Brum just spent £5m on a player!

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    #1 James8225, Jul 19, 2024
    Willum Þór Willumsson, who was going to be playing in Europe this season with Go Ahead Eagles.

    Signs for a record breaking fee. I wonder what persuaded him to drop down to the English 3rd tier.... Hmmmm.... Nothing springs to mind at all.

    Absolutely unbelievable that you can spend that in the 3rd tier, considering they've lost £50m in the last 2 years!

    When the American guy pulls the plug all their fans will be crying about "fit and proper" etc... We've seen it time and time again with Wigan, Reading, Derby, Wednesday etc...
     
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    #2 Kevin, Jul 19, 2024
    If they don’t go up this year will hammer them, but the fans are saying that HMS piss the league is sailing
     
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    #3 Sestren, Jul 19, 2024
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    I think there's some hope that the owners are more than your usual fly by nights, and it feels realistic to me. They've just bought a big chunk of east Birmingham and are planning big things (think slightly smaller Etihad campus). Much more potential than the likes of Reading and Wigan.

    Having said that, I am surprised to see so much money being spent on players in the third tier. Thought they were focusing more on the long term.
     
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    #4 Boaty Tyke, Jul 19, 2024
    Where's the £5m from? Everywhere says undisclosed.
     
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    #5 Youuureds!, Jul 19, 2024
    Parma and Sampdoria were interested.
     
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    #6 James8225, Jul 19, 2024
    Looks like it might have been 4mil in the end. Still....
     
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    #7 Boaty Tyke, Jul 19, 2024
    It's all just folk on the internet guessin, that's the undisclosed thang.
     
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    #8 Gordon Owen, Jul 19, 2024
    They've got the funds from somewhere - new owners aren't that rich for football club owners but that manager is a massive gamble
     
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    #9 winged avenger, Jul 19, 2024
    There’s a lot to be said for living within your means.
     
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    #10 fitzytyke, Jul 19, 2024
    I fart in their general direction
     
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    #11 Tyke The Tree-Frog, Jul 19, 2024
    And people still moan when we can't compete with them :p

    Absolutely crazy figures. Football is mental.
     
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    #12 RedKen-dal, Jul 19, 2024
    Just hope we beat em, home and away
     
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    #13 Stephen Dawson, Jul 19, 2024
    I'm glad football is played on grass and there are 6 points up for grabs. Couldn't give two f cuks.
     
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    #14 WF3Red, Jul 20, 2024
    They have sold over 17,000 season tickets, so if they go well next season, will probably gets crowds in the high 20s.
     
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    #15 James8225, Jul 20, 2024
    Just spent another alleged £3.5m on Christoph Klarer, a centre back who played 30 games in the bundesliga last season!
     
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    #17 redrum, Jul 22, 2024
    They are now after.jay stansfield from Fulham 6million.
     
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    #18 Marc, Jul 22, 2024
    Tbf they absolutely should stroll it. Second biggest city in the UK. It's criminal really that they've been allowed to fall into Division 3.
     
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    #19 James8225, Jul 22, 2024
    That's what employing Wayne Rooney does to a club. Fear for Plymouth tbh with him at the helm.
    A speed bumb on a runway would be more use than him
     
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    #20 DannyWilsonLovechild, Jul 23, 2024
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    I recall there was some initial dispensation for relegated teams relating to scmp (financial fair play) but it was based on historic deals and a higher wage to revenue figure in the first year (maybe longer). But this seems ridiculous beyond words. I'm guessing the owners are capitalising this investment?

    But overall, its just another example that sport and football in particular is utterly broken.
     
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