49er Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 So, we have sold Kante (£32m) and Kramaric (?£5m). There are rumours that Ulloa may be on his way - perhaps for ?£12m. Inler seems to be on his way and maybe Benalouane (perhaps a combined £6m) Total = £55m We have spent £16m on Musa, £13m on Mendy and, possibly, £6m on Kaputska. Total = £35m. If the above is correct, we have a profit of circa £20m. Having won the Premiership, I would imagine that the owners would have been thinking of a sizeable investment in the playing squad, perhaps a net £50m taking into account those who are leaving. If this were true, we could add the £50m to the £20m profit made to give a total of £70m that Claudio may still have at his disposal to spend. Let's assume that the amount is in fact £50m. Who would you buy? I would consider Slimani (£25m) and Perisic (£20m), with the remainder spent on cover at centre half and right back.
MPH Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 You have to factor in the increase in wages cost of vardy is on an extra 100k and mahrez soon to be too, that's 10 million right there there. Plus King , schmiechel and any other new contracts... Not to forget wages for Musa and Mendy...
AKCJ Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 I think if we were to sign Slimani then you may as well just give us the world cup
Finnegan Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 We're clearly not going to overhaul a squad that won the league. We've signed a defender, a striker, a goalkeeper and a midfielder and only lost Kante. Unless Leo leaves, we're probably done.
Guest kristianity77 Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 3 minutes ago, MPH said: You have to factor in the increase in wages cost of vardy is on an extra 100k and mahrez soon to be too, that's 10 million right there there. Plus King , schmiechel and any other new contracts... Not to forget wages for Musa and Mendy... They aren't really on an extra 100k are they. They have gone up to 100k. So the outlay for that is no where near 10 million extra.
Will1981 Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 we were in for Keane and Deeney so I think we will still try to add a defender and a big striker.
MPH Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 2 minutes ago, kristianity77 said: They aren't really on an extra 100k are they. They have gone up to 100k. So the outlay for that is no where near 10 million extra. Youre right its about an extra 60k a week I meant we were paying them more- but it's still an outlay of 10 million which is what I said...
yorkie1999 Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 Dont forget the clappers and tifos, they're not cheap i'd also prefer free beer at champions league games instead of wasting the money on new players who will struggle to get first team football.
StanSP Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 some people still don't get it. we don't have to spend as much as £50m, or £70m, or spend an obscene amount on only 1-2 players to succeed. Right now, I actually don't think the owners need to invest something like £50m just to make our transfer fund look a bit sweeter. When we we know we can find decent quality players for under £20m, what's the reason to splash out?
baldeagle Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 I'd be happier if instead of spending 50 million we spent 15 to 20 on a few young prospects like Gray and Amartey at 3-5 mill a pop
49er Posted 30 July 2016 Author Posted 30 July 2016 6 minutes ago, StanSP said: some people still don't get it. we don't have to spend as much as £50m, or £70m, or spend an obscene amount on only 1-2 players to succeed. Right now, I actually don't think the owners need to invest something like £50m just to make our transfer fund look a bit sweeter. When we we know we can find decent quality players for under £20m, what's the reason to splash out? No harm in adding quality to the squad. We don't want a spending frenzy a la the Taylor era, but we are champions and can attract some top notch players to build on our success.
m4DD0gg Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 On top of the new wonder kid i would still like another midfielder and right back and ship out inler, rdl and james.
Countryfox Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 38 minutes ago, Finnegan said: We're clearly not going to overhaul a squad that won the league. We've signed a defender, a striker, a goalkeeper and a midfielder and only lost Kante. Unless Leo leaves, we're probably done. I hope not ... nows the time to push on. One more big signing would really say something ... and Keane (cus we must rate him).
Gerard Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 I'm surprised at the lack of right backs we've been linked to, Simpson is no more than capable and amartey has failed to impress in that role in the times I've seen him there.
artursteppe Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 37 minutes ago, kristianity77 said: They aren't really on an extra 100k are they. They have gone up to 100k. So the outlay for that is no where near 10 million extra. Guessing, but increases for Drinkwater, Morgan, Schmeichel,Vardy,Mahrez,King and others could easily average £50K each per week each, plus new players coming in on higher salaries than those leaving, and our wages bill will increase by over £20M per year.
