Not sure where you get any of these numbers from. Our total turnover last year was (per the accounts) £102m of which £78m came from TV deals (NB: we made an £8m loss on that last year).

TV money is up from £78m to £115m for 2016-2017 per the below link so that would put our total revenue (assuming no increase in ticket sales / sponsorship) to £139m. Last years wage bill alone was £80m (and one can only assume that with signings like Townsend, Benteke, PVA and Schlupp since then that has gone up a fair bit so conservatively I'd say our wage bill alone is probably around £90-95m. Add in other expenses and I'm not sure where your mountains of cash come from. Especially since we spunked close to £30m on two left backs in January already....

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Excellent post that reflects the reality.

Everyone hears how much money clubs are getting in the Premier, but cost of running the club goes up as well. The hidden cost is wages, everyone sees the transfer fee, but doesn't work out how much they really cost. If you sign a player on a 4 year deal on £50k a week, over 4 years he will cost £10.4m in wages.
Parish has said the directors had to personally write cheques to finance some of the January purchases, so don't expect many purchases in the Summer. All this talk of clearing out the squad players and replacing them is fantasy, it isn't going to happen, we cant afford it.

May be true but the reality is then we could well be in a lot of trouble this season. I always thought there was more to Sam leaving than simply retiring, it's as if we made his mind up for him.

We're the Arthur over ere!

there is but you need to be a subscriber to the service (sirius/xm is the name, if you happen to have a work around). i'm pretty sure you can't access it outside north american but could be wrong.

to clarify the sakho thing/how many guys in: it sounded more as if he would give the new manager flexibility on what he thought was important. also that he'll be entirely forthcoming about the budget. and maybe he feels good about wickham and soure coming back this year.

he stressed that he spent a good bit in january already. i didn't take it that he's white knuckling the purse strings but being realistic about what he can do. very similar to what he's said countless other times.

noting his strongest opinion overall was around the new manager. he really stressed the need for a fit around the right style of play and someone who can fit our personnel. ie - no pulis types will be considered.

Edited by nairb75 (31 May 2017 7.13pm)

Bournemouth's net spend on transfers was about £11m last year and ours was closer to £45m.

*I THINK*

FFP allows you to make a loss of a certain amount over a 36 month period. If you exceed that loss then you get a 5 point deduction in the league if you stay in it the following season.

Wages are calculated differently and if you exceed your wage limit, then you are fined a percentage of the amount over the allowed limit.

So if you can spend £70 mil a year on wages and you actually spend £80mil a year you would be fined a percentage of the £10mil overspend.

Don't ask how wage limits are set as I haven't got a clue.

BFS as I understood it told SP that he wanted to go and it was not because SP told him about what money was available he knows the realities of football more than most. BFS is just not a progressive manager and is a one trick pony.