invisibleman18 wrote:
What's the point of bringing someone on loan? Are we really that skint that we can't buy anyone? Realise the budget is lower without CL but why can even West Ham can make 45 million pound signings?
It's the total player cost that gives a false impression.
For example, Haller will probably earn £50k/week at West Ham. £45m + £2.5m/year wages, on a 5 year contract = £11.5m added to West Ham's annual player cost.
Whereas a free transfer earning £200k/week = £10m/year. So Dani Alves, for example, whom many want us to sign as our back-up right back, would cost us £10m for the year.
And the big problem, as we know, is we have huge annual player costs already. That of a Champions League club. Aubameyang, for example, costs the club somewhere around £30m/year.
Obviously, exactly how a deal is structured in reality is a factor, too. I doubt West Ham are paying more than £10-20m up front, though, and there's a good chance a chunk of the £45m is made up of performance related bonuses that might never be met as well.
