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Deadline Day from Pg.641 - Summer 2025 Charlton Athletic Transfer Rumours
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Not the best source, but, alleged Charlton target Bradley Ibrahim is in advanced talks with Plymouth.
https://x.com/pafcreport/status/1929142631449137479?t=bWvjqHTIFZYh1JJ1uArl7w&s=19
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Competitive with whom, the league? Preston? nobody knows the wage budget we can or can't afford yet so its all speculation until we see something actually happen. Should Small leave for Preston then yes that would probably be a fair indicator of your point as why else would you go to Preston other than for the money?Braziliance said:
Last season we done really well. The reports look like we had the 8th highest budget (despite being told we were top4) and fair play to Jones, he got us promoted. Identified some real gems as well in Edwards, Ramsay etc.Scoham said:
Exactly, if we don’t compete on wages we’ll go straight back down.Braziliance said:
But that is the championship. Most decent players are on 5 figures a week.NabySarr said:
It’s a tough balancing act though, if we give Small 10k a week then every player will be knocking on Jones door asking for similarBraziliance said:https://x.com/PNEChatter/status/1928747865901330677?t=rc33tsmvwDPGSenKfFKJnA&s=19
https://x.com/RoversXtra/status/1928782502409196000?t=hBKmUJdoP8oH0xYII_-Ltw&s=19
Rumoured fee of 10k a week. Which is less than the going rate in this league.
Oxford United have multiple players on 5 digits a week and then the higher end of the thousands.
This is championship football, the wages are genuinely crazy.
I doubt we were limited to paying under £5k for everyone last season, it’s probably that not much of a stretch to start paying £10k a week.
The issue is now, we are without a doubt operating with the lowest wage structure. 8th to to the top 6 was just 1.4 million isn't too unrealistic to keep up with. Whole different structure now.
The owners are going to have to take the hit if we want survival, it's just how it goes nowadays, or risk being a club like Rotherham, Barnsley, Peterborough, Wigan etc.
Main thing is we have Jones, with him and his style we have a chance. Just disappointing that we can't offer competitive wages.0 -
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Might go there if you had a night out planned in Blackpool0
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Preston are perennial mid to lower Championship fodder, despite having had near enough a decade in this league to move on to challenging for promotion.MartinCAFC said:
Competitive with whom, the league? Preston? nobody knows the wage budget we can or can't afford yet so its all speculation until we see something actually happen. Should Small leave for Preston then yes that would probably be a fair indicator of your point as why else would you go to Preston other than for the money?Braziliance said:
Last season we done really well. The reports look like we had the 8th highest budget (despite being told we were top4) and fair play to Jones, he got us promoted. Identified some real gems as well in Edwards, Ramsay etc.Scoham said:
Exactly, if we don’t compete on wages we’ll go straight back down.Braziliance said:
But that is the championship. Most decent players are on 5 figures a week.NabySarr said:
It’s a tough balancing act though, if we give Small 10k a week then every player will be knocking on Jones door asking for similarBraziliance said:https://x.com/PNEChatter/status/1928747865901330677?t=rc33tsmvwDPGSenKfFKJnA&s=19
https://x.com/RoversXtra/status/1928782502409196000?t=hBKmUJdoP8oH0xYII_-Ltw&s=19
Rumoured fee of 10k a week. Which is less than the going rate in this league.
Oxford United have multiple players on 5 digits a week and then the higher end of the thousands.
This is championship football, the wages are genuinely crazy.
I doubt we were limited to paying under £5k for everyone last season, it’s probably that not much of a stretch to start paying £10k a week.
The issue is now, we are without a doubt operating with the lowest wage structure. 8th to to the top 6 was just 1.4 million isn't too unrealistic to keep up with. Whole different structure now.
The owners are going to have to take the hit if we want survival, it's just how it goes nowadays, or risk being a club like Rotherham, Barnsley, Peterborough, Wigan etc.
Main thing is we have Jones, with him and his style we have a chance. Just disappointing that we can't offer competitive wages.
