Wilf Zaha - loaned to Lyon

[Wymsey]

False alarm, it seems (?)..

Edited 14 August 2024 by Wymsey

[EnderbyFox]

1 minute ago, LestaLad said:

Is it beyond our budget though? We can spread the payment over many years and we’ve supposedly already bid £23m so is it really beyond our budget? 

 

The timing suggests we got knocked back on Fotis & went for Hlozek instead doesn't it?

[honeybradger]

Blessing in disguise, now lets go ahead and sign Hlozek and one of Asprilla/Ionnadis/Hamer

[ronnup]

This is dead isnt it...a damn shame. Wonder why no other Prem clubs were in? 

 

Because they did their homework. 

 

Its a Rudkin masterclass 

[LestaLad]

2 minutes ago, EnderbyFox said:

 

The timing suggests we got knocked back on Fotis & went for Hlozek instead doesn't it?

I’m hoping for both considering like people are saying, Hlozek can play just behind the 9 (Fotis).

[OadbyBlue]

Surely there’s a young, promising winger out there who we could buy for a similar fee than we’d be loaning Zaha for.

Edited 14 August 2024 by OadbyBlue

[coolhandfox]

6 minutes ago, Tuna said:

I give up with this club.

Not sure you can blame the club on this one.

[moore_94]

As long as we do get Hlozek and a proper number 9 I am personally not that fussed about missing out on Zaha

[OadbyBlue]

Just now, OadbyBlue said:

Surely there’s a young, promising winter out there who we could buy for a similar fee than we’d be loaning Zaha for.

Aka not Jordan feckin Ayew 

[DZ-LCFC]

9M £ for just loan season 

 

imo we can get a better player with a great potential with that amount 

 

go to another target mr glover

[dave12]

The tax issues make sense, it's not like i could work for a company in Dubai, get paid by them at ridiculously low tax rate and be based in the UK without the HMRC being all over it, i'm not sure how they thought this arrangement would ever work and him maintain the low Turkish tax rate.

[FoxesWalk]

1 minute ago, OadbyBlue said:

Surely there’s a young, promising winter out there who we could buy for a similar fee than we’d be loaning Zaha for.

 

[StanSP]

Silver lining, blessing in disguise... 

 

What other clichés fit the bill? 

[Ric Flair]

Just now, moore_94 said:

As long as we do get Hlozek and a proper number 9 I am personally not that fussed about missing out on Zaha

That's my stance too. Whilst Zaha would bring an element of genuine gold dust to this squad, he doesn't come without some consequences and it might not be the best outcome for us.

 

I could see how he'd fit in to Cooper's system though. But likewise I see both Hlozek and Fotis being able to slot in together and it work.

[Dahnsouff]

30 minutes ago, teblin said:

Everyone jump in the bandwagon and blames the club. But for me seems like zaha doesn’t want to pay tax so is saying no. 

You will be accused of being a happy lapper! (Not really, I am with you!)

But if people threw sh*t less often, maybe it would have more meaning when they do.....

 

[AKCJ]

9 minutes ago, LestaLad said:

Is it beyond our budget though? We can spread the payment over many years and we’ve supposedly already bid £23m so is it really beyond our budget? 

I would say that it's reckless and the EFL have shown they don't muck about when it comes to dishing out points deductions to clubs that overspend in the Championship.

 

If we can stay up then yes I think we can afford it but I just don't know if he's really the difference between staying up or not because we don't know what the points deduction will be.

 

It's clearly a big risk to take and when you consider that this lad has never played outside of Greece where even there his scoring record isn't exactly blistering... I don't know.

[It'sblueupnorth]

41 minutes ago, StanSP said:

How do you know it's us that's the issue? 

It’s become a recurring theme and not just with this window 

[ScotFox1]

3 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Silver lining, blessing in disguise... 

 

What other clichés fit the bill? 

Plenty more fish in the sea??

[coolhandfox]

I assume Zaha want someone to cover the impact of tax implications so he would earn the same.

 

We probably don't want to and Galatasaray don't want to either.

[Dahnsouff]

Just now, It'sblueupnorth said:

It’s become a recurring theme and not just with this window 

The only recurring theme is our fans desire to blame the club without all the facts, trusting instead to self serving media outlets as it fits a hate narrative.

 

Weird eh?

[Wolfox]

This ‘tax thing’ would’ve been well known at the beginning of negotiations…. Doesn’t make sense?

[Big_Nige]

16 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

Given that we loaned a player from Galatasaray last season, you wonder if we wouldn’t have encounted this problem then 

Can’t imagine Yunis being on anywhere near the same money as Zaha, so we’d have potentially made up the difference 

 

Seems like we tried to find a loophole to keep the player and Gala happy but can’t get it past HMRC. 
 

Seems a bit naive to think we’d be able to circumvent tax laws but then again we are talking about LCFC here

[CosbehFox]

Just now, Big_Nige said:

Can’t imagine Yunis being on anywhere near the same money as Zaha, so we’d have potentially made up the difference 

 

Seems like we tried to find a loophole to keep the player and Gala happy but can’t get it past HMRC. 
 

Seems a bit naive to think we’d be able to circumvent tax laws but then again we are talking about LCFC here

Just seen @GingerrrFox explanation re: a British national coming back to work in the Uk after a period of time. 

[K789]

19 minutes ago, GingerrrFox said:

The tax issues are around residency and wealth. If you’ve left the country to live elsewhere and come back before a set period of time has elapsed, you have to pay HMRC tax on income earned whilst you were living abroad. So essentially he would be taxed twice on his money. 

Ah someone talking sense! 

[Long Eaton Fox]

Zahra is now stuck in Turkey unless he takes the hit.