'We're limited' – Brendan Rodgers makes Leicester City transfer admission

[ealingfox]

3 minutes ago, Babylon said:

Such as?

 

Villa, Fulham, Sheff Utd, Leeds, Newcastle, Wolves all have higher spends and net spends than us according to Transfermarkt. West Brom and Palace have higher net spends.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Am I right in thinking that also, the Pope is Catholic?

[ealingfox]

4 minutes ago, Stadt said:

Because their owners spend big. I reckon we didn’t have much of a contingency plan for not making the Champions League do we’ve been left scrabbling 

 

Well then our owners need to spend more.

[Fox92]

27 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

See that big structure near Lutterworth?

 

That's our training ground, that is.

That's not from transfer money.

 

24 minutes ago, Babylon said:

You seem to forget all the money we’ve spent on players and the huge wages we pay. 

True. Players we can't shift like Slimani and Silva will be on stupid wages.

[Xen]

He specifically mentions attacking acquisitions, so I'd interpret that to mean that we are still in the market for a CB and that that is the priority. On the presumption that we do manage to bring in a CB (Fofana or Tah, probably), then we'll have done exactly what most of us hoped for prior to the window opening; a new FB to replace Chilwell, an improvement at RW and more depth at CB. A striker was always going to be a luxury at this stage, especially with first-choice Vardy still playing at the top-level meaning any newcomer would most likely be on the bench.

 

Wait until next summer then offload a few of the bigger deadwood contracts (Gray/Slimani/Silva etc) and bring in someone like Edouard (who'll only have 12 months left on his contract next summer), along with signing Ünder permanently. Seems like a pretty solid strategy to me.

 

It took a while to get going but we've had a pretty good window all things considered. And all for a net-spend close to zero.

[Guest Manini]

2 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

That's not from transfer money.

 

True. Players we can't shift like Slimani and Silva will be on stupid wages.

The training ground is also nowhere near Lutterworth.

 

Sorry to Trav for being a pedant but local geography is my thing  

[Muzzy_Larsson]

I think if a decent CB is signed you have to be satisfied that this is a good window given the economic state of the world. Castagne looks a star and if Under works out he'll be a huge upgrade out wide. Another striker would have been nice but no club in the land gets everything they want or need in a single window. If this time next year the plan is for another striker and a midfielder then things will be progressing nice and strategically. Worst thing that can happen is to go scattergun in any window, such an approach never works.

[Finnegan]

The amount of shit housery in a Vardy Mandzukic strike partnership my god

[Ric Flair]

Just now, Finnegan said:

The amount of shit housery in a Vardy Mandzukic strike partnership my god

Please make it happen. A one year deal probably costs us about £10m in wages and bits. PAY THE MAN

[Raw Dykes]

37 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

See that big structure near Lutterworth?

 

That's our training ground, that is.

Am I missing something? Seagrave is more or less the opposite end of the county to Lutterworth.

[Trav Le Bleu]

4 minutes ago, Raw Dykes said:

Am I missing something? Seagrave is more or less the opposite end of the county to Lutterworth.

I thought it was just before you get to Lutterworth?

 

The opposite end would be Melton.

[mod hero]

44 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

See that big structure near Lutterworth?

 

That's our training ground, that is.

That’s Magna Park mate

[Raw Dykes]

4 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

I thought it was just before you get to Lutterworth?

 

The opposite end would be Melton.

Seagrave's a lot closer to Melton than it is to Lutterworth. Seagrave is near Sileby. Not far from Loughborough.

[davieG]

15 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

I thought it was just before you get to Lutterworth?

 

The opposite end would be Melton.

There you are Trav

[StriderHiryu]

1 hour ago, Fox92 said:

Not effecting the big clubs though.

 

Which is probably more the point. Puel said we can't compete with those when he was here, as Cardiff said above he got abused for that, and I think this is what Rodgers means.

 

How can we be limited despite making about 200m in transfers? Surely that money is somewhere? We haven't spent all of it.

I guess that money is tied up in:

 

Training Ground, which due to Coivd has been delayed thus probably costing more

Planned New Stadium Improvements

New contracts and relatively high wage bill compared to other clubs in the division

 

Without being facetious, I do understand why fans question where the money has gone as it does seem like we should have a bigger surplus than we do. But being a business owner myself, I can totally understand why some clubs are being conservative than others. Yesterday's government announcements have serious implications for the economy, so spending beyond your means is very dangerous!