I’m not so sure that matching their valuations on players is the best yardstick for future success anyway.0 -
That is the going rate! In fact, it is well below the going rate for most Championship clubs.Callumcafc said:1. Doubt it’s true from a random fan account
2. We can’t stop other teams paying over the odds for unproven young players - we don’t even know if he’ll make the step up, so 10k p/w on a five year contract would be horrendous for the club
3. The challenge is finding better, for cheaper - we got a better left back (Edwards) last summer and I’m sure we can find a better winger this summer2 -
Where’s it been confirmed we can’t offer competitive wages?Braziliance said:
Last season we done really well. The reports look like we had the 8th highest budget (despite being told we were top4) and fair play to Jones, he got us promoted. Identified some real gems as well in Edwards, Ramsay etc.Scoham said:
Exactly, if we don’t compete on wages we’ll go straight back down.Braziliance said:
But that is the championship. Most decent players are on 5 figures a week.NabySarr said:
It’s a tough balancing act though, if we give Small 10k a week then every player will be knocking on Jones door asking for similarBraziliance said:https://x.com/PNEChatter/status/1928747865901330677?t=rc33tsmvwDPGSenKfFKJnA&s=19
https://x.com/RoversXtra/status/1928782502409196000?t=hBKmUJdoP8oH0xYII_-Ltw&s=19
Rumoured fee of 10k a week. Which is less than the going rate in this league.
Oxford United have multiple players on 5 digits a week and then the higher end of the thousands.
This is championship football, the wages are genuinely crazy.
I doubt we were limited to paying under £5k for everyone last season, it’s probably that not much of a stretch to start paying £10k a week.
The issue is now, we are without a doubt operating with the lowest wage structure. 8th to to the top 6 was just 1.4 million isn't too unrealistic to keep up with. Whole different structure now.
The owners are going to have to take the hit if we want survival, it's just how it goes nowadays, or risk being a club like Rotherham, Barnsley, Peterborough, Wigan etc.
Main thing is we have Jones, with him and his style we have a chance. Just disappointing that we can't offer competitive wages.9 -
Not for 5 years when unproven at the level it isn'tWoodwork said:
That is the going rate! In fact, it is well below the going rate for most Championship clubs.Callumcafc said:1. Doubt it’s true from a random fan account
2. We can’t stop other teams paying over the odds for unproven young players - we don’t even know if he’ll make the step up, so 10k p/w on a five year contract would be horrendous for the club
3. The challenge is finding better, for cheaper - we got a better left back (Edwards) last summer and I’m sure we can find a better winger this summer1 -
Just for reference, there are 2 players with 5 years left to run on their contract in the Championship and 18 with 4 years left (of 24/25 Championship clubs, according to Transfermarkt). There is no way anyone in the Championship is offering a 5 year deal to Thierry Small0
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Thierry Small has not played a competitive match at Championship level in his career. Paying him 10k per week for five years would be a big gamble for a newly promoted club.Woodwork said:
That is the going rate! In fact, it is well below the going rate for most Championship clubs.Callumcafc said:1. Doubt it’s true from a random fan account
2. We can’t stop other teams paying over the odds for unproven young players - we don’t even know if he’ll make the step up, so 10k p/w on a five year contract would be horrendous for the club
3. The challenge is finding better, for cheaper - we got a better left back (Edwards) last summer and I’m sure we can find a better winger this summer
We should be prepared to pay the going rate for players who are established at the level or we believe with near certainty are good enough to establish themselves. We will have made an assessment on Thierry Small’s ability to step up and made an offer in line with what makes sense for the position Charlton Athletic are in.
We are not in a position to take risks with the budget we have. That’s the reality of being a newly promoted team.
