We bought him for 75m+ add ons.
We are getting 60m + add ons.
Everton get 5m from that.
We are getting 55m guaranteed..
How is that getting our money back?
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We are getting 60m + add ons.
Everton get 5m from that.
We are getting 55m guaranteed..
How is that getting our money back?
He's an easy target IMO, there's more than just him that's at fault. But he's the focal point of it all.
He's not in charge of contract negotiations is he?
Why would it register as a profit?
We’re still obliged to pay any amortised fees to Everton even if he leaves.
We’ve sold him for a base fee of £15m less than the initial fee we bought him for.
What am I missing?
We’re stronger with Lukaku than without. I have no issue selling him, but if it’s true we’re finished then it’s been a pretty poor transfer window, and not the sort of window that was briefed at the start of the summer nor the sort of window you’d expect from an ambitious club that has underperformed for 6 years.
That's just nonsense, he's never going to start calling out the people who employ him, and no one should ask him to.
He will make the best of what he's got, and when it all unravels I hope the fans finally point the finger in the right direction this time.
We aren’t an ambitious club
The state of caf 
. We get rid of a technically limited player, who doesn't suit our current style, while getting back the big money we spent on him. And people still moan. Heck, even if he went for 55M I wouldn't have cared but just because it was Inter, I wanted every last penny from those cheapos, as payback for Perisic saga.
. We get rid of a technically limited player, who doesn't suit our current style, while getting back the big money we spent on him. And people still moan. Heck, even if he went for 55M I wouldn't have cared but just because it was Inter, I wanted every last penny from those cheapos, as payback for Perisic saga.Yep if we don’t buy a striker we’re in big trouble
Amortization.
I completely concur. This summer has proved that. We used to be though...so what’s changed?
Agreed. SAF had dolly/daisy and Rio/Vidic. He knew the importance of being solid at the back first.
With better defenders the full backs have more chances of generating overlaps up front and creating spaces and opportunities to isolate players. With better defenders we'll look much less vulnerable when the opposition counter.
I'm tired of seeing a gaping hole in our defence. I'm hoping with some preseason and new recruits Phelan can get them better organised.
SAF was famous for his attacking football but he never neglected the defence.
People are mot moaning because the donkey's left, they are moaning because they are afraid that no more players will be bought. If we buy no one else tomorrow, we are likely to be in for a very long and dull season.
What has this summer proved exactly?
You don't build a team in one window.
Ferguson retired
The Glazers have been skinflints since day one but his genius masked it
Even when we have splashed the cash it was nothing special relative to our turnover and only arrived after years of under investment
People are clinging onto the hope that lads like Greenwood and Gomes getting blooded
Good luck with that, it’ll be people like Mata and Lingard stinking the place out, while Rashy will score about 14 for his 200k a week and Martial will fall out with his latest missus and have a year long breakdown
Fannies
No you don't. You still have to make the actual cash payments(if there are any still pending, but in this case you'll simply give them the money inter give you)
The moment you sell him he comes off the books. If you signed him for let's say 90(full add ons, bear with me here) on a five year deal then his value at this moment is £54m. By selling him for £60m you register an initial profit of £6m, which will rise once the add ons are met
Smell my cheese
Yup. If Rashford and Martial resort back to form and Alexis is still shot we are well and truly fecked.
Well I’m one of those people who think we are better off without Lukuku even if we don’t buy a replacement.
He’s a poor striker, and clearly he’s toxic. Very happy to throw his team mates under the bus, to try and promote himself.
Will be instantly forgotten, worst first team striker in 30 years for Utd (clearly I’m not talking about the likes of Dong or Bellion).
How many windows do you want with all due respect?
Exactly, this is a good deal for us.
Hopefully the board realize that we simply have to bring someone in before the deadline and that a deal has been lined up to be completed in the event of RL leaving. If that is not the case then yer again this summer has been an embarrassment. Holding judgement until tomorrow. For my 2 cents, I'd take Ben Yedder or Williams in an instant.
I addressed that in my post. Do people really think Inter are just going to transfer us that £60m in one go?
Base fees + add-ons shouldn’t be confused with amortisation. They have nothing to do with each other.
Wow so thats its Lukaku is gone.
Surely we could have let this carry on for a few weeks to get more a payment out of them? Unless we might get anyone in last minute and need the guaranteed cash.. Im predicting longstaff tomorrow.
Surely we could have let this carry on for a few weeks to get more a payment out of them? Unless we might get anyone in last minute and need the guaranteed cash.. Im predicting longstaff tomorrow.
You need to get your expectations in line with reality of you indeed think like that. It's not Fifa/FM
Le Celso will take Spurs's net spending to over 100m..
Even more if they get Sessegnon.
Do they have that sort of money or are they going to shift someone?
Are Spurs selling someone to get those two players in?
Presumably as we're 2 years through his 5 year deal we internally list his value as 2/5 of what we bought him for.
If we were serious about competing we wouldn’t be going into the season with the current midfield and attacking options at the club. If the money is there we’d spend it. It isn’t there for spending. I’d actually argue the fact Mourinho completely lost the transfer plot probably showed it wasn’t there last year either despite the “we have 100m to spend on Varane” shite that was peddled. Most of us disliked him too much to notice though.
Lukaku's value on our books is c.£50m. We're making a loss on the transfer but it's a profit on the accounting book.
Spurs getting to MFs even though they have quality in that department, while we choose to disregard this area is very depressing.
We have to put our tin foil hats on and cross fingers that selling Lukaku before the window means we get a 4th signing in. Also getting Lukaku out ASAP was necessary after whats gone on in recent days.
True. I'm thinking he's Peter Davenport levels of bad.
You're the one who doesn't get it: amortization and payment are different things, unrelated
Spurs & arsenal will have a better window than us. Both also finished ahead of us last season. Fantastic.
Probably Eriksen is leaving.
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