>>Again we'll disagree on 2 crucial points here... No one at Leeds last year
was on outrageous or Premier level wages so his wages, to a Prem club were
never going to be a problem..<<
How do you know? I'd guess that Healey WAS on reasonable money - probably
between £5k and £10k per week - and as a 'hot' international striker he was
probably asking for prem money from Fulham. Say £15-20k per week. £15k/wk =
£780k per year.
>> He had a full year left on his contract so no real need to sell in a
hurry on that front.<<
You really don't get it, do you. He ONLY had a year left. So the
compensation to us for buying out the contract was relatively low - £500k
tops. When it
gets to 6 months, he's entitled to a Bosman. So we'd have got nowt in
January.
Fulham have given Healey a 4-year contract - 4x£780 = £3.12 million.
So their total "budget" for Healey = £3.12m + £1.5m = £4.62m. Add in a few
bonuses and it's probably £5m over 5 years.
The only way that would have risen would have been if another club was in
for him. Sunderland were rumoured, but clearly Healy himself wanted to go with
Sanchez. I don't really blame him - Sanchez seems to be the only manager who
can get the best out of him. But Healy himself may have ensured there was no
competition for his services. My guess is this deal was sorted out last
season - even if we'd survived in the C'ship and not gone into receivership,
the
time was right for Healy to take his last real chance of a prem career.
His departure was in some ways like the way Kewell would only go with
Liverpool, where the same sort of situation applied, only with bigger scale -
Kewell was on £40k/wk - ie £2m/yr. A four-year contract at £8m didn't leave
much
for the club, and the prof made sure most of the remainder went to Kewell's
slimeball agent.
>>Looking around at the going rates, then he is well under valued. Leave the
silly money for Bent out of the equation (what were the usually tight arsed
Spurs thinking there?) but compare instead with Nugent (proven prem or
international striker?..NO) and Camara (same question and answer.) say
what you like neither are not worth 5 to 6 times the value.<<
But they were probably all on lower money. Nugent & Bent may have been on
long contracts - so more compensation to the club as part of the deal. Being
on
less money means the value of their new contracts would be lower than
Healey's - so again less of 'Arry Redknapp's Nugent budget gets spent on
Nugent's
wages, and more goes to PNE.
Nugent & Bent are also younger - so you'd be able to budget for a return in
three years' time if you sell them on to, say, ManU or Chelsea. They'd only
be 25-26. Healey will be in his 30s in 3 years' time - so less likley to
attract a big club. So the club that buys them can factor in a higher asset
value
for the player in 3 years' time.
As an aside, this is another reason Ridsdale f*cked up so badly - he
overstated the future market values of the players because he'd overpaid for
them in
the first place. And when the market collapsed, he was stranded.
>>2 factors at work, not in our favour...Bates comments, outing only Healey
as
one of the four players not taking the wage deferrals and claiming to all
that "he'd never play for leeds again.<<
Complete b*llocks. Had absolutely no effect on the deal. It's Business.
How do you know it wasn't a ruse by Bates to get out of paying any "loyalty
bonus" to Healey - so maximising the revenue in to the club?
BTW, when a player trots out some doublespeak crap like "I'm determined to
see out my contract" or "I'm determined to fight for my place" what they mean
is "I'm prepared to rot in the stiffs unless I get my loyalty bonus if you
sell me. Or else I'll wait for a Bosman, while you buy me a Ferrari every
week". Also that's why I have so much respect for Alan Smith. By demanding a
transfer (and to the club offering the best terms) he waived any "loyalty"
bonus
and maximised the return for Leeds. Especially knowing he'd get stick from all
the numpties for going to ManU.
>> Bates lying about the ability to trade and leaving any transfer till
after many potential bidders had filled their striking needs.<<
Think about it. If he'd been sold when we were in administration the money
would have gone to the adminsitrators, and put into the pot for paying the
creditors, keeping the club afloat etc. Post-admin Bates gets the money. It's
not rocket science.
You might not like Ken Bates but face it, he's no fool when it comes to
dealing in the transfer market.
Mark
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