28 Aug 2025 19:00:02
Tricky fixtures in champions league for us if especially in first 4.
28 Aug 2025 20:54:29
JBS, I agree but that’s what being back in the champions league should be all about. Love it.
28 Aug 2025 21:02:31
JBS, this is the Champions League not the Conference League, no trickier than for other teams. If we’re good enough we will get through the first phase. We have spent more money than any of the European teams.
28 Aug 2025 22:01:14
Jimbo
Our net spend is probably better than most.
28 Aug 2025 22:12:03
Yes new format means quite a few tricky fixtures for most in competitions. and exciting as a result.
28 Aug 2025 22:13:46
Jimbo, as Bill says, our net spend is one of the lowest in europe.
29 Aug 2025 08:48:50
Yes, net spend is important particularly for PSR and now balancing transfers. We have done well in selling players. However, if say we sell Jackson, Nkunku, Disasi, Sterling and Chilwell this summer: who are we going to sell this time next year? The point I was making was that we were able to refresh the squad. Barcelona’s spend so far is €26 million and Bayern Munich’s is €72. So no excuses about tricky fixtures.
29 Aug 2025 09:35:47
All teams will be looking to strengthen there squad. The Bayern and Barcelona games will be brilliant for us fans and the neutrals. We should welcome the challenge and the exposure.
If the PSR rules are not changed then my guess is most top clubs will have to sell some of there academy players to balance the books. The interesting challenge will be wage turnover against revenue. If I understand that mechanism correctly our PRP structure will help us comply, certainly in the short term.
Generally nothing in this window has changed my mind about us being a “trading” club. So lots of continuing transfer activity. If that makes sense.
29 Aug 2025 09:54:55
We don’t know how the new signings will turn out but hopefully next summer we will just sign a couple of top class players in the right positions. However, if the club persists in in the same manner, we may have to sell established players to balance the books. Trading players doesn’t imo provide for establishing a squad that can compete at the highest level.
29 Aug 2025 10:25:51
All players at most clubs can be bought for a certain amount of money. Supposedly PSG were interested in buying Palmer. I wonder, if that interest had been real, what our asking price would have been.
We hopefully will have a FOS sponsor in the coming weeks and also a reasonable amount from the CL. So, maybe next season the trading will be less hectic.