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£10k? It is for an up and coming & highly rated L1 player joining a Championship side, being told they will be a part of their first team plans.fenaddick said:
Not for 5 years when unproven at the level it isn'tWoodwork said:
That is the going rate! In fact, it is well below the going rate for most Championship clubs.Callumcafc said:1. Doubt it’s true from a random fan account
2. We can’t stop other teams paying over the odds for unproven young players - we don’t even know if he’ll make the step up, so 10k p/w on a five year contract would be horrendous for the club
3. The challenge is finding better, for cheaper - we got a better left back (Edwards) last summer and I’m sure we can find a better winger this summer
Whether that’s Small, remains be seen. We don’t know who has offered him a contract for certain. But any rated L1 player being courted by a Championship club will have an agent looking for first team wages to sign for that club.0 -
Preston have been in the Championship for almost a decade.Callumcafc said:
Preston are perennial mid to lower Championship fodder, despite having had near enough a decade in this league to move on to challenging from promotion.MartinCAFC said:
Competitive with whom, the league? Preston? nobody knows the wage budget we can or can't afford yet so its all speculation until we see something actually happen. Should Small leave for Preston then yes that would probably be a fair indicator of your point as why else would you go to Preston other than for the money?Braziliance said:
Last season we done really well. The reports look like we had the 8th highest budget (despite being told we were top4) and fair play to Jones, he got us promoted. Identified some real gems as well in Edwards, Ramsay etc.Scoham said:
Exactly, if we don’t compete on wages we’ll go straight back down.Braziliance said:
But that is the championship. Most decent players are on 5 figures a week.NabySarr said:
It’s a tough balancing act though, if we give Small 10k a week then every player will be knocking on Jones door asking for similarBraziliance said:https://x.com/PNEChatter/status/1928747865901330677?t=rc33tsmvwDPGSenKfFKJnA&s=19
https://x.com/RoversXtra/status/1928782502409196000?t=hBKmUJdoP8oH0xYII_-Ltw&s=19
Rumoured fee of 10k a week. Which is less than the going rate in this league.
Oxford United have multiple players on 5 digits a week and then the higher end of the thousands.
This is championship football, the wages are genuinely crazy.
I doubt we were limited to paying under £5k for everyone last season, it’s probably that not much of a stretch to start paying £10k a week.
The issue is now, we are without a doubt operating with the lowest wage structure. 8th to to the top 6 was just 1.4 million isn't too unrealistic to keep up with. Whole different structure now.
The owners are going to have to take the hit if we want survival, it's just how it goes nowadays, or risk being a club like Rotherham, Barnsley, Peterborough, Wigan etc.
Main thing is we have Jones, with him and his style we have a chance. Just disappointing that we can't offer competitive wages.
I’m not so sure that matching their valuations on players is the best yardstick for future success anyway.
In that time they have finished:
11th, 7th, 14th, 9th, 13th, 13th, 12th, 10th and now 20th.
I would love Charlton to have that kind of success for the next decade. They aren't exactly the biggest club, and have lived comfortably well within their means. Apart from this season, their lowest finish in 9 seasons was 14th, that is extremely impressive. Infact this is the only season where they finished lower table, they've been a mid-table or higher the whole time other than that.
In for some proper disappointment if you think Preston aren't a club we should strive to replicate in the short to mid term future, imagine a lot of people would take that over being a nothing league 1 club.5 -
So completely ignoring my point about the length of the contract then?Woodwork said:
£10k? It is for an up and coming & highly rated L1 player joining a Championship side, being told they will be a part of their first team plans.fenaddick said:
Not for 5 years when unproven at the level it isn'tWoodwork said:
That is the going rate! In fact, it is well below the going rate for most Championship clubs.Callumcafc said:1. Doubt it’s true from a random fan account
2. We can’t stop other teams paying over the odds for unproven young players - we don’t even know if he’ll make the step up, so 10k p/w on a five year contract would be horrendous for the club
3. The challenge is finding better, for cheaper - we got a better left back (Edwards) last summer and I’m sure we can find a better winger this summer
Whether that’s Small, remains be seen. We don’t know who has offered him a contract for certain. But any rated L1 player being courted by a Championship club will have an agent looking for first team wages to sign for that club.0 -
£8k+ for Berry and Doc is madness. I'm not sure either deserve a starting place, even in L1. Edwards, Ramsay and Jones on paupers wages, I don't think so.0
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Preston are in the bottom third for wages. To compete with the league, you do need to fork out or risk every season with your head above water. As much as these leagues wages aren't sustainable, and show how bad football has got money wise, it also isn't sustainable to avoid the going rate for top championship players. That's why the likes of Wigan, Rotherham, Peterborough, Barsnley etc can't stay up when they come up.MartinCAFC said:
Competitive with whom, the league? Preston? nobody knows the wage budget we can or can't afford yet so its all speculation until we see something actually happen. Should Small leave for Preston then yes that would probably be a fair indicator of your point as why else would you go to Preston other than for the money?Braziliance said:
Last season we done really well. The reports look like we had the 8th highest budget (despite being told we were top4) and fair play to Jones, he got us promoted. Identified some real gems as well in Edwards, Ramsay etc.Scoham said:
Exactly, if we don’t compete on wages we’ll go straight back down.Braziliance said:
But that is the championship. Most decent players are on 5 figures a week.NabySarr said:
It’s a tough balancing act though, if we give Small 10k a week then every player will be knocking on Jones door asking for similarBraziliance said:https://x.com/PNEChatter/status/1928747865901330677?t=rc33tsmvwDPGSenKfFKJnA&s=19
https://x.com/RoversXtra/status/1928782502409196000?t=hBKmUJdoP8oH0xYII_-Ltw&s=19
Rumoured fee of 10k a week. Which is less than the going rate in this league.
