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I dont follow. Ive taken the figures from the player trading section of our publically available accounts. Just google Arsenal accounts and youll get them.No evidence made up in your mind or?
The only significant jump is 2014 which indicates a one off fee for Özil. The rest correlates roughly with the rest of our expenditure.
I use a phone so dont have the time or facility to calculate exactly as if i had a PC. But if we spend roughly 100m over 5 years thats 20m per year. We go from 25.6m to 54m. Then 77m and then 91m. In that time players like Özil are paid off. Assuming 30m upfront and then 3m over 4 seasons. Alexis is paid off 8.75m reduction in in 2018. We then see a 14m increase going into 2018 when we signed Auba, Lacazette and Miki. Take off the 10m we've just saved from Özil and Alexis payments ending then at least on paper it seems to tally up.
45m seems to be the amount extra we can amortisatise, which equates to 225m. Taking everyones rumoured fees 80m, 25m and 30m we are at 135m. Although that 45m may include wages.
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