why we havent so much to spend

[pboromag]

i was talking to someone from the club yesterday and they told me one of the reasons we havent as much as we thought to spend is we arent doing a lucrative preseason tour

the numbers he says these generate is a big boost

but we couldnt commit as we werent sure if we were coming up and also the chinese buyers were hoping at one point to have had the deal done and take us there

[waalsendmick]

there's plenty to spend but there are no pegs left in the changing room.

we need to shift the 6 players Rafa wants nothing to do with, then replace them.

Riviere, saivet, Krul, Hanley, Darlow, Lazaar.

regardless of who we all like and dislike. they are the 6 Rafa wants gone.

others would be moved on if the price was right, but the harsh reality is, until we free off wages and shirt numbers, fee more will be bought.

[PhoneymcRingRing]

I think that Mike Ashley would of allocated a certain amount of money to be spent on transfers and wages, what that amount is ive no idea.

The thing is, last season was the 1st season of the huge money injection into the premier league and obviously we missed out on that, so we have to be very shrewd with our transfer kitty. We will only get a slice of that pie Premier League money at the end of the up coming season.

The name of the game is to survive our 1st season back, push on from there.

[ashingtoon62]

I think that Mike Ashley would of allocated a certain amount of money to be spent on transfers and wages, what that amount is ive no idea.

The thing is, last season was the 1st season of the huge money injection into the premier league and obviously we missed out on that, so we have to be very shrewd with our transfer kitty. We will only get a slice of that pie Premier League money at the end of the up coming season.

The name of the game is to survive our 1st season back, push on from there.

Actually the first slice of that pie,is available now! its paid throughout the season..Not in one lump at the end...

[Andy1981_2]

i was talking to someone from the club yesterday and they told me one of the reasons we havent as much as we thought to spend is we arent doing a lucrative preseason tour

the numbers he says these generate is a big boost

but we couldnt commit as we werent sure if we were coming up and also the chinese buyers were hoping at one point to have had the deal done and take us there

I don't think pre-season tours would make an immediate difference of note. If you look at the figures presented here, for instance, you can see that even for clubs like Liverpool, they're making maybe £3m per game on a pre-season tour, and they're usually only 3 games long. We don't have anything like Liverpool's stature worldwide, so couldn't realistically expect about half of that income. A lot of the revenue from pre-season tours is speculative, in that it's about brand-building - the potential benefits of building a worldwide brand are huge, but very much long-term.

Don't get me wrong, £4.5m seems to be about what we're willing to pay for player in this market, so a 3 game tour would possibly have got us an extra body, but it doesn't seem like the big boost your player and ex-coach mates seem to think it is. I also wouldn't expect a player or coach to be that tuned into the nitty-gritty of the financial aspects of a club, but maybe I'm mistaken to think that way.