Oxford United have multiple players on 5 digits a week and then the higher end of the thousands.
This is championship football, the wages are genuinely crazy.
I doubt we were limited to paying under £5k for everyone last season, it’s probably that not much of a stretch to start paying £10k a week.
The issue is now, we are without a doubt operating with the lowest wage structure. 8th to to the top 6 was just 1.4 million isn't too unrealistic to keep up with. Whole different structure now.
The owners are going to have to take the hit if we want survival, it's just how it goes nowadays, or risk being a club like Rotherham, Barnsley, Peterborough, Wigan etc.
Main thing is we have Jones, with him and his style we have a chance. Just disappointing that we can't offer competitive wages.
For what it's worth, I am pretty confident Small won't be signing for us and will end up at Preston. Hopefully I am wrong.0 -
If a club rates a player as having good resale potential, they would offer a 5 year contract. Surely?fenaddick said:
So completely ignoring my point about the length of the contract then?Woodwork said:
£10k? It is for an up and coming & highly rated L1 player joining a Championship side, being told they will be a part of their first team plans.fenaddick said:
Not for 5 years when unproven at the level it isn'tWoodwork said:
That is the going rate! In fact, it is well below the going rate for most Championship clubs.Callumcafc said:1. Doubt it’s true from a random fan account
2. We can’t stop other teams paying over the odds for unproven young players - we don’t even know if he’ll make the step up, so 10k p/w on a five year contract would be horrendous for the club
3. The challenge is finding better, for cheaper - we got a better left back (Edwards) last summer and I’m sure we can find a better winger this summer
Whether that’s Small, remains be seen. We don’t know who has offered him a contract for certain. But any rated L1 player being courted by a Championship club will have an agent looking for first team wages to sign for that club.0 -
This is also kind of the point though. I fully anticipate Preston to finish anywhere between 10th and 20th next season. They’ve had enough stability over the last nine/ten years to likely feel comfortable taking a risk on a player they like.Braziliance said:
Preston have been in the Championship for almost a decade.Callumcafc said:
Preston are perennial mid to lower Championship fodder, despite having had near enough a decade in this league to move on to challenging from promotion.MartinCAFC said:
Competitive with whom, the league? Preston? nobody knows the wage budget we can or can't afford yet so its all speculation until we see something actually happen. Should Small leave for Preston then yes that would probably be a fair indicator of your point as why else would you go to Preston other than for the money?Braziliance said:
Last season we done really well. The reports look like we had the 8th highest budget (despite being told we were top4) and fair play to Jones, he got us promoted. Identified some real gems as well in Edwards, Ramsay etc.Scoham said:
Exactly, if we don’t compete on wages we’ll go straight back down.Braziliance said:
But that is the championship. Most decent players are on 5 figures a week.NabySarr said:
It’s a tough balancing act though, if we give Small 10k a week then every player will be knocking on Jones door asking for similarBraziliance said:https://x.com/PNEChatter/status/1928747865901330677?t=rc33tsmvwDPGSenKfFKJnA&s=19
https://x.com/RoversXtra/status/1928782502409196000?t=hBKmUJdoP8oH0xYII_-Ltw&s=19
Rumoured fee of 10k a week. Which is less than the going rate in this league.
