Just been doing some research on our opponents this Saturday and what we have spent on our squad then look at the fees Bournemouth have paid. My source is Soccerbase. Begovic-£10million Kelly-£13million Mepham-£12million Stacey-£4.7million Rico-£10.7million Brooks (injured)-£11.5million Lerma-£25million Cook(injured)-£7million Pearson-undisclosed Billing-£15million Solanke-£17million Danjuma-£13.7million Plus the loan players Long-Southampton Carter-Vickers-Spurs Riquelme-Athletico Madrid Plus free transfer Jack Wilshire Yet here we are above them in the league with the opportunity of creating a 4 point gap on them. Not a bad manager we have eh?
Forgot they'd got Shane long. We'll have to be on our guard on Saturday with our high line. At one point he was one of the best strikers in the premier league at getting in behind the defence.
Just shows that some people have more money than sense. I suppose it’s possible that all that money came from the trough that all premier league teams have their snouts in. Previous manager Eddie Howe probably thought the hell with it, it’s not my money. This kind of financial obscenity makes me wonder if we really want a part of it. Those players must be on astronomical contracts so I hope they stay down and slowly go bankrupt.
Who is to say that if we ever got there any time soon that this board would change its philosophy completely and live life like the film Brewster's Millions? Still believe they would keep their feet on the ground and be sensible.
That solanke is good they remind me of wigan when whelan was bankrolling them and if there not careful they could end up like them.
Close on £ I make that about £140m in hard cash plus wages, signing-on fees etc. Hardley peanuts is! it!
Could probably add around 6/7 mill extra with their agent fees, if not more. As you say, what a fantastic manager we have. Having a cracking season
I’d be more concerned about potential buyers than that happening tbh, If they took the club to where they wanted it and sold it on I just hope it’s someone sensible and not a Hong Kong investment consortium.
Just to put Bournemouth’s finances in comparison to ours. These numbers are from their last filed accounts to June 2019. Bournemouth Turnover £131m Salaries £111m Loss £32m A loan to the parent company of £110m also sits in the accounts, almost Wednesday like. Barnsley Turnover £8m Salaries £8.1m Loss £3.4m Quite a stark difference in the two clubs.
