by YorkshireRoyal99 »
04 Feb 2022 12:31
Snowflake Royal YorkshireRoyal99 Snowflake Royal That seems spectacularly unlikely. And we could just continue to pay him as if he was still employed.
Well no it doesn't though does it. Sacking him tomorrow would be a February invoice, whereas the savings on Moore, Rafael and Puscas, no matter how big or small, might not cover what it would cost to sack him during this month.
Continuing to pay him isn't the problem, because his weekly wage compared to the weekly wage savings made on Moore's, Rafael's and Puscas' (depending on how much we have saved there) wages will likely to a net positive for us, whereas it might not be for the month as a whole.
Our owner is also filthy rich, so a cash injection now to fund a pay off that is immediately paid off over the remaining contract would also be a piece of piss.
There is nothing financial or regulatory preventing is sacking him.
It's excuse making.
I do not know the complex and structured EFL and Business Plan that we have agreed to and we are currently subject to. Given that one of the factors was our owner spending extravagant amounts of money that broke the rules in the first place, I can't imagine it will be just as simple as, let the owner put his money into the club to cover sacking someone.
I agree, in the grand scheme of things, it isn't going to be a big pay off for someone with less than 6 months to run on his contract and we will likely end up at a net positive given, for arguments sake, we were to sack him today and that cost us £350k but we actually save £500k on Moore's, Puscas' and Rafael's wages through to the summer.
One of the factors was "Sustainability". I would bet that a factor towards our Business Plan and embargo (to a lesser degree) will be centered around the club trying to be as sustainable as practically possible, by minimising owner input, which is fair game by the EFL's standards. If it was black and white, yes I could understand your point regarding that it might just be excuse making, but I do not think everything behind the scenes is that black and white unfortunately.
As has been rightly pointed out there as well, potentially the cut-backs on wages from departed players in January will influence our decision to offer players a contract they are more likely to agree to.