Oxford United have multiple players on 5 digits a week and then the higher end of the thousands.
This is championship football, the wages are genuinely crazy.
I doubt we were limited to paying under £5k for everyone last season, it’s probably that not much of a stretch to start paying £10k a week.
The issue is now, we are without a doubt operating with the lowest wage structure. 8th to to the top 6 was just 1.4 million isn't too unrealistic to keep up with. Whole different structure now.
The owners are going to have to take the hit if we want survival, it's just how it goes nowadays, or risk being a club like Rotherham, Barnsley, Peterborough, Wigan etc.
Main thing is we have Jones, with him and his style we have a chance. Just disappointing that we can't offer competitive wages.
I’m not so sure that matching their valuations on players is the best yardstick for future success anyway.
In that time they have finished:
11th, 7th, 14th, 9th, 13th, 13th, 12th, 10th and now 20th.
I would love Charlton to have that kind of success for the next decade. They aren't exactly the biggest club, and have lived comfortably well within their means. Apart from this season, their lowest finish in 9 seasons was 14th, that is extremely impressive. Infact this is the only season where they finished lower table, they've been a mid-table or higher the whole time other than that.
In for some proper disappointment if you think Preston aren't a club we should strive to replicate in the short to mid term future, imagine a lot of people would take that over being a nothing league 1 club.
We don’t have that luxury. We need to establish ourselves at the level by spending the money we do have appropriately.
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Yeah like Gassan Ahadme. It goes both ways with young players.Woodwork said:
If a club rates a player has having good resale potential, they would offer a 5 year contract. Surely?fenaddick said:
So completely ignoring my point about the length of the contract then?Woodwork said:
£10k? It is for an up and coming & highly rated L1 player joining a Championship side, being told they will be a part of their first team plans.fenaddick said:
Not for 5 years when unproven at the level it isn'tWoodwork said:
That is the going rate! In fact, it is well below the going rate for most Championship clubs.Callumcafc said:1. Doubt it’s true from a random fan account
2. We can’t stop other teams paying over the odds for unproven young players - we don’t even know if he’ll make the step up, so 10k p/w on a five year contract would be horrendous for the club
3. The challenge is finding better, for cheaper - we got a better left back (Edwards) last summer and I’m sure we can find a better winger this summer
Whether that’s Small, remains be seen. We don’t know who has offered him a contract for certain. But any rated L1 player being courted by a Championship club will have an agent looking for first team wages to sign for that club.1 -
Those sites are completely made up numbers. It has TC on less than minimum wage for starters!Gisappointed said:£8k+ for Berry and Doc is madness. I'm not sure either deserve a starting place, even in L1. Edwards, Ramsay and Jones on paupers wages, I don't think so.6 -
Sure but it's a MASSIVE risk when he's never played at that level, if it wasn't then there would be loads more players on 5 year deals in the Championship. If he can't make the step up then they're potentially lumbered with paying him £520k a year to sit on the benchWoodwork said:
If a club rates a player has having good resale potential, they would offer a 5 year contract. Surely?fenaddick said:
So completely ignoring my point about the length of the contract then?Woodwork said:
£10k? It is for an up and coming & highly rated L1 player joining a Championship side, being told they will be a part of their first team plans.fenaddick said:
Not for 5 years when unproven at the level it isn'tWoodwork said:
That is the going rate! In fact, it is well below the going rate for most Championship clubs.Callumcafc said:1. Doubt it’s true from a random fan account
2. We can’t stop other teams paying over the odds for unproven young players - we don’t even know if he’ll make the step up, so 10k p/w on a five year contract would be horrendous for the club
3. The challenge is finding better, for cheaper - we got a better left back (Edwards) last summer and I’m sure we can find a better winger this summer
Whether that’s Small, remains be seen. We don’t know who has offered him a contract for certain. But any rated L1 player being courted by a Championship club will have an agent looking for first team wages to sign for that club.0 - Sponsored links:
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Exactly. You pay your money & take your chances?Callumcafc said:
Yeah like Gassan Ahadme. It goes both ways with young players.Woodwork said:
If a club rates a player has having good resale potential, they would offer a 5 year contract. Surely?fenaddick said:
