Marcus has generated a minimum of £10m profit to add to the £12.5m minimum profit that MFC will make on Spence.
That has massive FFP ramifications. That £22.5m will show as Profit in this season's P&L and FFP.
I am disappointed the club could not get more for either, but its clear there was no bidding war for either player.
I hope both lads do well at their new clubs and we get the £10m add ons.
I am also disappointed at the timing of the Tav sale, so close to the season starting.
It is crystal clear that the club need 3 good strikers (Forss likely to be one of them)
They also need a LCB, a DCM and now an AM.
The good news is that they have the budget to do it and FFP scope to do it. This is now without question.
5 more players on top of Forss, including 3 loans, means we have scope to permanently sign 2 very good players.
The question is will Gibson go for it?
I still think he will.
Tavernier is a good player, but I would not be pleased if we were the ones paying £10m plus £2.5m add ons for him, rather than receiving it.
We won't miss Spence, he was not in our team.
We will miss Tav, but if we use the budget well, we will be better off for that deal too.
Good luck and thanks Tavernier
Crack on Gibson and get the quality in.