| As Deals Go was this BAD 19:07 - May 29 with 6912 views | OldFart71 |
So apparently Delap goes for £30 million. So that's a £15 million profit ? In the words of a pantomime "Oh yes it is", sadly "Oh no it isn't"
City apparently have a sell on clause of 30% of the £15 million profit, so £15 million now becomes £11.5 million.
Is that really a good deal for a player that could get Chelsea 20 goals next season putting his value at the top end of the £100 million mark.
Whilst I realise City may not have sold Delap to us without this clause did MA really protect Towns interests as £11.5 million isn't going to make much of a dent in the £130 million spent. |  | | |  |
| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:09 - May 29 with 3806 views | Metal_Hacker |
Can I get off the bus now please ? |  |
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| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:09 - May 29 with 3807 views | OldFart71 |
Correction £10.5 million profit. | | | |
| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:10 - May 29 with 3772 views | NedPlimpton |
A worse deal would have been not having him at all last season |  | | |
| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:10 - May 29 with 3767 views | RadioOrwell |
good grief, not this bollox again. |  | | |
| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:11 - May 29 with 3755 views | NthQldITFC |
Christ. |  |
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| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:11 - May 29 with 3736 views | Mullet |
We had little option though, it was essentially take it or leave it as he was in the door at Soton.
We didn’t stay up, but that’s not hinging on Delap or this deal. We’ve essentially had him on loan with a profit, shown the footballing world we will take on and develop prospects and not stand in their way.
Potentially you can’t put a price on that.
He’s gone, we have to win the league next season or finish second. Time to focus on that. Haggling over pennies instead of getting deals done would only cost us more. We were the cheapest squad in terms of wages etc. and in no position to negotiate with the big boys.
I’m really not sure what you’d expect us to do? |  |
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| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:13 - May 29 with 3707 views | Perublue |
Take off his wages for the season too from the profit. |  |
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| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:13 - May 29 with 3694 views | Linners |
I can’t be bothered to go through all this again, but just one point - the ‘dent’ in the £130m amounts to £30m because that is a spend figure, not a net loss. |  | | |
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| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:14 - May 29 with 3686 views | Bellevue_Blue |
It's not bad. We signed a player for one season who scored us 12 Premier League goals, becomes our record sale, made us 10M+ in profit in 11 months and gives us a not yet disclosed % profit on his next sale from Chelsea should he make a move.
Re the £130M spent, you can essentially write off the Delap deal in its entirety on the books so it's a very good deal from an accounting point of view. | | | |
| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:19 - May 29 with 3595 views | Dubtractor |
I'm surprised no one has made this point before...... |  |
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| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:31 - May 29 with 3466 views | baxterbasics |
These posts will stop once he's finally gone, right?
Right? |  |
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| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:33 - May 29 with 3442 views | Swansea_Blue |
Isn’t hindsight great? |  |
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| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:34 - May 29 with 3417 views | cressi |
Better than signing Rory Fallon. | | | |
| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:34 - May 29 with 3423 views | vilanovablue |
Given the vulnerability of our negotiating position what were you expecting? £10 million plus profit for essentially doing nothing seems good business. Now get your head back in the real world and remember this is a journey and progress isn't always linear. This isn't rocket science. |  | | |
| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:39 - May 29 with 3356 views | vapour_trail |
| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:31 - May 29 by baxterbasics |
These posts will stop once he's finally gone, right?
Right? |
I’m not convinced baxter. Have a feeling people will be asking if we got a sell on clause when LD is moving into his care home. |  |
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| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:40 - May 29 with 3354 views | Perublue |
| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:13 - May 29 by Perublue |
Take off his wages for the season too from the profit. |
Oh ! there was probably goal bonuses too. | |
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| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:41 - May 29 with 3342 views | Tonytown |
As posters go you are pathetic OF | | | |
| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:43 - May 29 with 3299 views | Tonytown |
| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:40 - May 29 by Perublue |
Oh ! there was probably goal bonuses too. |
It’s still over £10m profit on a take it or leave it deal.
Why are so many posters so stupid? Asking for a friend btw | | | |
| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:44 - May 29 with 3287 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
Yep, why not let’s Necro this discussion for the 500th time  | | | |
| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:46 - May 29 with 3255 views | textbackup |
| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:43 - May 29 by Tonytown |
It’s still over £10m profit on a take it or leave it deal.
Why are so many posters so stupid? Asking for a friend btw |
Alright Mark calm down, you’re still a great CEO |  |
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| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:48 - May 29 with 3228 views | mutters |
20% is now 30%
We've now spent £130million
Inflation is brutal.
All money spent this season has suddenly been amortised in one year, rather than the length of a person's contract.
Financial rules have suddenly been rewritten.
Man oh man, it's going to be a long summer/season. |  |
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| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:48 - May 29 with 3220 views | J2BLUE |
He was coming here or going to Southampton.
If they declined the deal because of this clause they are probably regretting it. They scored 26 goals all season. Delap scored 9. Now they are watching us get £10m+ profit on the deal.
I don't think anyone would deny £30m is very under priced but if that clause was the difference then it was good business. |  |
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| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:48 - May 29 with 3211 views | Swansea_Blue |
| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:34 - May 29 by vilanovablue |
Given the vulnerability of our negotiating position what were you expecting? £10 million plus profit for essentially doing nothing seems good business. Now get your head back in the real world and remember this is a journey and progress isn't always linear. This isn't rocket science. |
It’s frustrating given his ceiling should be a lot higher based on the season he’s had. We have no idea how the contract negs went though. Maybe a higher buyout clause wasn’t acceptable to his side and would have scuppered the deal. Maybe they asked for it to be included. We just don’t know (or at least I don’t think we do). Without the clause you can double the fee, but we are where we are. As Confucius said - “sh*t happens”. | |
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| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:52 - May 29 with 3141 views | Perublue |
We got £6 million for Titus Bramble 23 years ago so it all balances out… we win some and lose some. | |
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| As Deals Go was this BAD on 19:55 - May 29 with 3105 views | TheBoyBlue |
It was do that or don't get him. Imagine if he'd gone to Southampton and his goals had kept them up at our expense?
In the end we've still made a profit on him and it's not like we're struggling for money. Really not a biggy. | |
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