World Soccer Magazine published a fascinating table at the bottom of an article on the respective financial might of Chelsea and Manchester City yesterday, detailing player spend and sales for current English Premier League clubs over the last 10 seasons.
Liverpool have an average net spend of £18.1m as they chase former glories while Manchester United, who stole Liverpool’s place at the top of the English pile, had only a marginally higher net spend of £18.6m.
Fifth on the list is Aston Villa, largely on the back of an attempt to take over the world during Martin O’Neill’s reign, spending a net average of £11.1m.
Most fascinating of all is that 11 of the 20 have a net average spend of less than £4m per season. They spend big, but apart from the odd team spending some foreign country’s mineral wealth, they also sell big.
Bottom of the table of net biggest spenders in Everton, who sold £7.8m of talent more than they bought during the period. Newcastle United are also in a surplus, thanks in part to their recently departed director of football, Joe Kinnear, who completed his service without spending a penny.
Crystal Palace clearly have an eye for a bargain. They successfully negotiated a return to the Premier League, and then bought Joe Ledley as his Celtic contract ran down, with an average net spend of £722k.
The Silk from a Sow’s Ear prize has to go to Arsenal. The last decade has not been generous to Arsenal, however, their average net spend is only £1.5m per season having sold £277m worth of talent. Their business model is not right, i.e. they have not been able to compete with those who don’t seem to care if they break even, but they, more than any other club in Europe*, are primed for the Financial Fair Play era.
*apart from Celtic, of course.
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Lizzie and Phil the Greek will travel to Rome in April where they will have lunch with Giorgio Napolitano, the Italian President, and also meet Pope Francesco.
FF on meltdown.
HH!!
Anybody recognise the 2 boys on Pointless, Tony I and Tony M. Both from Glasgow and members of the KOSC? I suspect they might be Celtic fans? On just now.
Kojo
The Fridge likes whit you’ve goat tae say an awe.
Not
TONYG
16:20 on 4 February, 2014
bournesouprecipe 16:12 on 4 February, 2014
Tesco Rutherglen have sushi on special offer, it’s a raw deal.
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That seems to be out of plaice there.
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Ghuys, that wasn’t cod for. Always life and sole. Too chubby to get back on my perch, so skates on – this is starting to flounder!
Seen this!?!
From Phil.
@Pmacgiollabhain: Graham Wallace has a statement prepared and is ready to walk. Crisis meetings all day at Stalag Sevco.
#Breaking
Former Celtic striker Mo Bangura has joined Turkish second division club Istanbul BB.
The 24-year-old’s contract with the Hoops was recently cancelled by mutual consent after only a couple of league starts at Parkhead.
Bangura has since agreed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Istanbul BB and could make his debut against Adanaspor this weekend.
He originally signed a four-year contract with Celtic in August 2011, but was restricted to just sixteen appearances and a couple of loan spells at Elfsborg.
Loving the tweet from Phil above.
Still got loads of jelly and ice cream in the hoose!
embramike supporting wee oscar and res 12
17:29 on 4 February, 2014
It is one of those unfloundered rumours…a load cods wallop…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
What about the 5 year plan, Hugh?
HH
Up until Saturday’s disgraceful carry on – in the spirit of celebrating the non-armageddon – I would have happily went to that final and taken my daughter.
No chance.
U
LiviBhoy
“One step can only be taken at a time. That deal is on the table.”
There are a lot of steps included already in the Yes Vote Manifesto. These were left out for a reason. There is less chance of those being targeted and achieved by a post-independence Scottish Party as there is of a UK Labour led government.
If it were desirable and practicable it would be on of the expressed aims. Jam tomorrow on your pig in a poke. Not a good combination for a sandwich.
So Mo Bangura has joined the BBs.
And with him goes Celtic’s best chance of winning Strictly Come Dancing.
Sack Peter Lawwell.
Tallybhoy
17.21
Italian politics has changed a lot since I was doing Modern Studies at school.
Isn’t the protocol for referencing the President at any future date, *TBC?
Lizzie and Phil the Greek will travel to Rome in April where they will have lunch with Giorgio Napolitano, the Italian President, and also meet Pope Francesco.FF on meltdown.
This might push some a bit closer to the edge…….:))
“CELTIC Park has this afternoon been reportedly named as the venue for Aberdeen FC’s Scottish League Cup final with Inverness CT on March 16.”
“Lizzie and Phil the Greek will travel to Rome in April where they will have lunch with Giorgio Napolitano, the Italian President, and also meet Pope Francesco.”
“@Pmacgiollabhain: Graham Wallace has a statement prepared and is ready to walk. Crisis meetings all day at Stalag Sevco.”
Hope this treble comes up on Carlsberg Tuesday ???
Tony’s x2. Just did huddle on pointless. LOL
2 bhoys doin the huddle on pointless
HH
Setting free the Bears supports Res.12 and Oscar Knox
17.04
67% intending to vote Yes want to keep a unified UK Army? Yes, I’m one of the 33.
