Summer mercato thread 2017-18 (105 Viewers)
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Guys its OKAY. Stop freaking out. So what we lose Alex Sandro. We're flipping him for tens of millions of euros more than we got him for. Sandro IS ONLY A WORLD CLASS DEFENDER BECAUSE HE WAS PLAYING FOR JUVENTUS. Next RB/LB we get will be praised too, then we will flip his ass too. Rinse and repeat. This is sports business. Just relax. Everyone points to Madrid, but did you know MADRID HAS 13M IN NET DEBT BASICALLY MEANS THEY ARE DEBT FUCKING FREE. Don't compare us to Madrid or Bayern WHO HAVE PAID OFF THEIR FUCKING STADIUM. We're Italian and broke as fuck, so we will look at whatever opportunities the market provides.
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Flat out, the only reason given our current financial situation to sell these two is if we want to spend obscene amounts to replace them.
We have about 100-150MM in transfer spend capacity. Add Sandro + Bonucci, you're looking at 230-280 million in NET transfer spend capacity. Assuming Lemina is sold, that puts you at 250-300MM to buy a new LB and new RB because we do have 5 other centre backs to use if we play a back four, including increasing Rugani's role and using Caldara. There is no way buying two replacements will cost more than 60-70MM. So then??? what are we going to do with 170-230MM in net transfer capacity?
I just plugged those two sales in my model - I'm getting figures of between 300MM if the company is looking to be aggressive. If the company just wants to be steady state, we're looking at ~210MM. Granted it will be a bit less than this depending on salaries given out and how that effects profitability. That being said, if Bonucci and Sandro are sold, I do not think it is unrealistic to see at least a 210 MM transfer budget for the team.
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