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alexccfc99

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #1
First transfer thread of the summer then

Whilst we aren’t name checked in the article there seems to be whispers we are in for him - Would break the mould of one of our normal signings

Alan Browne set for summer exit from Preston despite offer of lucrative new deal

Preston are prepared for a summer exit for Ireland midfielder Alan Browne even though they have offered him what the club say is the most lucrative contract in the club’s history.
www.independent.ie

IF** it is us and we have outbid the biggest contract Preston have ever offered a player in their history, are they just skint or are we throwing money at it
 
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Governmac

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #2
Off to Celtic.
 
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David O'Day

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #3
Governmac said:
Off to Celtic.
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They are waiting on possible outgoings, if none they aren't looking for a new midfielder
 

no_loyalty

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #4
Governmac said:
Off to Celtic.
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If Celtic are in for him, we don’t stand a chance of signing him.
 
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David O'Day

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #5
no_loyalty said:
If Celtic are in for him, we don’t stand a chance of signing him.
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see post above

If O'Riley or Hatate leave then maybe
 

Samo

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #6
He's 29, I can't see this being true.
 
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David O'Day

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #7
Samo said:
He's 29, I can't see this being true.
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Seems they have decided we lack experience
 
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StrettoBoy

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #8
alexccfc99 said:
IF** it is us and we have outbid the biggest contract Preston have ever offered a player in their history, are they just skint or are we throwing money at it
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Make of it what you will but their wage bill is more than double ours:

All 24 EFL Championship sides in order of their wage bill (Ranked)

We ranked the 24 Championship sides in order of their annual wage bill.
footballleagueworld.co.uk

It should be noted that ours is the smallest apart from Plymouth.
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #9
alexccfc99 said:
First transfer the summer then

Whilst we aren’t name checked in the article there seems to be whispers we are in for him - Would break the mould of one of our normal signings

Alan Browne set for summer exit from Preston despite offer of lucrative new deal

Preston are prepared for a summer exit for Ireland midfielder Alan Browne even though they have offered him what the club say is the most lucrative contract in the club’s history.
www.independent.ie

IF** it is us and we have outbid the biggest contract Preston have ever offered a player in their history, are they just skint or are we throwing money at it
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He’s fell out with Lowe by all accounts - might not be down to us outbidding them
 

SeaSeeEffCee

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #10
Can’t wait to be endlessly annoyed by people missing the E
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #11
StrettoBoy said:
Make of it what you will but their wage bill is more than double ours:

All 24 EFL Championship sides in order of their wage bill (Ranked)

We ranked the 24 Championship sides in order of their annual wage bill.
footballleagueworld.co.uk

It should be noted that ours is the smallest apart from Plymouth.
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Wasn’t our wage bill around 17m in the last accounts?
 

Winny the Bish

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #12
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
Wasn’t our wage bill around 17m in the last accounts?
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Yeah it was. These stories all pull their info from websites with crap info.
 

Grendel

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #13
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
Wasn’t our wage bill around 17m in the last accounts?
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How can anyone believe that shite - Ipswich was £19m in their promotion season
 
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StrettoBoy

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #14
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
Wasn’t our wage bill around 17m in the last accounts?
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The accounts to 31st May 2023 - the most recent available - give the wage bill as a bit over £16 million, although that is for all 196 employees not just the playing squad.

Doug King must pay his secretary well
 
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SBT

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #15
Grendel said:
How can anyone believe that shite - Ipswich was £19m in their promotion season
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So annoying when people just pull salary numbers out of thin air like this
 
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PVA

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #16
Would be happy with this, pretty well rounded midfielder and plenty of experience.
 