 

In terms of business, Castagne has already proved to be an inspired signing, and I'm happy with the Under signing as it addresses the one area in our team that definitely needed an upgrade. Additional squad depth would certainly be most welcome, but Mendy and Praet deserve a lot of praise as both have stepped up their game this season and both almost feel like new signings. 

 

But totally understand why some fans are questioning why we aren't able to spend more.

[MPH]

it could explain why he was so direct/ abrupt in his description of Grays chances few days ago... he’s the only one we want rid of who ihas any kind of  monetary value... need him gone to get a striker!

[Leicester_Loyal]

I think he's actually being honest, we'll get a CB and if we want anyone else we're going to have to fund that by selling players (that no-one seems to want). We're gonna have to get through this season with the squad we have, with maybe a loanee or two hopefully to come in, then re-assess in the summer and improve the overall squad. I don't think it's been a bad transfer window really, especially considering we've spent about nothing if you factor in the Chilwell sale.

[fox in the sox]

1 hour ago, Fox92 said:

Not effecting the big clubs though.

 

Which is probably more the point. Puel said we can't compete with those when he was here, as Cardiff said above he got abused for that, and I think this is what Rodgers means.

 

How can we be limited despite making about 200m in transfers? Surely that money is somewhere? We haven't spent all of it.

Don't forget the likes of Vardy and Maddison have improved contracts, probably 5 million a year, the overall staff wages will be huge.

[davieG]

 Source Foxestalk History - https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/history/transfers/

PLAYER	CLUB	FEE	DATE
James Justin	Luton Town	£6,000,000	28.06.2019
Ayoze Perez	Newcastle United	£30,000,000	04.07.2019
George Hirst	OH Leuven	Unknown	05.07.2019
Youri Tielemans	Monaco	£32,000,000	08.07.2019
Dennis Praet	Sampdoria	£18,400,000	08.08.2019
Ryan Bennett	Wolverhampton Wanderers	On loan	31.01.2020
Timothy Castagne	Atalanta	£18,700,000	03.09.2020
Cengiz Under	Roma	On loan	20.09.2020

 

8 players bought for £105,100,000

 

 

PLAYER	CLUB	FEE	DATE
Shinji Okazaki	Released	Free	30.06.2019
Danny Simpson	Released	Free	30.06.2019
Daniel Iversen	Rotherham United	On loan	22.07.2019
Elliott Moore	Oxford United	£300,000	02.08.2019
Josh Knight	Peterborough United	On loan	02.08.2019
Harry Maguire	Manchester United	£80,000,000	05.08.2019
Layton Ndukwu	Southend United	On loan	07.08.2019
Andy King	Rangers	On loan	15.08.2019
Islam Slimani	Monaco	On loan	21.08.2019
Adrien Silva	Monaco	On loan	23.08.2019
Sam Hughes	Salford City	On loan	02.09.2019
Rachid Ghezzal	Fiorentina	On loan	02.09.2019
Fousseni Diabate	Amiens	On loan	04.09.2019
George Thomas	ADO Den Haag	On loan	13.01.2020
Andy King	Huddersfield Town	On loan	16.01.2020
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	Blackpool	On loan	27.01.2020
Filip Benkovic	Bristol City	On loan	31.01.2020
George Thomas	Queens Park Rangers	Free	27.07.2020
Andy King	Released	Free	27.07.2020
Daniel Iversen	OH Leuven	On loan	11.08.2020
Bartosz Kapustka	Legia Warsaw	Unknown	13.08.2020
Ben Chilwell	Chelsea	£45,000,000	26.08.2020
George Hirst	Rotherham United	On loan	16.09.2020

23 players sold for £125,300,000

 

[Babylon]

1 hour ago, ealingfox said:

 

Villa, Fulham, Sheff Utd, Leeds, Newcastle, Wolves all have higher spends and net spends than us according to Transfermarkt. West Brom and Palace have higher net spends.

Already going into “net” spends. 

So loads of newly promoted clubs who don’t have massive wages to pay and have a gigantic leap in income. Do you even bother to think about that?

 

Villa, Leeds and Newcastle are bigger clubs than us. Whether you like it or not. And most of them only spend a couple of million more.
 

How about you run off and compare wages paid. Perhaps then you’ll understand the finances a bit more.

[Babylon]

1 hour ago, StriderHiryu said:

I guess that money is tied up in:

 

Training Ground, which due to Coivd has been delayed thus probably costing more

Planned New Stadium Improvements

New contracts and relatively high wage bill compared to other clubs in the division

 

Without being facetious, I do understand why fans question where the money has gone as it does seem like we should have a bigger surplus than we do. But being a business owner myself, I can totally understand why some clubs are being conservative than others. Yesterday's government announcements have serious implications for the economy, so spending beyond your means is very dangerous!

