Fuck them! That was last seasons value which they apparently were happy to turn down.
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Diamanti is too commonly referred to as a striker. He is an attacking midfielder with an eye for goal. More Pepe like than a support striker. Works hard, decent skills and can be decisive. But by no means a world class player. Not a bad player to have but I really do not want to see us pay anything more than EU6m for him given his age etc.
On Agnelli saying we have a "significant" budget. That could mean anything to be honest but it one should be able to safely assume that bringing a "top player" worth EU25m is possible. Many in the press are speculating that we could go for 2 big signings such as Higuain and Jovetic - I am not entirely sure about that though.
Given that we have already signed Llorente, I would have thought the bigger priority would be a support striker because Higuain and Llorente are similar styles of players - I doubt that a Higuain-Llorente partnership is the most ideal compared to a Jovetic-Llorente for instance.
A Diamanti signing I would guess may mean that Conte would consider using him as either the right wide man in a 433 or the attacking midfielder behind Llorente in a 3511.
On Agnelli saying we have a "significant" budget. That could mean anything to be honest but it one should be able to safely assume that bringing a "top player" worth EU25m is possible. Many in the press are speculating that we could go for 2 big signings such as Higuain and Jovetic - I am not entirely sure about that though.
Given that we have already signed Llorente, I would have thought the bigger priority would be a support striker because Higuain and Llorente are similar styles of players - I doubt that a Higuain-Llorente partnership is the most ideal compared to a Jovetic-Llorente for instance.
A Diamanti signing I would guess may mean that Conte would consider using him as either the right wide man in a 433 or the attacking midfielder behind Llorente in a 3511.
Now I've heard it all.
Jovetic has proved himself in Serie A through the years. We know what we can expect from him.
Frankly I doubt Higuain could score as many goals here as he does in La Liga. There is no guarantees how certain player would adapt to completely different environment. Jovetic makes the team better while Higuain is as good as a team around him.
But everyone have their preferences. We'll see how it works in the end.
Jovetic has proved himself in Serie A through the years. We know what we can expect from him.
Frankly I doubt Higuain could score as many goals here as he does in La Liga. There is no guarantees how certain player would adapt to completely different environment. Jovetic makes the team better while Higuain is as good as a team around him.
But everyone have their preferences. We'll see how it works in the end.
In order to figure out what Agnelli means by a "significant budget" we would need to look at the accounts and the revenue projections. A lot of that comes down to TV & Media Rights which make up close to 60% of Revenue. Only 14% comes from ticket sales and 17% comes from sponsorship and advertising.
In the FY12 (June year end) financial year, Juve posted EU184m in Revenue but made an operating loss before tax of EU41m as operating expenses were EU255m (EU150m of which was salaries for wages and technical staff).
It is expected that for FY13, Revenue will be EU269m (a 46% increase) but despite making a profit for the 1st 3 quarters, the Juve board were forecasting a small operating loss - perhaps there are player bonuses to be paid in Q4. When I first read that I thought it was conservative.
So it really depends on what revenues do. TV rights income is subject to Serie A rights. The demise of the league may put big revenue increases at risk but the fact that Juve have won the league for 2 consecutive seasons and performed well in Europe may mean that going forward Juve may be able to negotiate a higher slice of that TV rights pie.
Bear in mind as well, that if player wage cost is say EU130m - that is GROSS. So when you hear that Higuain will get paid EU4.5m a year, that is commonly referred in Italy to his NET wages. That means that within Juve's expense line, its a EU9m additional cost.
Putting transfer fees aside here, Llorente will cost Juve EU8-9m in wages as well. If you thought we also go for Jovetic and pay him EU3m a season NET. The wage bill for those 3 players would represent a cost of ~EU23m. Of course, there is no more Iaquinta and perhaps one of our other forwards will be let go so my guess is that our total wage bill should be EU15-20m more.
So, Juve would to think they can generate another EU20-30m in revenue to justify the higher salaries.
But its not just that. If Juve paid EU50m for both Jovetic AND Higuain, that would be amortized over say a 5 year contract. So thats another EU10m a year.
Bottom line, it can be done as long as Agnelli foresees a EU20-30m lift in Revenue and that will mostly have to come from TV rights and Advertising because it is unlikely that the stadiums will be any more fuller next season and also unlikely they can raise ticket prices much given the economy.
In the FY12 (June year end) financial year, Juve posted EU184m in Revenue but made an operating loss before tax of EU41m as operating expenses were EU255m (EU150m of which was salaries for wages and technical staff).
It is expected that for FY13, Revenue will be EU269m (a 46% increase) but despite making a profit for the 1st 3 quarters, the Juve board were forecasting a small operating loss - perhaps there are player bonuses to be paid in Q4. When I first read that I thought it was conservative.
So it really depends on what revenues do. TV rights income is subject to Serie A rights. The demise of the league may put big revenue increases at risk but the fact that Juve have won the league for 2 consecutive seasons and performed well in Europe may mean that going forward Juve may be able to negotiate a higher slice of that TV rights pie.
Bear in mind as well, that if player wage cost is say EU130m - that is GROSS. So when you hear that Higuain will get paid EU4.5m a year, that is commonly referred in Italy to his NET wages. That means that within Juve's expense line, its a EU9m additional cost.
Putting transfer fees aside here, Llorente will cost Juve EU8-9m in wages as well. If you thought we also go for Jovetic and pay him EU3m a season NET. The wage bill for those 3 players would represent a cost of ~EU23m. Of course, there is no more Iaquinta and perhaps one of our other forwards will be let go so my guess is that our total wage bill should be EU15-20m more.
So, Juve would to think they can generate another EU20-30m in revenue to justify the higher salaries.
But its not just that. If Juve paid EU50m for both Jovetic AND Higuain, that would be amortized over say a 5 year contract. So thats another EU10m a year.
Bottom line, it can be done as long as Agnelli foresees a EU20-30m lift in Revenue and that will mostly have to come from TV rights and Advertising because it is unlikely that the stadiums will be any more fuller next season and also unlikely they can raise ticket prices much given the economy.
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