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Some UEFAnomics. According to The Times every List A eligible player count towards creating a positive transfer balance, even those who weren't previously registered. Neither Fofana nor Lavia were registered, but the latter is now eligible for our List B so he shouldn't add to our List A cost.

~$104m✓

The sporting sanction is likely a bit whatever.

Hmm, he'd take up an international loan slot. Washington already took one, as he's still on loan at Santos until Dec/Jan. Paez, Amougou, and potentially Penders to Strasbourg would be another three. Leaves just one slot.

With City and Inter out, not reaching the final would be a bit embarrassing. It’d push our CWC income above $100M.

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Let's see how wrong I am in nine months.

Malo Gusto in midfield should be a sackable offence.

If this game was played on June 30th but ended after midnight UK time due to the delay, then the accounting gets a bit wonky since it rolls into a new fiscal year. 🤓🤪

Lmao.

Subs please.

Depends on the add-ons but

This is fine. Madueke just played 70 mins last game and Andrey Santos is just a backup to Enzo F. (For now anyway)

Knowing is we'll brief the fee, which will likely be disgusting, 15 mins before the game tonight.

He's cup-tied for the CWC(13 mins played lmao), so we can't add him to our squad if we beat Benfica tonight. Same goes for Estevão Willian, but looks like either Benfica or us will play Palmeiras in the QF anyway.

Relatively big sale for someone like S'bourg, but they could be in for a rough season. Replacing Petro, Diarra and Santos is a tall order. €35.5m (including add-ons) is a bit over half of Strasbourg's total revenue for 23/24 (€67.2m).

Beating Benfica on Saturday would earn Chelsea another $13.125m, bringing the total to roughly $53m/£39m. All of which should be recognised in 2024/25, with any additional prize money recognised in 2025/26.

$9.5m in the bank, brings our total to about $40m.

I'd be happy to trade Nkunku at BV + £10m for Garnacho, would value the latter at ~£50m. No profit for us, but UEFA would eliminate any profit from any quasi-swap deal anyway. United would book a £50m accounting/PSR profit, and £10m UEFA profit that's irrelevant since they're not in Eur.

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This is going to sting.

Woohoo, we're up to $31m. $29m for turning up and another $2m for beating Giroud's retirement buddies.

Well, £15m is not £25m. I can live with that fee, assuming we haven't given him too long of a contract.

He is another Delap-esque signing. He is fairly low risk, high reward at that fee, but he won't improve our starting XI next season. Anything below £35m is fine.

In Joe Shields we trust.

His NBV is slightly more than £5m, but I understand why we extended his contract last summer. B'mouth didn't pay a loan fee, but covered his wages. His extension also cut his yearly amort roughly in half. I reckon we saved more than £15m by extending his deal and sending him on loan to B'mouth.

No surprise, Man Utd didn’t have to pay Chelsea £xM just because Mount played in the EL final. Sell-on fees and contingent consideration totaling only £55k kicked in after March 31.

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We're doing the right thing for once and the usual suspects on the other app are fuming.

Some napkin math when it comes to our GKs. Assuming we sign Maignan for £22.5m Maignan was reportedly close to extend his deal with Milan in Feb, so I've used the reported figures as an estimate for his wages. (160k/w gross, 3+1y) Kepa is just there as a yardstick.

Maignan will prob carry a yearly cost of nearly £18m. Any lower would mean we gave him a stupidly long deal that'll come back and haunt us. Kepa by comparison carried a yearly cost of ~£21m before his last extension. Obviously a shorter deal so less resources committed, but he isn't cheap.

£20-25m + maybe add-ons on top for Maignan. Hmm, that's steeper than I'd like. (It's not a market opportunity if you're going to pay more than what he's worth)

UEFA will eliminate any profit from such arrangements. We would still have to buy at fair market value, but any profit would be removed from Strasbourg's UEFA accounts. It may not be a big deal for S'bourg, but it's something to be aware of.

I need someone to explain to me why we aren't looking at Bulka, who's reportedly available for less than €15m. Like if you're going to get a GK then that strikes me as a much better deal than Maignan.

Maignan was reportedly close to signing a new deal with AC Milan worth €20m net over 4 years. I believe that's around £160k/w gross. 🤨🤔😶

I'd probably only be interested in Maignan if we could get him on 2+1 year deal. £100k/w + 25% bonus. Wouldn't pay more than £15m, maybe stretch it to £18m if you include some add-ons. Not particularly interested in being stuck with an expensive asset we can't get rid off. A Sterling/w GK gloves.

I watched a lot of Delap and looked at a lot of data and here are my thoughts Is Liam Delap A Good Fit For Chelsea? youtu.be/W1cohtmDVwo

Of course.

Assassin's Creed Shadows is a stunningly beautiful game.

Sounds more like the original deal was a loan deal with an option + (contingent) loan fee, rather than an obligation + penalty fee. You'd think if there was an obligation we'd have an agreement with Sancho in place already. (I'd pay the penalty fee and move on)

So we want to keep Sancho. Right.

And this is where I'm at, obviously, not that long since I posted it. The big question isn't about Delap, but who he's a second to; early window noises seem to suggest they're looking to move Jackson on and get a new main 9 with Delap as the rotation piece. He can't be your CL striker right now.

I’m pretty sure Delap will cost (significantly) more than £30m. His low release clause, relative to his value, allows for higher wages and agent commissions. All his suitors know the full cost to sign him and are prepared to pay it, fwiw.

Well, over to you Winstewart. Try and not fuck up this window too.

Completed the set. Happy days. Onwards and upwards.

I'd pay £5m to keep Sancho.

He got it completely wrong in the 1st half, but there's been some good tactical adjustments from EnzoM in the 2nd half. (Subs more or less self-explanatory)

Welcome to the bomb squad, Malo Gusto.

If we sign Emegha from Strasbourg on a pre-agreement, the transfer fee would still need to be reasonable (at fair market value), but UEFA would exclude any profit from its financial calculations. Fwiw.