70% intending to vote Yes want to keep the pound? Yes, I;m one of the 30.
53% of Scots believe benefit payments are too high? Yes, I’m one of the 47.
47% of Scots are concerned by immigration trends etc? Yes, I’m one of the 53.
62% back the Yes campaign’s plan to keep the Queen? Yes, I’m one of the 38.
Thank you doctor, my personal mental health check is satisfactorily resolved. See you in two years.
@Pmacgiollabhain: Graham Wallace has a statement prepared and is ready to walk. Crisis meetings all day at Stalag Sevco.
#Breaking
The two guy’s on pointless just done the huddle.
Spoiled it though by calling it the celtic Poznan.
pogmathonyahun aka laird of the smiles
We’ll done the bhoys
And a huddle as we’ll
HH
Well the 2 Tonys on pointless are defo Tims, they just did the huddle when they got through. Albeit they said it was the Poznan
classic there on tv show “pointless”…..two glasgow guys on it…we wondered if they were good ghuys or buns……the got to the final an did the huddle lol…HH.
Unlucky the Bhoys on Pointless
An Tearmann
16:30 on
4 February, 2014
Natknow supporting wee oscar
Not making a point about the political debate, KK, but have to take exception to your last few words. There’s nothing irrational about being wary of the unknown. In fact the opposite is treu – its perfectly rational and part of our survival instinct. That’s why rational people drive at night time with their headlights on. :-)
Rational people decide which road they are on and were they are going before turning key and switch the lights on my friend.I would debate Scotland is socially,economically and politically and.ideologically different from the Eton proxy that governs the Uk at the moment
Ideologically i would say Thatcher could not break us.
Labour are just confused now,after Bliar(what was aw that old n new Labour pash bout?) as they know they will never be in power if Scotland votes the way i hope.so those power hungry wee politicians whose screwed our economy as well as betraying their core vote now want the status quo well Alistair(o the 2tone heid)Darling does anyway and he played a fair role in bailing out the bankers.
This is not a party political issue
it is about gaining independence and making our own road
Hail hail
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Oh dear. Tried to avoid making any comment on indy vote and looks like I’ve failed!
My point was nothing to do with the yes/no debate. My point was simply that it is rational and not irrational to be wary of the unknown. That’s all. No political point intended.
Hail hail!
The internet can be a wonderful place – for example, if it hadn’t been for Celticquicknews, Rangerstaxcase and Phill Mac Giolla Bhain I genuinely believe the Huns financial problems with HMRC would have been passed off as a different matter, and despite the club being placed in liquidation they would be in the top flight.
The internet can be a place of discovery – twitter for example, like when you accidentally discover tweets, opinions posted under a name you recognise, vile opinions about Neil Lennon, and Celtic and the Irish … and you happen to know the individual tweeting this stuff, and he likes to come across as a reasonable person when he is in your company. And so you check the people he follows, and the list includes psychopaths who were jailed for sectarian murders, and then you remember this person has been in your house, made welcome in your home.
Aye. An interesting place the ole internet. I look forward to meeting the individual in question the next time I’m back up the road.
Pointless…….the puns are endless bhoys
I’m a bit uncomfortable with corporate big wigs getting involved in politics. It’s a rather dangerous road to go down, yes, it happens with funding etc., but actually making public ideas on political developments is a very worrying development.
My post from earlier.
thomthethim for oscar ok
13:08 on 4 February, 2014
Mrs. and Mr. Windsor to vist Pope Francis in April.
Rumours of talks to bring the CoE back under Rome’s authority not going down too well in Govan and a Western Province.
why is there a lot of people so worried about rangers problems.ie there stadium .asbestos etc etc. we should be looking at our own problems ie the thousands of celtic supporters that are not going along to see celtic playing there home games .say what you like about sevco. there home games attract 40,000 fans,
bobbyrussell
17:01 on 4 February, 2014
An Tearmann
16:42 on
4 February, 2014
Help.chattin with a friend who supports our Glasgow rivals.The chat got back to 1971 league cup final when his team beat us at Hampden 4-1.
I was sure i read on here that one of the Thistle scorers made the substitution to put on Albert Kidd against Hertz in 1986?
anyone confirm?
Hailhail
itwullstoapmegreetinasaweaninsideCsC :-)
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Don`t know if I understand the exact jist of that question, but, ironically, Archie Knox took off Tosh McKinlay for oor Albert that day. And Archie certainly did not score for Thistle on that day. Rae, Lawrie, McQuade and Bone were the scorers, with King Kenny, sorry, Dalglish scoring for us.
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I said on here that Alec Rae, captain and scorer for Partick at Hampden had, as, assistant manager at Dens gave Kidd the nod to go on.
Deary me. I do wish the wee Nat fantasists would stope living in their wee Walter Scot novel and desist from posting drivel.
