by Hendo »
08 Apr 2020 15:51
Greatwesternline When we spunked all that money on Ejaria and Puskas i said it was mental and that we couldnt afford it. A number of people said i was being a killjoy and should just learn to enjoy football as a releif.
Some of those same people now have a 6 page thread on how the finances are screwed. Anyone cheering on those signings in the Summer must have known this was coming. Why is there so much surprise now? We went from making a massive loss,and not buying players, to within the same Summer splurging on 2 signings from Liverpool and Inter Milan respectively. Did people think players leave clubs like Liverpool and Inter Milan unless a lot of money is thrown at them?
Many people who cheered on Reading's CRAZY spending last year criticise Pompey fans for their overspending but are completely blinded by their own club doing it.
When you say spunked and splurging, it sounds like you are labelling Ejaria and Puscas as failed signings, which is far from the case. These signings are obviously an investment and based on the performances this year (and last for Ovie) I'd say that it is money well spent, I'd certainly rather spend what we did on Puscas than someone like Jordan Rhodes, and Ovie at £3.5m is a snip to what he is actually worth. If Reading wanted to, we could sell him for a decent amount of money.
Also worth remembering that we were under a soft embargo by The FA, which was then released, it must've been released for a reason. We might've even passed those details onto them for review before completion.
Also, also, as Ovie is on loan until the end of the season, I doubt the money will be transferred to Liverpool until the season is finished and he becomes our player so I doubt there is much cost associated with this season, I'd also find it hard to believe that we paid £7m upfront for Puscas, I'd expect it to be £7m over the course of a number of years or heavily performance related.
In terms of player wages? I doubt they are on much more than what we are paying on an average anyway and if you minus Aluko's wages and possibly Barrow's wages (with both of them going out on loan), then there is your gap.