Summer Transfer Window 2026

[AjaxAndy]

Never in my life have I heard or seen anyone reporting a transfer spend in terms of amortisation.

They do say £50m net spend so £50m on top of whatever we bring in, but £50m in amortising fees counting this financial period only, I really do not think so.

We wouldn't be able to strengthen if we only had £50m, that would barely stretch to an RB and a winger.

Who knows eh? I guess we'll find out eventually one way or the other.

[Bluedylan1]

It is just some football business fella guessing in the article btw. Not worth getting stressed about.

[Kerryblueboy]

The money side is a complete non runner now the longer they leave city unpunished

[superpull]

Never in my life have I heard or seen anyone reporting a transfer spend in terms of amortisation.

They do say £50m net spend so £50m on top of whatever we bring in, but £50m in amortising fees counting this financial period only, I really do not think so.

You may not have heard about it, but it's specifically how the rules work.

Since around the late 90s, any reporter that said "they have a warchest of £x million" was (at best) talking about how much the players being brought in would cost over the length of their contracts (or at worst talking bollocks).

The 85% SCR rule is very much that squad costs cannot be above 85% of revenue. The squad cost is the transfer "value" divided by the years on a contract (they have introduced a maximum of 5 years to close a loophole that Chelsea were exploiting)

[Goaljira]

You may not have heard about it, but it's specifically how the rules work.

Since around the late 90s, any reporter that said "they have a warchest of £x million" was (at best) talking about how much the players being brought in would cost over the length of their contracts (or at worst talking bollocks).

The 85% SCR rule is very much that squad costs cannot be above 85% of revenue. The squad cost is the transfer "value" divided by the years on a contract (they have introduced a maximum of 5 years to close a loophole that Chelsea were exploiting)

That's the point hes making though. Ajaxandy is saying the £50m is actually what we'll spend this year, so we'll actually buy £250m worth of players, which is absolute bollocks.

[Paddockoldie]

Maybe I'm just pissed and feeling negative we aren't getting on with business that we, as supporters can see happening. The shite have been direct in getting their new guy in and I fear he'll be another Klopp, whilst we're linked to Jesus, Stones, Soucek and other players who won't last long before needing replacement. I know it's more complicated that what I think, but I've been around this club a long time and whilst I've changed a lot, it doesn't feel they have

[Lazarou II]

The Paupers of Regent Road.

[Audrey Horne]

Yeah I've completely given up with them for now.

Utterly miserable being an Everton fan.

I can't get excited about incoming players. Just feels really rubbish.

I'm sure I'll be back on the wagon after the WC and new season starts.

[brap2]

Listen I’m as miserable an Everton fan as you’ll ever meet, but does us no good this approach.

Wait and see, release the frustration when it inevitably comes by being incredibly snappy and unreasonable on an online forum of your choice, go again.

[TheRam]

Ignore 95% of what gets reported.

The fanbase seems to have convinced themselves that we’ll be spending £100m on a load of old, finished players even though nowhere reliable has us linked to any of those players.

[brap2]

Ignore 95% of what gets reported.

The fanbase seems to have convinced themselves that we’ll be spending £100m on a load of old, finished players even though nowhere reliable has us linked to any of those players.

Just to be clear sorry is that £100m in this fiscal period contributing to a total outlay of more than £500m amortised across 5 contracted years as per our learned friend Andy, or would that be £100m of squad value as per every other human on the planet who’s ever talked football for two minutes?

[Bumble]

Just get some pace in, whatever we do.

Don’t care if that is up top, on the wings or at full back. Just something to get you on your feet again as we move up the pitch quickly, seems like it’s been years.

[superpull]

That's the point hes making though. Ajaxandy is saying the £50m is actually what we'll spend this year, so we'll actually buy £250m worth of players, which is absolute bollocks.

Oh, yeah, that is bollocks.

We do seem to have between £40-50m headroom looking in from the outside.
But we're not going to max that out as next season it will remain maxed out.

We'll buy whatever players we can that are available and want to come. Unfortunately we're almost certainly not tactical, Machiavellian masterminds that are wheeling and dealing.

I'm 100% convinced we'll say to at least one agent "who is available" and then make some plans on the hoof when they answer

[TheRam]

Just to be clear sorry is that £100m in this fiscal period contributing to a total outlay of more than £500m amortised across 5 contracted years as per our learned friend Andy, or would that be £100m of squad value as per every other human on the planet who’s ever talked football for two minutes?

Maybe you and Andy could flesh out this discussion further?

Something I think all the lads would enjoy reading.

[superpull]

Maybe you and Andy could flesh out this discussion further?

Something I think all the lads would enjoy reading.

Seeing as you're in agreement that we all love a good fiscal discussion:

You seen the new rules mean you can't "carry forward" player sales?
Old FFP was an average of the last 3 years. SCR says 85% of that year's revenue.
So sell a player for £100m and you don't get to balance the books for 3 years, you can only spend it that same year (but in a way that won't effect next year's books!)

Enforces non-CL clubs to sell somebody annually and further creates a two-tier system where clubs that have the revenue to maintain a large squad can continue to build whilst everybody else are forced to sell