“Nothing to lose but our chain” – what chains the chains the Scots used to help the English subdue the British empire perhaps?
“The indescribable feeling of independence” – ahhh didums you have had it sooooo bad poor wee batterd Scotland, nasty English.
No doubt all of the above written whilst clad head to toe in a recently designed tartan ,purportedly ancient, wearing a British army derivation of clothing nicked from a culture once despised by the majority of Scots and reinvented to welcome the visit of a German king to Scotland. Aye as Scottish as the queen of England’s tits.
timbhoy2 18:01 on 4 February, 2014
“why is there a lot of people so worried about rangers problems. say what you like about sevco. there home games attract 40,000 fans”
Hasn’t helped ease their financial problems. Not that they get 40,000 at everty home game anyway.
I don’t think any of us are ‘worried’ about them. We are enjoying the laughs they provide though.
Wtf is the ‘Poznan?’
HH!!
Big Nan @ 18.02
I will bow to your supereior age, sorry, knowledge :-))
Found this on Wiki, but doesn`t mean it`s spot on…….
At half-time, with the scoreline at Dens Park still 0–0, it was announced over the public address system that Celtic were winning 4–0. Although Hearts were on course to win the point they needed to win the championship, the score at Love Street meant that Hearts had lost their goal difference advantage over Celtic. Hearts knew that they would have to avoid defeat in their match to win the championship.
Midway through the second half, with the score at Dens Park still locked at 0–0, the Dundee manager Archie Knox brought on Kidd (a forward) as a substitute for left full-back Tosh McKinlay in an effort to win the game. Dundee needed to win the game to stand a chance of qualifying for the UEFA Cup.
Timbhoy2 better watch those roofs, a little unstable apparently….
The Traditionalist
at 17.28.
The Fridge.. Frum whit Ah am telt..
Could Break intae the Team.. A loater Earlier than you May Suppose.
collie , tells me that the members of the Youth Coachin Staff..
Like The Fridge, a Loater..
Fur.. They liked how the Fridge..
“Looked UP..afore he Did.”…
when he spotted a Colleague ,who wiz in a Bettah position tae Score than Himsel ..he Unselfishly.. wasted Neethur Time nor Opportunity,
by passing the Fitba. tae that Bettah Positioned Colleague..
who. accepted his Pass ,wiz Hilarity. And Tapped the FitBA.. Across, the Opposition’s Goal Line.. wi . Prompt Alacrity…
or..
Vice Versa.
noo ..that may not mean much tae You..or.. Me..
But, tae observe this very Intelligent Attitude in a wan say Young ,as The Fridge..
Is very rare..
How Rare..is it?
Well..it’s as rare as Findin a “B” Battery..
at yer local Radio Shack..
That Failing..of No …”Lookin .. afore ye ur Daein”
Is Rife..jist noo.. among the Big Team Players..
Next time ye see wan of oor Flyin Wingers.. Sendin a Pass intae oor Opponent’s
Goal Area..
withoot.. LOOKIN’ UP..in order tae ..well. be able tae see if he could Mak that Pass. tae A Colleague..instead,of BLINDLY.. Lobbin the Fitba.. Withoot hivin a clue tae who may receive it..
Awe because..oor Flying Wingerll..
Failed tae..
“Look Up.. afore he Did whit he Did.”
Then ye wull realize ..jist How Rife ..this Failin.. Really is..
Yep..
It seems that The Fridge.. wull be a Guy.. who Wullnae Hiv this Failin..
Which Ah find tae be.,. very Heartenin’
Fur .. as recently as Oor Last Game.
jist tae present Ye,Ma reeders..wi an example of this Failin..
Stokesy.. Exhibited this maist Vexin’ Failing.. very blatantly.. n .. tae the Extreme Frustration..of the Celtic Commentatin Team.. n Masel..as well..as Ah suppose..
Thirty Thousand Celtic Frustrated Fans.
by..
well..
“No Looking UP….Afore ..well… Daein'”
N … consequently,messed up a rare chance fur us tae Score..
that Fifth Goal..
As.. Boeriggter wiz in a Peach of a Position tae Tap the Ba’ , over oor Opponent’s
Goal Line..
But..Malheuresment…
Stokesy.. Didnae.. well.. Look Up ..Afore He Did…
N Selfishly.. Spoiled the Moment by tryin tae Score Fae an Impossible Angle..
instead of..well. Makin that Pass tae a Better Positioned Colleague.
So.. Ah wull be very interested tae see if the Youth Coachin Staff..
Ur oan tae Somethin.. aboot.. this New Fellah’s
Rare n wonderful Ability.
tae..well..
“Look Up…. Afore. He.. Diz”
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
Frank Ryan’s Whiskey
18.04
In respect to your younger readers, why don’t you edit the end of your post to read;
“… Aye, as Scottish as whisky without an e.”