And format it to two or three decimal places pls?
Cost of current squads
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And format it to two or three decimal places pls?
I think OP was in Euros and Di Maria cost 75M not 80M.
You're right about the OP, but the total figure for Di Maria is only 75m if you exclude add-ons. Normal practice is not to exclude them, just as they haven't been excluded in the figures given for Spurs players.
We have quite a few who have been signed with add-ons that will never get paid - see Zaha.
I know we've always known this but Liverpool's huge spend always surprises me, given the way they go on about their inability to compete financially.
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Looks as though the year signed tells us nothing much.
Which is to be expected really. You were never going to get a huge spread when you're looking at the current squad.
Barcelona's numbers aren't right, they paid only $100 on a flea market for neymar and Luis Rabies was only $27.50, everybody else was less than a dollar.
So the Daily Mail has different figures.
I'm convinced the cnuts nicked the idea for the article off this thread, mind you.
Damien's figures are in Euros. They still are different, but are probably closer together.
D'oh!
Yep. Mine are in Euros and it's hard to get an accurate figure as the exchange rates are different through the years and with there being performance related addons etc.
So, we are set to become the biggest spenders in Europe?
Damn.
Damn.
Ah right, so you have the moral highground because during a period when your team was successful your team of businessmen were financially prudent enough to build a strong brand and arrange marketing deals to leave you financially strong? Presumably the likes of Wolves, Huddersfield and Portsmouth forfeited that right because when they were winning titles they didn't work on their branding effectively enough?
This whole idea that some teams have 'earned' their right to massive spending is a nonsense. If you believe it then you basically believe that your team is the only one with a right to win the league for the rest of all time. Money wins championships, and having a bunch of teams able to compete is a lot healthier for football than one team lifting the title year after year. If you want to argue however that none of the teams should be allowed to spend big then that's a reasonable debate to have.
I'd say a full back can be worth that sort of fee, but probably only those rare ones like Dani Alves, Cafu, Roberto Carlos and Lahm, who somehow manage to be pivotal to their teams' system from a full back position.
Anyway, great thread. I'd agree that the figures are skewed a fair bit by the high turnover of players at some clubs, and that net spend is possibly the more accurate gauge of big spenders. It is a bit of a jolt to realise that by any definition after this summer we're amongst the very top spenders in Europe whilst being miles off the top teams. Although I'm sure the reverse was true at times when Fergie was winning trophies.
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Meanwhile WHO says it'll cost €370m to enforce their plan to control the Ebola epidemic.
We have spent that much? And might still spend more!! It's the money the club generated so I have no problem with it, but looking at the lack of quality in our team especially compared to Real/Barca/City/Chelsea/Bayern it's very confusing.12 Rooneys
£56m for Lalana and Markovic.
It is depressing that we have spent that much and are still quite a bit behind City and Chelsea in terms of quality.
We have been really bad in the transfer market over the last 5 or so years.
I was looking at it, excluding Ronaldo, the last person we sold for over 10m was Van Nistelrooy, 7 or 8 years ago.
We either get pennies for our players, or hold on to them longer than we should
We have been really bad in the transfer market over the last 5 or so years.
I was looking at it, excluding Ronaldo, the last person we sold for over 10m was Van Nistelrooy, 7 or 8 years ago.
We either get pennies for our players, or hold on to them longer than we should
I was sure Milner went for more than €22m so looked it up and his deal included Stephen Ireland going the other way which wasn't taken into account. Don't know if any other players were involved in a player plus cash deal.
Alright then, add a bag of crisps onto City's total cost.
Honestly, I've never heard of Nick Powell. How could he cost 8 Million?
Tomorrow I'll try and convert figures for total spending over the last 5 years, so including players shipped out.
Tomorrow I'll try and convert figures for total spending over the last 5 years, so including players shipped out.
should have know you wouldn't cut any corners!
Feck me. There's over half a billion euros worth of talent in our squad.
Take out Di Maria and our squad cost exactly the same amount as City's current squad to assemble (and presumably a lot more than Chelsea, Arsenal or Liverpool's?) . That's equal parts amazing and depressing.
If ever anyone at the club needed evidence that the DoF model is the way to go....
A DOF probably wouldn't be the worst thing to have especially now that we are most likely in an era that where the next 25 years we will have more than just one manager. A DOF could guarantee that the squad gets build in a responsible way even when managers change.
Of course we would need to find someone who has an excellent eye for talent and builds a squad that fits a footballing philosophy that the club determines before hand.
£56m for Lalana and Markovic.
That list compiled by Damien is in euros not pounds. Even Liverpool aren't mad enough to be spending that much on 2 relatively unproven players. They have been real astute and 'just' spent £44m on them.
I don't think we need a DOF, who will interfere with the manager. I think we need a new vice chairman who is wily when it comes to transfer dealings and has plenty of contacts all over the world. Or we could let Ed grow into the role and gain experience. I think the manager has to have the final word and complete control when it comes to transfer dealings tbh. I just don't see a successful model whereby the owner or a DOF has the final say on a transfer. Just look at how Real have been with their transfer and Spurs last year under Baldini. Real have been fairly successful but I think they would have been more successful if they had a more level-headed transfer strategy which ultimately results in more stability for the team. They just don't have that under muppetlord Florentio Perez or whichever president who comes in promising signings based on reputation even before the elections.
Well Perez or Real have their own philosophy which is "sell as many shirts as possible" if that can be called a football philosophy at all. Naturally a good DOF needs to talk with the current manager about the players he wants to bring in but generally if you develop a good philosophy about the football you want your club to play you don't only bring in players that fit this philosophy but managers as well.
Of course I could be wrong and who ever comes after van Gaal will stay for the next 20 years and have his own philosophy about the football we should play and can build a squad in that image but I really don't see a manger out there that is going to be that guy unless Giggs turns out to be a very capable manager after all.
http://www.transfermarkt.de/statist...id=2009&saison_id_bis=2014&land_id=&nat=&pos=
It's Euros, but in my opinion way more interesting.
It's Euros, but in my opinion way more interesting.
I think I prefer the look of that table, for obvious reasons!
How's it all calculated? I don't sprechen ze Deutsche.
http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/stat...id=2009&saison_id_bis=2014&land_id=&nat=&pos=
Should be the English version with all the transfers calculated in £ .
Look at Sunderland right up there!
That's gas. Villa next. Two of the most disgruntled sets of fans in the PL.
We just don't seem to sell. What's our criteria for how many chances players should get, I wonder?
It would seem to be a bit of the business side of things that we don't do well - taking the resale value into account & selling on when neccessary. Also, even using it to justify buying dearer players who have a large sell on fee. Except Ronaldo of course, fantastic on the field, but great business!
Buy, buy, buy! Wow, what a complete circus! You're all what's wrong with modern football!
It's their own fault for spending £10m on Altidore and £20m on Bent respectively