by YorkshireRoyal99 »
08 Feb 2022 16:38
Snowflake Royal YorkshireRoyal99 Snowflake Royal Exactly. These players aren't overpaid or failures or old. They're talented, appropriately paid and in their prime.
It's win win. We sell them and we get cash and free up wages for twice the L1 players, we keep them we have players who will dominate L1 and it's just 3 on high wages and very few left over on even lower Championship wages.
There would of course be interest, but it's who would be interested which is the issue. The issue we would have is that, if we were to go down, they would improve a lot of sides' first XI from outside the play off positions this season, but who would be able to afford their wages? Sheff United, Middlesbrough, Stoke etc might be able to do but Blackpool, Luton, Millwall, Preston etc won't and won't pay their wages. The clubs that you'd imagine can definitely afford their wages and fee will probably end up looking at other players as well.
So yes, selling them would be a win-win situation, but it's who would take them. There probably is someone out there willing to match their fee and wages in the Championship that would improve their team, but it's not like we would have half a dozen realistic clubs that each could go for. It obviously depends who comes down as well e.g. Meite might be a decent option for someone like Watford.
They're on about 20, not 30+ almost any champ club could afford one.
https://capology.com/club/reading/salaries/I have just used this as a reference. Assuming the 3 aforementioned players earn £20k per week (for arguments sake), they would become the highest earning players at 12 clubs in the Championship (joint highest at Preston and Swansea).
So the other 12 clubs have players that earn more than £20k a week as their highest earner. Baring in mind 3 of those clubs, at minimum (Bristol City, Stoke and Middlesbrough), could come under FFP regulations as of next season as well as Fulham, West Brom and Bournemouth all receiving parachute payments, you're probably only realistically looking at 6 clubs in this division where they would be average to above average/lucrative earners at those clubs as well as being seen as good enough for their squad, just as a basis. Jucas Joao probably is good enough for the squads of all Fulham, Bournemouth and West Brom, but maybe not whilst earning £20-25k (likely wage demands), whilst on the other side of things, Yakou Meite probably does improve Bristol City, Stoke and Middlesbrough, but if Profit & Sustainability Regulations begin to be a stumbling block as of this summer, they won't be wanting another high earner joining their club unless they can move on a couple before hand.
My point being is that, although these 3 players would be good players for many Championship sides:
a) Would they be good enough to be some clubs' top earner?
b) Would some clubs be willing to pay significantly more than what their current top earner is for any of the 3 players mentioned?
The answer is I don't know. Maybe in the case of Blackburn and Nottingham Forest on the list for example, quite possibly yes. But the likes of Luton Town and Blackpool, probably not.
So by saying almost "any" Championship club could afford them probably isn't wrong judging by all their wage bills, but there would also be many that are less likely to match their wage demands given what their wage bills and top earners are currently. Obviously it's a tough one to judge.
