Birmingham are crazy. £10m could assemble you the greatest league one squad ever, so be able to spend it on one player is ridiculous. They probably do already have one of the best league one squads ever but they've signed big players and in volume so whilst squad depth is key, some big personalities aren't going to be playing regularly. Stansfield would presumably play ahead of Alfie as can't see them starting together. I don't really get why they took such a massive gamble on an unproven manager given their resources. Sheer money on quality players will still see them go up regardless.
Birmingham are crazy. £10m could assemble you the greatest league one squad ever, so be able to spend it on one player is ridiculous. They probably do already have one of the best league one squads ever but they've signed big players and in volume so whilst squad depth is key, some big personalities aren't going to be playing regularly. Stansfield would presumably play ahead of Alfie as can't see them starting together. I don't really get why they took such a massive gamble on an unproven manager given their resources. Sheer money on quality players will still see them go up regardless.
But, it could be Dan Bentley, Joe Lumley or George Long.
Rule out Long, looks nothing like him.
Based on those pictures, it would be Bentley, which I can't see happening. He's also under contract with Wolves so unless it's already been done, it's unlikely he would be here, same goes for Lumley who is at Southampton.
Just read that Arsenal bid just 50k for Bentley which was rejected by Wolves, bit cheeky.
Good spot though by FAV, I am now curious who it is
Wouldn't bet your house on it. Same team are also working on a deal for Osimhen, wouldn't be surprised if they agreed that and pulled the plug on Toney. Still hope for us to get him yet 😉
Without trying to sound like complainer, is there anything in the SCMP and Financial Fair Play stuff in League One regarding transfer expenditure? How have Birmingham been able to spend so much?
Good memories of signing Bentley on Football Manager and then callously discarding him once I progressed up the leagues. Hope he doesn't remember that. Given that he's now third keeper for Wolves he might be happy with that or he might want to get first team football. Arsenal have apparently agreed deals for Neto and Joan Garcia once Ramsdale goes so it's likely they've moved on, but I have read that he's on £10k a week so he'd need to take quite the cut if he was to join us
Without trying to sound like complainer, is there anything in the SCMP and Financial Fair Play stuff in League One regarding transfer expenditure? How have Birmingham been able to spend so much?
SCMP rules mean owners in L1 and L2 can put money in as a donation or equity and it counts as turnover, so they can effectively spend whatever they want.
Money loaned by an owner doesn’t count which is probably why we’ve not seen a club spend like this at this level before.
Without trying to sound like complainer, is there anything in the SCMP and Financial Fair Play stuff in League One regarding transfer expenditure? How have Birmingham been able to spend so much?
Their revenue is huge for this level, plus they’ve sold a couple of players for good money and got some big earners off the wage bill. The rules are also less strict for teams that come down for the first year, as part of the parachute payments system/rules
And if you break the rules at this level the owner can just put the money in as equity rather than as a loan. We went over budget last season and had to do this
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Based on those pictures, it would be Bentley, which I can't see happening. He's also under contract with Wolves so unless it's already been done, it's unlikely he would be here, same goes for Lumley who is at Southampton.
Just read that Arsenal bid just 50k for Bentley which was rejected by Wolves, bit cheeky.
Good spot though by FAV, I am now curious who it is
I hope he has a good engine.
Interesting that this has just happened..
Be very happy if it was actually Bentley
I've done a double take on a picture of Dan Bentleys ears, and they're bit pointy and not like the mystery goalies ears.
Yes, it's very odd I'm looking at random goalies ears on Google images.
Not sure on reliability of this account but "Led to believe Brad collins to #CAFC is a done deal."
Money loaned by an owner doesn’t count which is probably why we’ve not seen a club spend like this at this level before.
And if you break the rules at this level the owner can just put the money in as equity rather than as a loan. We went over budget last season and had to do this
I wouldn't bet on that if Odious Chelsea feel their short on players 🧐