So completely ignoring my point about the length of the contract then?Woodwork said:
£10k? It is for an up and coming & highly rated L1 player joining a Championship side, being told they will be a part of their first team plans.fenaddick said:
Not for 5 years when unproven at the level it isn'tWoodwork said:
That is the going rate! In fact, it is well below the going rate for most Championship clubs.Callumcafc said:1. Doubt it’s true from a random fan account
2. We can’t stop other teams paying over the odds for unproven young players - we don’t even know if he’ll make the step up, so 10k p/w on a five year contract would be horrendous for the club
3. The challenge is finding better, for cheaper - we got a better left back (Edwards) last summer and I’m sure we can find a better winger this summer
Whether that’s Small, remains be seen. We don’t know who has offered him a contract for certain. But any rated L1 player being courted by a Championship club will have an agent looking for first team wages to sign for that club.0 -
And if we piss all the money up the wall on players that turn out not to be good enough?Woodwork said:
Exactly. You pay your money & take your chances?Callumcafc said:
Yeah like Gassan Ahadme. It goes both ways with young players.Woodwork said:
If a club rates a player has having good resale potential, they would offer a 5 year contract. Surely?fenaddick said:
So completely ignoring my point about the length of the contract then?Woodwork said:
£10k? It is for an up and coming & highly rated L1 player joining a Championship side, being told they will be a part of their first team plans.fenaddick said:
Not for 5 years when unproven at the level it isn'tWoodwork said:
That is the going rate! In fact, it is well below the going rate for most Championship clubs.Callumcafc said:1. Doubt it’s true from a random fan account
2. We can’t stop other teams paying over the odds for unproven young players - we don’t even know if he’ll make the step up, so 10k p/w on a five year contract would be horrendous for the club
3. The challenge is finding better, for cheaper - we got a better left back (Edwards) last summer and I’m sure we can find a better winger this summer
Whether that’s Small, remains be seen. We don’t know who has offered him a contract for certain. But any rated L1 player being courted by a Championship club will have an agent looking for first team wages to sign for that club.0 -
That is what relegation clauses and contract drops are for.fenaddick said:
So completely ignoring my point about the length of the contract then?Woodwork said:
£10k? It is for an up and coming & highly rated L1 player joining a Championship side, being told they will be a part of their first team plans.fenaddick said:
Not for 5 years when unproven at the level it isn'tWoodwork said:
That is the going rate! In fact, it is well below the going rate for most Championship clubs.Callumcafc said:1. Doubt it’s true from a random fan account
2. We can’t stop other teams paying over the odds for unproven young players - we don’t even know if he’ll make the step up, so 10k p/w on a five year contract would be horrendous for the club
3. The challenge is finding better, for cheaper - we got a better left back (Edwards) last summer and I’m sure we can find a better winger this summer
Whether that’s Small, remains be seen. We don’t know who has offered him a contract for certain. But any rated L1 player being courted by a Championship club will have an agent looking for first team wages to sign for that club.
If we went down, hypothetically, there would probably be clauses, and someone would more than likely pay it. That is the risk in football.
If you aren't taking these types of risks, what are you in it for, being blunt.0 -
There would definitely be a % reduction in wages due to relegation, just as our players would have a % for the promotion we just achieved.Braziliance said:
That is what relegation clauses and contract drops are for.fenaddick said:
So completely ignoring my point about the length of the contract then?Woodwork said:
£10k? It is for an up and coming & highly rated L1 player joining a Championship side, being told they will be a part of their first team plans.fenaddick said:
Not for 5 years when unproven at the level it isn'tWoodwork said:
That is the going rate! In fact, it is well below the going rate for most Championship clubs.Callumcafc said:1. Doubt it’s true from a random fan account
2. We can’t stop other teams paying over the odds for unproven young players - we don’t even know if he’ll make the step up, so 10k p/w on a five year contract would be horrendous for the club
3. The challenge is finding better, for cheaper - we got a better left back (Edwards) last summer and I’m sure we can find a better winger this summer
Whether that’s Small, remains be seen. We don’t know who has offered him a contract for certain. But any rated L1 player being courted by a Championship club will have an agent looking for first team wages to sign for that club.
