[Albion] Playing Devil’s advocate here but

[amexer]

Transfers are ammortised over the length of hte contract.

So if Ali J was £16M over 4 years, we reported that as £4M/year.

So our accounts for this period will still include all the transfers we made over the last couple of years. So yes absolutely we will still lose a lot of money, because we haven't sold anyone. Coupled with loss of Sky money, loss of matchday incoming (£25M+ a year?)

What is loss of Sky money. I saw statement from them there TV audiences for football are at record level

 

[Springal]

What is loss of Sky money. I saw statement from them there TV audiences for football are at record level

Yes - because it was free. Because of that the Premier League has to pay back Sky for that period.

https://www.sportspromedia.com/news...roadcast-rights-rebate-settlement-coronavirus