The Price of Football

That chart shows the excellent recruitment made by some clubs.

The big risk to us is that the yo-yo clubs will never need to actually construct a really great squad: they'll always have the cash to bring in the best strikers and just outscore the rest of us, putting loanees and hopeful signings up front.
 
It's from each clubs latest accounts so might be 2 or 3 years ago. You are quite right though, especially Luton.

Would be interesting to see the net spend too.
 
If its transfer fees paid - ours would include Assombalonga (£15m) and Fletcher (£7m) who have both gone now. Also Saville (£8m?) that could take ours down to £28m for the current season.
 
Looking at the 2019 accounts (last available) I can't see where the squad valuation is recorded but then again they (the accounts) make no sense to me anyway - I need someone who understands these things to point out the details to me........................
 
DCI_Gene_Hunt said:
Looking at the 2019 accounts (last available) I can't see where the squad valuation is recorded but then again they (the accounts) make no sense to me anyway - I need someone who understands these things to point out the details to me........................
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I think they will have calculated the figures from transfer fees paid and aggregated them.

In terms of the players values, they sit on the balance sheet and are written off through the profit and loss account on an annual basis

For example we sign a player for £5m on a year contract. £5m would sit on the balance sheet as an asset. At the end of year 1, £1m would be written off in the p and l accounts, leaving £4m on the balance sheet. This happens for the duration of the contract and by the end of year 5 the asset value will be zero as the amortisation cost will have gone through the accounts at £1m a year. Hope this helps.
 
Kowalski said:
I think they will have calculated the figures from transfer fees paid and aggregated them.

In terms of the players values, they sit on the balance sheet and are written off through the profit and loss account on an annual basis

For example we sign a player for £5m on a year contract. £5m would sit on the balance sheet as an asset. At the end of year 1, £1m would be written off in the p and l accounts, leaving £4m on the balance sheet. This happens for the duration of the contract and by the end of year 5 the asset value will be zero as the amortisation cost will have gone through the accounts at £1m a year. Hope this helps.
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Thanks, yes that helps. However.

I can't see how the graphic shows a picture that's in any way realistic of the squads value/cost. There's far too many variables.

In 2019 Djed Spence will not have had much value that was figured into MFC's squad value where as today he's potentially a £20,000,000 asset?
 
DCI_Gene_Hunt said:
Thanks, yes that helps. However.

I can't see how the graphic shows a picture that's in any way realistic of the squads value/cost. There's far too many variables.

In 2019 Djed Spence will not have had much value that was figured into MFC's squad value where as today he's potentially a £20,000,000 asset?
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I think it only relates to players we paid a fee for.

In terms of Spence and any players coming through the Academy they will be on the balance sheet at zero value as we didn't pay a transfer fee for them. The only costs incurred will be in their development. As such any fee we get from him will be a pure profit.
 
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