Countryfox Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 9 minutes ago, m4DD0gg said: On top of the new wonder kid i would still like another midfielder and right back and ship out inler, rdl and james. Definitely not James ... it wasn't that long ago that Cambo and him were our midfield of choice. James has room to improve and I still think he will be a big part of our plans. Laugh if you want but if he improves in the same way DD has we may have the England midfield of the future. And don't forget that Mendy has yet to prove himself ..... he is certainly not a shoe in for NK.
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 44 minutes ago, yorkie1999 said: Dont forget the clappers and tifos, they're not cheap i'd also prefer free beer at champions league games instead of wasting the money on new players who will struggle to get first team football. The club doesn't pay for tifos...
AKCJ Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 10 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said: The club doesn't pay for tifos... They've definitely paid for some tifos.
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 20 minutes ago, AKCJ said: They've definitely paid for some tifos. It depends what you class as a 'tifo' I guess. But yes the club put flags out for Everton for instance.
4everfox Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 After signing Zieler, Hernandez, Mendy, Kapustka (presumably) and Musa I still think we need to sign more capable cover in defence, and I would like to see us add Corluka to the squad as he can play on the right and in the middle of a back four which is effectively a two birds to one stone scenario. I think the midfield is sorted but I wouldn't mind another attacker and the first name that springs to mind is Luan. Sign these two on top of what we have already got and I would feel we have had a very satisfactory transfer window. As for outgoings I would be looking to get rid of Hamer, De Laet, Benalouane, Moore and Inler. That would leave us with a very healthy looking squad: GK Schmeichel Zieler Iversen DR Simpson Corluka DL Fuchs Chilwell DC Morgan Huth Hernandez Corluka Wasilewski MR Mahrez Gray Albrighton ML Schlupp Albrighton Gray MC Drinkwater Mendy Kapustka King James Amartey ST Vardy Luan Musa Okazaki Ulloa
TJB-fox Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 As much as I like corluka he's too slow to play RB now, especially in the prem and I want someone younger in at centre half( if we were to sign one) Personally I'd go out and sign a talented young right back that could even usurp Simpson right now (a right sided Chilwell really) and go and buy a top top central midfielder- whilst shipping out Inler RDL, maybe even Benny and then James on loan
Lovejoy Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 9 minutes ago, 4everfox said: After signing Zieler, Hernandez, Mendy, Kapustka (presumably) and Musa I still think we need to sign more capable cover in defence, and I would like to see us add Corluka to the squad as he can play on the right and in the middle of a back four which is effectively a two birds to one stone scenario. I think the midfield is sorted but I wouldn't mind another attacker and the first name that springs to mind is Luan. Sign these two on top of what we have already got and I would feel we have had a very satisfactory transfer window. As for outgoings I would be looking to get rid of Hamer, De Laet, Benalouane, Moore and Inler. That would leave us with a very healthy looking squad: GK Schmeichel Zieler Iversen DR Simpson Corluka DL Fuchs Chilwell DC Morgan Huth Hernandez Corluka Wasilewski MR Mahrez Gray Albrighton ML Schlupp Albrighton Gray MC Drinkwater Mendy Kapustka King James Choudhury ST Vardy Luan Musa Okazaki Ulloa No Amartey on there either.
AKCJ Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 14 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said: It depends what you class as a 'tifo' I guess. But yes the club put flags out for Everton for instance.
StanSP Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 1 hour ago, 49er said: No harm in adding quality to the squad. We don't want a spending frenzy a la the Taylor era, but we are champions and can attract some top notch players to build on our success. We have added quality to the squad. We are champions. We can attract top players which suit our needs. This isn't Football Manager or FIFA where you have to have a 90+ rated player to win things.
4everfox Posted 30 July 2016 Posted 30 July 2016 1 hour ago, Lovejoy said: No Amartey on there either. Dammit! Swap Choudhury for Amartey, I knew something was missing. Cheers for pointing out the error.
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