I don't think the club selling Carroll for £35m shows that they lack ambition.
Failing to reinvest that money back into the squad will show a lack of ambition.
True, that is kind of what I'm trying to get at. I just don't think they will reinvest the a lot of the money, which is why I am bitter about the sale.
TBH selling a player for the all time british record signing of an english player doesn't demonstrate that we'd sell our best players due to a lack of ambition. It shows that if you want our best players, you better be willing to cough up the dough to pay for them
We'll see what happens with Enrique and Tiote in the summer ...
I agree tottally with the sentiment of distrust that you have, I have it too. But there a number of reasons I'm certain that they won't leave 1) Where are they going to go? All the top teams have it covered 2)Even if a top team do want them as benchwarmers, are these teams gonna pay over ten million minimum for a benchwarmer?
Mind you if we do go down they'll be gone as well as the fact that I don't hold high our chances of keeping them if we don't bring any players in.
Hypothetically speaking ...
Evra leaves Man Utd for a Barcelona/R. Madrid/Inter type club for £8 million. Guess who they come to first? Liverpool shed Konchesky ... they come for Enrique. Barcelona look for a long-term replacement for Abidal (plus he's Spanish).
Man Utd finally get rid of Hargreaves, Tiote could be the athletic DM they've needed for years. Abramovich continues to pump transfer funds into Chelsea, so they bid £15m. West Ham stay up, and Redknapp finally gives up on Parker, guess which DM they come for.
Call my viewpoint grim, but with these bastards as owners I've lost all optimism for this club. Just think we're going to become a conveyor belt for talent, Ashley's cash cow.
Do you know what a cash cow is?
Ashley will be lucky if he ever breaks even let alone makes a profit out of Newcastle United.
I have a business degree ... so yes.
You seriously think he can't turn this club into a "nice little earner" for himself? Decreasing wage bill, emphasis placed on "developing young players" to be harvested in the future - leading to increasing revenue from transfer sales.
He sold Carroll for £35 million, Tiote and Enrique could realistically go for a combined £22 million. This situation would put him £47 million in profit from 3 players. Let's say Ben Arfa has a good season next term, he could be worth £12-15 million by the end of 2011/12.
And he would still be considerably short of the £200M plus he has already invested into the club.
So no, I think it is a long way from becoming a cash cow or a 'nice little earner'.
Well he saved a good £55 million on wages last season alone. Even with the players we've signed since, our wage bill can only have gone up £15 million a year. I'd say compared to this time 20 months ago, our wage bill has decreased by at least £40 million a year. Neesy, I don't think Ashley is trying to get us relegated this season. 2008/09 however ...
£55M, hahahaha. Where you getting those figures from? NUST???
No chance that owen, martins, viduka, beye, duff, bassong, xisco were on £55M between them.
January 2009 - January 2010 (Being modest, I think)
Given - £60k
N'somnia - £30k
Owen - £105k a week
Bassong - £30k
Viduka - £65k
Martins - £75k
Cacapa - £30k
Beye - £30k
Duff - £70k
Gonzalez - £10k (being very modest)
Geremi - £40k
Comes to around £50 million a year.
Given - £3m
Insomia - £1.5m
Owen - £5m
Bassong - 500k (no chance bassong was on 30k)
Viduka - £3.5M
Martins - £3.5M
Cacapa - £1.5M
Beye - 1.75M
Duff - £3M
Gonzalez - 500k
Geremi - £2.5M
Grand Total Of:
Around £25M a year.
You need to back to school mate.
To get £50 million I added the player sales to the saving in wages. Go back to school ..? Jeeze.
