Bournemouth sign a French defender for £14 million

Another example of how the game makes no sense anymore.

PS. It’s not MDG…

 

They weren’t doing that kind of business when David Currie was running rings round Willo and the rest

 

It's a mystery why they haven't spent any of their millions on expanding their pathetic stadium

 

Wish it was. £14k would be great business….

 

I guess this will be because of the potential Kerkez sale.

When I first properly started getting in to football (late 90s/early 2000s) I couldn’t tell you what division Bournemouth was in at that point but I would probably guess at the bottom one. Brentford too.

 

£1400 would be

 

Because they didn't own it until about a month ago

 

That's a relatively low fee for a Premier League team nowadays. He'll be replacing Kerkez, who is off to Liverpool for a rumoured £45m. Not bad going when they signed him for less than £20m two years ago.

 

They will be doing. They've agreed to buy it back from those who own it at the mo. And building a new one in phases. Around the present one. (Bit like us really) increasing the capacity to 23k. At present they make £5m+ from ticket sales. Only 3.8% of their total income. Bonkers.

 

Because it helps them. Look at how teams like Coventry and Southampton went downhill after going to play in front of more fans.

 

Yes it is but it’s still crazy money for a little club like that to be splashing around. They’re still Bournemouth and Boscombe Football Club to me with no history of winning anything. They did beat MU in an FA Cup tie back in the early 1970s but that was when they had Ted MacDougall up front smashing the goals in for fun.

 

We'd have their pants down at that figure too

 

I was having a "conversation" with a Reading fan giving it the big en on FB yesterday, reminding him how small a club Reading actually is. Like a Southern version of Wigan. Like they almost forgot they were always a 3rd/4th Division club throughout their history, until they had to buy all of 2 stuttering seasons in the Prem. I had to remind him that Barnsley got there before they did, without having to buy it. And now they're back where they belong.

 

Fair enough, wasn't aware of that.

 

I suppose it highlights the wealth generated by the premier league.

Although Bournemouth may be regarded as historically a small club their turnover last year was £161m which is over 16x that of Barnsley.

Inspite of the turnover of £161m they made a loss of £66m and have total losses close on £200m and have written off nearly £100m of loans.


Financially they are a world away from BFC and further proof that football finances are bonkers.

 

They just sold Huijsen to Real Madrid to be fair so got money from that as well as potentially Kerkez.

 

Yes I know they can afford it but it’s still obscene spending in the European Greed Leagues. At some point in time it will have to stop, or there will be so many clubs going out of business.

 

People have been saying that for so long now I can't remember when it started.

 

Yes but it will surely happen somewhere down the line. These rich businessmen will get bored with their playthings and that will be the end of it.