Planned Early Summer Spending

[eaglesdare]

Well, we got £15.5m for finishing 12th, £1.8m for winning the FA Cup, we had a declared squad of 25 & we don't get anything for the Community Shield.

I was looking into this and we get something like 135.5 million for finishing 12th. 15.5 million more than the last place finishing.

 

[MrRobbo]

I’m a bit more relaxed about new players during the next week as long as they are there for the pre season training camp in Austria.

That’s when the serious work starts to be done , honing tactics and formations for the new season. It gives new players an ideal opportunity to acclimatise to the manager’s methods and their new teammates.
Ideally you don’t want to be doing that with the pressure of getting results in the Premier League games.
It’s noteworthy how long it took for Lacroix and Sarr to look settled, and Glasner has spoken openly about his frustrations with the lateness of last summer’s window, partly attributing the poor start to the season to the tardiness of our dealings.

In terms of outgoings what have Richards, Hughes, Lerma and Sarr done wrong?

These appear to be our only first team players not linked with speculation about moves away.
I’d be insulted if I were them!

I dont disagree, but assuming we keep what we already have. We know our starting team for the charity shield. We're got a well drilled tight knit group. They all know the system, and Glasner has them all for a solid couple of weeks to get them prepped.

So we have the luxury so to speak, of being able to sign players late into the window without the need for them to have to go straight in to the first team.

Worst case scenario and Guehi gets bought in the last week, Lerma is more than capable of stepping in whilst the new CB (hopefully Diomande) gets up to speed. Eze would be harder, but with Esse, JRS and Franca there is at least options.

 

[Eagleman13]

I was looking into this and we get something like 135.5 million for finishing 12th. 15.5 million more than the last place finishing.

Yes, correct, but that includes TV & rights.

 

[Jim_Cannon]

For me the 23 highlighted are definitely in, probably Kporha as well if no other RB is purchased. so 1 or 2 back up players, Davide Calabria would seem a no brainer to me, so one more if nobody leaves, no point in having more than 25 players, until next window

We don’t need to include Riad as not Lily to be fit till January so frees up loan space

 

[ASCPFC]

We don’t need to include Riad as not Lily to be fit till January so frees up loan space

U21s don't need to be included within the 25 too, but I'm not sure of everyone's age. I believe it's being 20 or younger at end of last year.

 

[Lanzo-Ad]

We don’t need to include Riad as not Lily to be fit till January so frees up loan space

Good point.

 

[doombear]

U21s don't need to be included within the 25 too, but I'm not sure of everyone's age. I believe it's being 20 or younger at end of last year.

Yep. There are 4 in that list that are U21 for that purpose: Kporha, Wharton, Esse and Franca.