Thomas Partey (Out)

[Sanchez11]

With 1 year left and hugs salary this is best we will get. Still better than losing him for free

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[Dennis_Bergkamp_10]

With 1 year left and hugs salary this is best we will get. Still better than losing him for free

I'd rather keep for a year as a quality rotational player than cash in. We don't need the money.

 

[CannonBals]

I'd rather keep for a year as a quality rotational player than cash in. We don't need the money.

Not for 10m surely. Anything above 20m and it can be considered.

 

[El Duderino]

They offer 5m and I'd take it.

 

[db10_therza]

They offer 5m and I'd take it.

I’d pay them

 

[Red London]

How is it written off if we let’s say sell him for £5m considering we bought him for £45-50m?

I’m wondering if it’s sometimes worse to sell them so cheap from an accounting perspective, maybe that’s why we don’t see it happening?

 

[Dennis_Bergkamp_10]

How is it written off if we let’s say sell him for £5m considering we bought him for £45-50m?

I’m wondering if it’s sometimes worse to sell them so cheap from an accounting perspective, maybe that’s why we don’t see it happening?

I thought if you buy him for 50m on a 5 year deal you write that off 10m a year. So he'd be 10m now worth on a 1 year deal remaining, reporting a 5m loss if we sell him for 5m.

 

[db10_therza]

How is it written off if we let’s say sell him for £5m considering we bought him for £45-50m?

I’m wondering if it’s sometimes worse to sell them so cheap from an accounting perspective, maybe that’s why we don’t see it happening?

His contract expires in 2025 right? That means there’s ~9-10m left on the books, anything above that is profit, below is a loss. But remember you also shift his wages which is over £10m a year I believe so moving him on for nothing is break even from an accounting pov I think.

This was a purely academic post. Please don’t give me another red card @Sebastes

 

[CannonBals]

His contract expires in 2025 right? That means there’s ~9-10m left on the books, anything above that is profit, below is a loss. But remember you also shift his wages which is over £10m a year I believe so moving him on for nothing is break even from an accounting pov I think.

This was a purely academic post. Please don’t give me another red card @Sebastes

Well loss is a loss. Wages saved doesn't offset that. Also he needs to be replaced aswell which would cost good money.

Instead of selling him so low better would be to get him to sign an extension at lower salary with appearance based bonus. He gets some security with longer contract. We save salary of he is injured and can now amortization his book value over longer period

 

[BBF]

Actual money plus a Brazilian international for a guy who’s constantly injured and a yellow box?

Ridiculously good deal.

 

[El Duderino]

Instead of selling him so low better would be to get him to sign an extension at lower salary with appearance based bonus.

A player of his profile is not going to do that.

 

[CannonBals]

A player of his profile is not going to do that.

Except Saudi, any option he has currently will not pay him as much as we do. So he is going to take a paycut anyway after next year. I can see him doing that here with a chance of still getting as much if he stays fit.

If he is motivated by money he can easily earn lot more in Saudi and we can also get a good fee but looks unlikely to me.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

With 1 year left and hugs salary this is best we will get. Still better than losing him for free

If we're paying him by hugs, I imagine we can keep him indefinitely.

Although I hope the contract stipulated said hugs are restricted to male staff only.

 

[UpTheGunnerz]

Flog him to the highest bidder in Saudi, Qatar or China

 

[Sapient Hawk]

Flog him to the highest bidder in Saudi, Qatar or China

Why not just flog him? We can then allow him to leave next summer.

 

[El Duderino]

Except Saudi, any option he has currently will not pay him as much as we do. So he is going to take a paycut anyway after next year. I can see him doing that here with a chance of still getting as much if he stays fit.

If he is motivated by money he can easily earn lot more in Saudi and we can also get a good fee but looks unlikely to me.

Or he stays for the remaining year and moves then, getting a nice singing on fee to boot with a high paying contract.

He's not going to take a pay cut, let alone a pay as you play one.

That's fantasy stuff.

 

[Sebastes]

Or he stays for the remaining year and moves then, getting a nice singing on fee to boot with a high paying contract.

He's not going to take a pay cut, let alone a pay as you play one.

That's fantasy stuff.

I think this is the best scenario for everyone tbh. He can still play an important part next season and we won’t get that kind of quality elsewhere.

 

[Sebastes]

Personally think FDJ and Bruno are a level above Luiz. If #5 goes, we will need similar quality coming in to replace him.

We need similar quality regardless given his injury record. I’d look to keep Partey for next season, extend Jorginho a couple of years in an Elneny role and sign one of the three you mention as the long term solution for midfield

 

[MikelHadADream]

We need similar quality regardless given his injury record. I’d look to keep Partey for next season, extend Jorginho a couple of years in an Elneny role and sign one of the three you mention as the long term solution for midfield

I agree. With Partey when you weigh up the pros and cons of him going (on a purely football level), it probably makes more sense to keep him around for another year. The time to sell him was last summer when we maybe could have got 30odd million for him.

Move Jorginho to the ElNeny role, factor in #5 only being available for 30% of the games and bring in a proper partner for Rice and the midfield would be in an unreal position.

This would definitely require a sale though, and ESR is the main candidate for me.

 

[El Duderino]

I think this is the best scenario for everyone tbh. He can still play an important part next season and we won’t get that kind of quality elsewhere.

Not if he is in the way of a new signing in his position.

You can't relly on him staying fit.