Evo1883

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #17
StrettoBoy said:
Make of it what you will but their wage bill is more than double ours:

All 24 EFL Championship sides in order of their wage bill (Ranked)

We ranked the 24 Championship sides in order of their annual wage bill.
footballleagueworld.co.uk

It should be noted that ours is the smallest apart from Plymouth.
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Our wage bill was 18.5 million alone last season , we've got a healthy wage budget now
 

Frostie

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #18
Evo1883 said:
Our wage bill was 18.5 million alone last season , we've got a healthy wage budget now
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That was still a bottom 4 wage bill last season.
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #19
Grendel said:
How can anyone believe that shite - Ipswich was £19m in their promotion season
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I’m not 100% sure but I’m not sure we had that low of a wage budget when we got promoted from League one
 

stupot07

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #20
I think all the whispers about him are from our fans on the other thread. Whilst he would undoubtedly give us some experience, he goes against our model over the last couple of years.
 
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SBAndy

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #21
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
I’m not 100% sure but I’m not sure we had that low of a wage budget when we got promoted from League one
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Was about £6.3m by comparison.
 

Balli001

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #22
stupot07 said:
I think all the whispers about him are from our fans on the other thread. Whilst he would undoubtedly give us some experience, he goes against our model over the last couple of years.
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Robins already hinted at changing the model slightly this year
 

TomS91

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #23
stupot07 said:
I think all the whispers about him are from our fans on the other thread. Whilst he would undoubtedly give us some experience, he goes against our model over the last couple of years.
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True. But over the last couple of years we've had McFadzean, Kelly and Godden with experience. We may not have any of those left so it wouldn't be totally surprising if we signed somebody with 400+ appearances at our level to add some experience.
 
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Briles

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #24
I think he is everything we need, experience and quality, and free. Im sure we can offer him a decent whack
 
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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #25
SeaSeeEffCee said:
Can’t wait to be endlessly annoyed by people missing the E
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Don't agre.
 
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Evo1883

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #26
Frostie said:
That was still a bottom 4 wage bill last season.
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Is it ?
 

MikeyMoo

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #27
Sky Blue Harry H said:
Don't agre.
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Once set an exam question on Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. Student wrote essay referring throughout to Hobbs, Lock and Roussau. My feedback read "You've been dropping to many E's"
 
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Frostie

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #28
Evo1883 said:
Is it ?
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Yeah, only Plymouth, Rotherham & Sheffield Wednesday had a lower wage bill in the official club accounts.

There's always flaws as obviously it's 12 months behind, some were PL clubs, some were L1 etc. & it doesn't just cover playing staff but it's the only accurate figures you will get.

Fwiw, I expect we'll have seen a reasonably substantial increase to ours this year.


1.Leicester City £205.8m

2.Leeds £145.9m

3.Southampton £121.1m

4.Norwich £56.4m

5.Watford £48.7m

6.WBA £45.9m

7.Middlesbrough £29.6m

8.Stoke City £28.2m

9.Birmingham City £27.6m

10.Swansea City £26.6m

11.Bristol City £26.3m

12.Blackburn £25.7m

13.Sunderland £25.6m

14.Hull City £23.6m

15.Millwall £22.5m

16.QPR £22.4m

17.Cardiff City £22.2m

18.Huddersfield £21.5m

19.Preston £20.9m

20.Ipswich £19.7m

21.Coventry City £18.4m

22.Sheffield Wed £15.7m

23. Rotherham £10.2m

24.Plymouth £9.1m
 
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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #29
MikeyMoo said:
Once set an exam question on Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. Student wrote essay referring throughout to Hobbs, Lock and Roussau. My feedback read "You've been dropping to many E's"
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I'm still scarred by a question in my History GCSE, which was 'Napoleon strutted around Europe, like a chicken on a dunghill. Discuss'. I loathe bad grammar; it immediately makes me (wrongly) judgmental of a person. Mispronunciation of words also messes with my head. Pacific for specific is a favourite!
 
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Broken Hearted Sky Blue

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #30
StrettoBoy said:
Make of it what you will but their wage bill is more than double ours:

All 24 EFL Championship sides in order of their wage bill (Ranked)

We ranked the 24 Championship sides in order of their annual wage bill.
footballleagueworld.co.uk

It should be noted that ours is the smallest apart from Plymouth.
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Evo1883

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #31
Frostie said:
Yeah, only Plymouth, Rotherham & Sheffield Wednesday had a lower wage bill in the official club accounts.