If we went down, hypothetically, there would probably be clauses, and someone would more than likely pay it. That is the risk in football.
If you aren't taking these types of risks, what are you in it for, being blunt.
None of that changes the fact that Championship clubs don’t take that risk often. What if he can’t make the step up but they don’t get relegated? You’re still burdened with him at that wage. Or if he gets a massive injury that keeps him out for a season.
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Wouldn't mind looking to Scandinavia for signings like Preston have , they seem to have had decent success up there with the likes of Riis and Frokjaer mixed in with a domestic core.3
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Christ, not even a day into June and we're already deciding that the club can't compete on wages. Maybe let's just wait to see what kind of transfer business we do before writing it all off eh?17
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If we ranked 8th in League1 for wages, where there was more leniency and less restrictions, what makes you think in the league above we will compete with wages?Scoham said:
Where’s it been confirmed we can’t offer competitive wages?Braziliance said:
Last season we done really well. The reports look like we had the 8th highest budget (despite being told we were top4) and fair play to Jones, he got us promoted. Identified some real gems as well in Edwards, Ramsay etc.Scoham said:
Exactly, if we don’t compete on wages we’ll go straight back down.Braziliance said:
But that is the championship. Most decent players are on 5 figures a week.NabySarr said:
It’s a tough balancing act though, if we give Small 10k a week then every player will be knocking on Jones door asking for similarBraziliance said:https://x.com/PNEChatter/status/1928747865901330677?t=rc33tsmvwDPGSenKfFKJnA&s=19
https://x.com/RoversXtra/status/1928782502409196000?t=hBKmUJdoP8oH0xYII_-Ltw&s=19
Rumoured fee of 10k a week. Which is less than the going rate in this league.
Oxford United have multiple players on 5 digits a week and then the higher end of the thousands.
This is championship football, the wages are genuinely crazy.
I doubt we were limited to paying under £5k for everyone last season, it’s probably that not much of a stretch to start paying £10k a week.
The issue is now, we are without a doubt operating with the lowest wage structure. 8th to to the top 6 was just 1.4 million isn't too unrealistic to keep up with. Whole different structure now.
The owners are going to have to take the hit if we want survival, it's just how it goes nowadays, or risk being a club like Rotherham, Barnsley, Peterborough, Wigan etc.
Main thing is we have Jones, with him and his style we have a chance. Just disappointing that we can't offer competitive wages.
For a fact, we won't be competing with at least roughly 18-20 teams in this league. Which is fine, I don't expect us to be, and would cost us millions.
Our direct competitors salary wise will be the likes of Pompey, Oxford, who already have players on a lot more than ours.
Time will tell, but like I said, this league is being severely underestimated, talk of a mid-table finish etc would be a miracle.
This is a mammoth task ahead, 21st would be a remarkable achievement and be one of our best achievements if we pull it off for a very long time.1 -
No one can know how we fared on wages this season until the accounts come out, it's pure guesswork other than thatBraziliance said:
If we ranked 8th in League1 for wages, where there was more leniency and less restrictions, what makes you think in the league above we will compete with wages?Scoham said:
Where’s it been confirmed we can’t offer competitive wages?Braziliance said:
Last season we done really well. The reports look like we had the 8th highest budget (despite being told we were top4) and fair play to Jones, he got us promoted. Identified some real gems as well in Edwards, Ramsay etc.Scoham said:
Exactly, if we don’t compete on wages we’ll go straight back down.Braziliance said:
But that is the championship. Most decent players are on 5 figures a week.NabySarr said:
It’s a tough balancing act though, if we give Small 10k a week then every player will be knocking on Jones door asking for similarBraziliance said:https://x.com/PNEChatter/status/1928747865901330677?t=rc33tsmvwDPGSenKfFKJnA&s=19
https://x.com/RoversXtra/status/1928782502409196000?t=hBKmUJdoP8oH0xYII_-Ltw&s=19
Rumoured fee of 10k a week. Which is less than the going rate in this league.