 

In terms of business, Castagne has already proved to be an inspired signing, and I'm happy with the Under signing as it addresses the one area in our team that definitely needed an upgrade. Additional squad depth would certainly be most welcome, but Mendy and Praet deserve a lot of praise as both have stepped up their game this season and both almost feel like new signings. 

 

But totally understand why some fans are questioning why we aren't able to spend more.

Our players sold / bought is pretty even over the years. We invest it into the team.

Our other income gets spent mostly on wages, hence being one of the best payers in the league outside the elite.

[gw_leics772]

2 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

Götze or Mandzukic for the title

Is there a ****ing echo on foxes talk? 🤣😘

 

(you carry on banging that drum son) 

 

https://giphy.com/gifs/monkey-business-M8XwGYTShQQjC

 

Shit, how do you insert a gig from t'interweb

 

[Fox92]

1 hour ago, StriderHiryu said:

I guess that money is tied up in:

 

Training Ground, which due to Coivd has been delayed thus probably costing more

Planned New Stadium Improvements

New contracts and relatively high wage bill compared to other clubs in the division

 

Without being facetious, I do understand why fans question where the money has gone as it does seem like we should have a bigger surplus than we do. But being a business owner myself, I can totally understand why some clubs are being conservative than others. Yesterday's government announcements have serious implications for the economy, so spending beyond your means is very dangerous!

 

In terms of business, Castagne has already proved to be an inspired signing, and I'm happy with the Under signing as it addresses the one area in our team that definitely needed an upgrade. Additional squad depth would certainly be most welcome, but Mendy and Praet deserve a lot of praise as both have stepped up their game this season and both almost feel like new signings. 

 

But totally understand why some fans are questioning why we aren't able to spend more.

Tbf man I'm not criticing or debating your point, I just don't get selling players for 200m and not spending close to that. I understand wages (including new contracts) etc but the club make other money too, such as the biggest incomes from tv rights and the PL, so is that just spent on everything apart from transfers? I mean, none of us actually know and are just speculating, but it's interesting to hear Rodgers say resources are limited.

[ealingfox]

23 minutes ago, Babylon said:

Already going into “net” spends. 

So loads of newly promoted clubs who don’t have massive wages to pay and have a gigantic leap in income. Do you even bother to think about that?

 

Villa, Leeds and Newcastle are bigger clubs than us. Whether you like it or not. And most of them only spend a couple of million more.
 

How about you run off and compare wages paid. Perhaps then you’ll understand the finances a bit more.

 

I said higher spends and higher net spends. Of course I know about our wages, it's probably the main reason I expect more from this club and don't buy the same guff as others about finishing 12th being decent. I'm just not buying the idea that this is why we are now supposedly some kind of poverty outfit. 

 

Villa, Leeds and Newcastle are historically bigger clubs but at this point in time? We've been up for 6 seasons straight, they've all been in the Championship during that time. This higher leap in income is receiving the same money we've been receiving for 5 years. We have higher revenues now because we are presently a bigger deal. It shouldn't be taboo to think that.

 

We have billionaire owners, it's not unreasonable to expect them to put their hands in their pockets. If we're not aspiring to be better what's the point? The problem with circling the drain is eventually you fall in.

[Beechey]

1 hour ago, StriderHiryu said:

I guess that money is tied up in:

 

Training Ground, which due to Coivd has been delayed thus probably costing more

Planned New Stadium Improvements

New contracts and relatively high wage bill compared to other clubs in the division

 

Without being facetious, I do understand why fans question where the money has gone as it does seem like we should have a bigger surplus than we do. But being a business owner myself, I can totally understand why some clubs are being conservative than others. Yesterday's government announcements have serious implications for the economy, so spending beyond your means is very dangerous!

 

In terms of business, Castagne has already proved to be an inspired signing, and I'm happy with the Under signing as it addresses the one area in our team that definitely needed an upgrade. Additional squad depth would certainly be most welcome, but Mendy and Praet deserve a lot of praise as both have stepped up their game this season and both almost feel like new signings. 

 

But totally understand why some fans are questioning why we aren't able to spend more.

This is an understatement, we have the second highest wage to revenue ratio in the entire division. In 2018/19 it was 84% of all money our club made went to salaries, behind only Everton at 85%.