So what is everyone’s opinions on this statement from Eddie? I’ll be completely honest, when it comes to understanding PSR rules I’m quite a newbie to be honest. If anyone could explain it like I’m 8 years old I’d be grateful for that 😅
I was under the impression that money was there to be spent in January, I thought that’s what Ross Wilson said, but just that signings had to align with the clubs long term plans. If that’s the case, how come we’re struggling with PSR if money is there? I’m confused. I thought the sale of Isak would have helped. Sorry if I’m being stupid I just don’t get it.
I get why Eddie doesn’t want to panic buy, that’s totally makes sense. I do worry about injuries though. Hopefully things will be okay and we can reassess in summer maybe. I’ll be honest it is a kick in the teeth seeing teams sign players and improve around us but i trust Eddie so hopefully we’ll be okay 💪🏼
by Quirrell22
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We sold a player for a league record fee and still have PSR issues? Is this a joke? Someone needs to lose their job if a record sale can’t cover PSR 6 months later.
I’m past caring at this point. It’s killing my enjoyment of the game to constantly be thinking about the money side of it.
Every winter window is the same lol
Having bought depth mostly last summer, I think they want to keep their powder dry for the summer so if the opportunity to get a high level player comes along, we dont miss out because we cant afford him
I feel like ‘PSR is the problem’ is just our new buzz words when it comes to transfers. It’s the new ‘couldn’t get it over the line’ or ‘them coming back from injury is like a new signing’
I know we lost 2-0 in the first leg but we’re still in the League Cup at this point. Competing on four fronts by my count!
We aren’t limited by PSR it’s just an excuse for incompetence
I reckon they’re not going to panic
Elanga and Ramsey don’t help psr. But prem proven apparently
If it is true, then Eddie should have some of the power taken off him regarding transfers.
Honestly, I think I’d play my cards close to my chest too with the way that other clubs seem to try and poach our business. I still expect to see a transfer coming in before the window is over.
“The worst thing you can do in the transfer market is panic.”
*eyes drifting to the training ground, where Jacob Ramsey is passing to an advertising hoarding and Antony Elanga is tripping over the touchline*
There needs to be a universally accepted PSR swear jar, wherever it’s mentioned you donate a fiver to charity, because I’m sick of hearing it.
If you can’t; buy nobody for 2 years, sell a player for a British transfer fee, qualify for the champions league twice, win a domestic trophy, sign a record deal with adidas, have a Saudi sponsor AND still have PSR constraints after a net spend of 97 million then we may as well sack the scouting team and stick with the current crop for ten years.
My best decision was to not check the transfer rumors after the last window
Think the concept of summer window being better value than the january window is changing.
In summer, player valuations and sales completely unrelated to your purchase seem to have a huge effect on what you have to pay, purely from comparison. At least in jan it feels more likely that you can negotiate and buy on the actualities of the individual deal.
Has PSR been increased to match transfer fee inflation? If not, why not?
If we make it two more rounds into the champions league this year our summer spending could jump because of the psr headroom that we would have.
If we can’t bring anyone in, we should at least recall Matt Targett for a bit of defensive cover.
Generally clubs don’t want to sell in January, so players cost more.
We all want a left back – but buy a ‘cheap’ one and they won’t improve the squad, and will be stuck here on whatever wages for years (think Targett, Hendrick, Hayden).
Buy a quality option, and – hypothetically – it costs £60m now or £40m in the summer. That gives us £20m less in the summer to sign the other players we want.
If PSR limits us to £80m, for example – that’s 2x quality players in the summer, or 1 now and missing out on our other target in the summer.
So I t’s not just the cost now – it’s the opportunity cost of NOT being able to spend as much in the future
Eddie Howe in an interview not revealing any information.
I believe he once said our options were limited a day before we made a new signing. And that nothing was happening when a player was literally in our ground doing his medical at the time.
It means nothing
Its not so much PSR I imagine its more we are still looking at the top grade players who cost far too much when we need to start shopping In the 10 to 25 million market for some players with potential
Theres no way there isnt a quality left back or centre half from Italy, Belgium, France or Spain available for around about that price as apart from the big teams every other team is skint and will sell if the price is right
Plus Eddie takes ages to play players so it would make sense to at least snag one player in this window so they are ready or we will end up with far too much business to do in the summer and with a world cup on the prices will be insane so there is zero chance of a cheaper deal
I think PSR restrictions must be bollocks.
The UEFA squad cost rule on the other hand…
Someone is lying. Either the journos, (as if), the maths experts, or Eddie.
Also remember that we’re in UEFA competition and want to continue to be in UEFA competitions, so we need to be mindful of squad cost ratio there. According to Deloitte we were at 71% last season.
So the “PSR” thing might be referring to needing to keep the squad cost ratio in line not just this season but in the seasons to come. In other words, making the right moves. It’s possible the players available are not available at the costs we think are right. Which does make sense. If players in positions of need are not surplus at clubs, other clubs are going to demand fees much higher than the player’s market value.
Deloitte’s numbers also make me amused at the other rat, the one in charge of Man Utd. Always complaining about how their club is on the brink financially, yet their squad cost is 51% of their revenue. Surely that still leaves plenty enough to cover the debt the Glazers put them in. Granted, they will be losing a little more broadcast revenue again as they went from Champions League to Europa last season (cost them €52m in broadcast revenue) to no Europe and already out of both domestic cups this season.
There is going to be an element of posturing here. The entire world knows we have wealthy owners and there is plenty of info about being quoted obscene sums for players. If the manager comes out and says we’ve got money to spend – you’ve just added £10mill+ minimum on to the price you’re getting quoted.
Meanwhile say you’re strapped then teams may think you can’t be scalped.
Makes sense for Howe to play it down and plead poverty. I’m sure some money could be found for the right deal.
The Isak deal will see us ok for a few years in terms of PSR. Those funds count immediately, but the outgoings for Wissa, Woltemade etc will be spread over 5 years.
How are we PSR limited when we just got £130m for Isak?
I know we bought in summer heavily but the transfer fees are spread over the length of the contract aren’t they?