Oxford United have multiple players on 5 digits a week and then the higher end of the thousands.
This is championship football, the wages are genuinely crazy.
I doubt we were limited to paying under £5k for everyone last season, it’s probably that not much of a stretch to start paying £10k a week.
The issue is now, we are without a doubt operating with the lowest wage structure. 8th to to the top 6 was just 1.4 million isn't too unrealistic to keep up with. Whole different structure now.
The owners are going to have to take the hit if we want survival, it's just how it goes nowadays, or risk being a club like Rotherham, Barnsley, Peterborough, Wigan etc.
Main thing is we have Jones, with him and his style we have a chance. Just disappointing that we can't offer competitive wages.
For a fact, we won't be competing with at roughly 18-20 teams in this league. Which is fine, I don't expect us to be.
Our direct competitors salary wise will be the likes of Pompey, Oxford, who already have players on a lot more than ours.
Time will tell, but like I said, this league is being severely underestimated, talk of a mid-table finish etc would be a miracle.
This is a mammoth task ahead, 21st would be a remarkable achievement and be one of our best achievements if we pull it off for a very long time.5 -
I can’t believe people believe the stuff spouted on these websites. I take it all with a pinch of salt. Just made up bollocks.Garrymanilow said:Christ, not even a day into June and we're already deciding that the club can't compete on wages. Maybe let's just wait to see what kind of transfer business we do before writing it all off eh?9 -
I’m not sure 8th highest will be accurate, what are they using as sources when the accounts for last season won’t be out for any clubs yet?Braziliance said:
If we ranked 8th in League1 for wages, where there was more leniency and less restrictions, what makes you think in the league above we will compete with wages?Scoham said:
Where’s it been confirmed we can’t offer competitive wages?Braziliance said:
Last season we done really well. The reports look like we had the 8th highest budget (despite being told we were top4) and fair play to Jones, he got us promoted. Identified some real gems as well in Edwards, Ramsay etc.Scoham said:
Exactly, if we don’t compete on wages we’ll go straight back down.Braziliance said:
But that is the championship. Most decent players are on 5 figures a week.NabySarr said:
It’s a tough balancing act though, if we give Small 10k a week then every player will be knocking on Jones door asking for similarBraziliance said:https://x.com/PNEChatter/status/1928747865901330677?t=rc33tsmvwDPGSenKfFKJnA&s=19
https://x.com/RoversXtra/status/1928782502409196000?t=hBKmUJdoP8oH0xYII_-Ltw&s=19
Rumoured fee of 10k a week. Which is less than the going rate in this league.
Oxford United have multiple players on 5 digits a week and then the higher end of the thousands.
This is championship football, the wages are genuinely crazy.
I doubt we were limited to paying under £5k for everyone last season, it’s probably that not much of a stretch to start paying £10k a week.
The issue is now, we are without a doubt operating with the lowest wage structure. 8th to to the top 6 was just 1.4 million isn't too unrealistic to keep up with. Whole different structure now.
The owners are going to have to take the hit if we want survival, it's just how it goes nowadays, or risk being a club like Rotherham, Barnsley, Peterborough, Wigan etc.
Main thing is we have Jones, with him and his style we have a chance. Just disappointing that we can't offer competitive wages.
For a fact, we won't be competing with at least roughly 18-20 teams in this league. Which is fine, I don't expect us to be, and would cost us millions.
Our direct competitors salary wise will be the likes of Pompey, Oxford, who already have players on a lot more than ours.
Time will tell, but like I said, this league is being severely underestimated, talk of a mid-table finish etc would be a miracle.
This is a mammoth task ahead, 21st would be a remarkable achievement and be one of our best achievements if we pull it off for a very long time.0
