances.

 

[AZ Gull]

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Excellent, thank you very much Mr Bean.

Given that Burn is in the second year of the 4-year deal he signed when transferring from Wigan, it would suggest that £250,000 may be payable for each year that we remain in the Premier League.

 

[SeagullinExile]

Yes, academy teams have to name at least 6 players aged 21 or under in the starting line up, additionally a maximum of two players named on the team sheet aged over 21 are allowed to have made more than 40 senior appearances.

Just what i thought. Probably the reason an academy team has never won?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

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Izzy Brown ?

 

[schmunk]

Izzy Brown ?

Noeezza Pale Pink.