There's always flaws as obviously it's 12 months behind, some were PL clubs, some were L1 etc. & it doesn't just cover playing staff but it's the only accurate figures you will get.

Fwiw, I expect we'll have seen a reasonably substantial increase to ours this year.


1.Leicester City £205.8m

2.Leeds £145.9m

3.Southampton £121.1m

4.Norwich £56.4m

5.Watford £48.7m

6.WBA £45.9m

7.Middlesbrough £29.6m

8.Stoke City £28.2m

9.Birmingham City £27.6m

10.Swansea City £26.6m

11.Bristol City £26.3m

12.Blackburn £25.7m

13.Sunderland £25.6m

14.Hull City £23.6m

15.Millwall £22.5m

16.QPR £22.4m

17.Cardiff City £22.2m

18.Huddersfield £21.5m

19.Preston £20.9m

20.Ipswich £19.7m

21.Coventry City £18.4m

22.Sheffield Wed £15.7m

23. Rotherham £10.2m

24.Plymouth £9.1m
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Wow , fair play Ipswich, shocked Leicester have gone up
 

TomRad85

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #32
Frostie said:
Yeah, only Plymouth, Rotherham & Sheffield Wednesday had a lower wage bill in the official club accounts.

There's always flaws as obviously it's 12 months behind, some were PL clubs, some were L1 etc. & it doesn't just cover playing staff but it's the only accurate figures you will get.

Fwiw, I expect we'll have seen a reasonably substantial increase to ours this year.


1.Leicester City £205.8m

2.Leeds £145.9m

3.Southampton £121.1m

4.Norwich £56.4m

5.Watford £48.7m

6.WBA £45.9m

7.Middlesbrough £29.6m

8.Stoke City £28.2m

9.Birmingham City £27.6m

10.Swansea City £26.6m

11.Bristol City £26.3m

12.Blackburn £25.7m

13.Sunderland £25.6m

14.Hull City £23.6m

15.Millwall £22.5m

16.QPR £22.4m

17.Cardiff City £22.2m

18.Huddersfield £21.5m

19.Preston £20.9m

20.Ipswich £19.7m

21.Coventry City £18.4m

22.Sheffield Wed £15.7m

23. Rotherham £10.2m

24.Plymouth £9.1m
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We certainly use our wages well if true.

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Hincha

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #33
Frostie said:
Yeah, only Plymouth, Rotherham & Sheffield Wednesday had a lower wage bill in the official club accounts.

There's always flaws as obviously it's 12 months behind, some were PL clubs, some were L1 etc. & it doesn't just cover playing staff but it's the only accurate figures you will get.

Fwiw, I expect we'll have seen a reasonably substantial increase to ours this year.


1.Leicester City £205.8m

2.Leeds £145.9m

3.Southampton £121.1m

4.Norwich £56.4m

5.Watford £48.7m

6.WBA £45.9m

7.Middlesbrough £29.6m

8.Stoke City £28.2m

9.Birmingham City £27.6m

10.Swansea City £26.6m

11.Bristol City £26.3m

12.Blackburn £25.7m

13.Sunderland £25.6m

14.Hull City £23.6m

15.Millwall £22.5m

16.QPR £22.4m

17.Cardiff City £22.2m

18.Huddersfield £21.5m

19.Preston £20.9m

20.Ipswich £19.7m

21.Coventry City £18.4m

22.Sheffield Wed £15.7m

23. Rotherham £10.2m

24.Plymouth £9.1m
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This doesn't really show anything other than how incredible it was that we made the Play Off final last year with that wage budget.

I'm sure we're comfortably top half now with all the signings made.
 
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PVA

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #34
Definitely think there's substance in this, have heard a few bits that suggest it could be close.
 
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skyblue_55

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  • May 9, 2024
  • #35
We might see a few experienced championship players through the door , as Patterson was at Wembley watching us .
Useful players when “ fatigue “ cuts in ?
 
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