I’m sure we’re insured.

However, Edwards cancelled the contract our end, before he could be registered as passed, to ensure his family kept the wage from his remaining contract.

They’re two seperate issues.

comment by No Løve - When Klopp leaves... (U1282)
posted 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
Anyone know what happens with Jota in respect to FFP? What does this mean for the books?

What a tragedy. RIP Jota lad.
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In big handfuls we bought him for £45m in summer 2020, probably on a 5 year contract - hard to tell as we don't publish details of contracts but that's a fair assumption to make. That would mean £9m of transfer fee amortisation each year, plus wages.

He then signed an extension in summer 2022 which resets the amortisation timeline for the remaining transfer fee balance of £27m. Again the contract length isn't public but assuming it was five years that would mean £5.4m of transfer fee amortisation each year until summer 2027.

So there would be £10.8m of unamortized transfer fee that the club has to write off as a result of his death. Not sure if PSR makes allowances for exceptional circumstances such as a player's death though. Also, any insurance payout would be treated as offsetting income against the transfer fee write off, but we'll never know the details there.

I don’t think we were selling Jota anyway with Nunez clearly out the door so it just makes it a little trickier to sign a Nunez replacement.

So we keep Nunez ?

Newcastle have just signed Elanga, does that open the door for a cheeky bid for one of their players ? Isak or Gordon ?

I know the PFA has a pension scheme for all footballers. I don't know what insurance (risk) products are linked to that scheme, if any.

The club itself can't take out any insurance on a player to safeguard the club.

If the club does have insurance benefits, it's still taken out for the player so that the player can safeguard their legal dependants in the unfortunate event something happens

stf u about gordon

comment by LordDowlias (U3236)

Newcastle are signing Elanga, does that mean Gordon could be leaving ?
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This is what I would have guessed but that was way before we signed Wirtz which btw, still doesn't feel real

Now I just have no idea what we're doing haha

comment by Taki Minamino (U20650)
posted 15 minutes ago
stf u about gordon
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100% this

Newcastle are just beefing up their squad imo

They have genuine aspirations...they just can't do it the way Chelsea and City did it.

So they taking the longer route

they should sell isak to someone for a reasonable fee of 100m, that would help them massively

comment by Taki Minamino (U20650)
posted 11 minutes ago
they should sell isak to someone for a reasonable fee of 100m, that would help them massively
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How would losing one of the best strikers in the league help them?

comment by Alisson Wonderland (Formerly LGT) (U13718)
posted 1 hour, 51 minutes ago
comment by No Løve - When Klopp leaves... (U1282)
posted 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
Anyone know what happens with Jota in respect to FFP? What does this mean for the books?

What a tragedy. RIP Jota lad.
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In big handfuls we bought him for £45m in summer 2020, probably on a 5 year contract - hard to tell as we don't publish details of contracts but that's a fair assumption to make. That would mean £9m of transfer fee amortisation each year, plus wages.

He then signed an extension in summer 2022 which resets the amortisation timeline for the remaining transfer fee balance of £27m. Again the contract length isn't public but assuming it was five years that would mean £5.4m of transfer fee amortisation each year until summer 2027.

So there would be £10.8m of unamortized transfer fee that the club has to write off as a result of his death. Not sure if PSR makes allowances for exceptional circumstances such as a player's death though. Also, any insurance payout would be treated as offsetting income against the transfer fee write off, but we'll never know the details there.
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comment by フレッド - #TWENTYTIMES (U3979)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Taki Minamino (U20650)
posted 11 minutes ago
they should sell isak to someone for a reasonable fee of 100m, that would help them massively
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How would losing one of the best strikers in the league help them?
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Never change Fred

comment by The Duality of Van (Dijk) (U21747)
posted 39 minutes ago
comment by LordDowlias (U3236)

Newcastle are signing Elanga, does that mean Gordon could be leaving ?
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This is what I would have guessed but that was way before we signed Wirtz which btw, still doesn't feel real

Now I just have no idea what we're doing haha
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They're buying Elanga for 55m.

That means what? 90m+ for Gordon? We have Gakpo and Diaz and keeping those is way way better than signing Gordon.

comment by Michael Edwards FC 2.0 loading…I am your Premier League Champion (U2720)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by フレッド - #TWENTYTIMES (U3979)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Taki Minamino (U20650)
posted 11 minutes ago
they should sell isak to someone for a reasonable fee of 100m, that would help them massively
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How would losing one of the best strikers in the league help them?
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Never change Fred
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comment by No Løve - When Klopp leaves... (U1282)
posted about a minute ago
comment by The Duality of Van (Dijk) (U21747)
posted 39 minutes ago
comment by LordDowlias (U3236)

Newcastle are signing Elanga, does that mean Gordon could be leaving ?
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This is what I would have guessed but that was way before we signed Wirtz which btw, still doesn't feel real

Now I just have no idea what we're doing haha
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They're buying Elanga for 55m.

That means what? 90m+ for Gordon? We have Gakpo and Diaz and keeping those is way way better than signing Gordon.
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Even if we sold Diaz, we don't need to sign another LW, we have Gakpo and Wirtz who can both play there.

We need a striker, if we sold Diaz and replaced him with Gordon I'd be frustrated with that.

Wirtz is not a LWF

It's going to be interesting with what we do when we decide it is appropriate to look at forwards. I always had the feeling that if we did not buy Isak that we would park it for a year and allow Jota and Diaz to play 9 but now sadly Nunez has to be replaced by a 9 and very unlikely that it will be Isak.

Options at moment:

Certain:

Salah
Gakpo

Exit rumours:
Diaz
Chiesa

Must go:
Nunez

comment by Robbing Hoody (U6374)
posted 4 minutes ago
Wirtz is not a LWF
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He's played numerous times as a left sided attacker for Leverkusen. You're just splitting hairs.

He play on the left and come central, or szob gets dropped and wirtz has to do his dog work.. or we change formation

comment by フレッド - #TWENTYTIMES (U3979)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody (U6374)
posted 4 minutes ago
Wirtz is not a LWF
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He's played numerous times as a left sided attacker for Leverkusen. You're just splitting hairs.
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Numerous is pushing (google has it at 5 times) it but Szob has played there too, so did Firmino, It’s still not his position and I’d be amazed if that position even entered the conversation.

Not having a pop, but have you actually watched him throughout his career?

comment by Robbing Hoody (U6374)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by フレッド - #TWENTYTIMES (U3979)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody (U6374)
posted 4 minutes ago
Wirtz is not a LWF
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He's played numerous times as a left sided attacker for Leverkusen. You're just splitting hairs.
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Numerous is pushing (google has it at 5 times) it but Szob has played there too, so did Firmino, It’s still not his position and I’d be amazed if that position even entered the conversation.

Not having a pop, but have you actually watched him throughout his career?
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So Szoboszlai is now being dropped then?

I think you'll find we'll likely tweak the way we play having just spent a nine figure sum on a player that plays in the position of one of our most important players.

He's played as many times as a left winger as a centre forward, and many of you were advocating that he come in as a centre forward...

comment by フレッド - #TWENTYTIMES (U3979)
posted 24 seconds ago
He's played as many times as a left winger as a centre forward, and many of you were advocating that he come in as a centre forward...
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I’m guessing they didn’t watch him either, but tbf, he’s been playing up front for Germany lately, and they’ll have been looking at that.