Matthew Le God Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 1 hour ago, Turkish said: 2 of them hardly play and the rest are being sent out on loan for a year at a time. If it were me i'd want to do my job and also have a bit of stability knowing where i'd be playing for at least a couple of years. Wouldn't you? I'd prefer not to have a massive wage cut and would either see out my contract or expect Saints to make up the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 12 hours ago, Saint_clark said: Agreed. Cut price sale on our deadwood; Lemina £10million Boufal £5million Forster £5million Carrillo £3million (he really is that bad, might even struggle to get that) Elyounoussi £5million Hoedt £3million Gunn £5million Reed £10million £46million brought in and anywhere between £350,000-450,000 a week saved in wages. We wouldn't miss them at all so they wouldn't need replacing (besides Gunn) and it would allow us to sign a Hojberg replacement and a new goalkeeper. You can even chuck Vestergard in there and suddenly you've got over £60million to spend on a keeper, centreback and midfielder. So simple. Only snags I can see are finding buyers at any price post-Covid, persuading the player to actually go and to accept a pay cut rather than picking up money for doing nothing. Not many players around nowadays who just want to play and will accept less for regular games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 9 hours ago, skintsaint said: Other clubs will just wait till late in the window and grab a season long loan bargain from us, subsided wages and smaller fee. Not much money flowing around this transfer window so far. Either way, it will still be cheaper than us keeping them on our books. 4 hours ago, John B said: These players have signed contracts with the club playing football is their job . How would you like it if it happened to you No idea what you're talking about. Do you have an issue with the very nature of transfers or something? 2 hours ago, Shroppie said: So simple. Only snags I can see are finding buyers at any price post-Covid, persuading the player to actually go and to accept a pay cut rather than picking up money for doing nothing. Not many players around nowadays who just want to play and will accept less for regular games Hence the reduced prices, the money clubs saved can go towards wages. Quite honestly when it comes to Lemina, Hoedt, Forster, Elyounoussi, Boufal and Carrillo I wouldn't care if we gave them away for free. They are only going to cost us money and give us nothing in return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 15 August, 2020 Share Posted 15 August, 2020 Annual transfer link of club interested in one of our Unsellables but can't afford them... http://sportwitness.co.uk/club-making-moves-sign-southampton-man-wages-proving-issue/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintJackoInHurworth Posted 15 August, 2020 Share Posted 15 August, 2020 (edited) Make of it what you will, but there are rumours on Twitter that Lemina has offered to reduce his annual wages by €0.85m from €2.05m to €1.2m in order to get a transfer (or loan?). It seems, however, that he is offering this to Galatasary which doesn't fit well with reports that Galatasary will not be re-signing Lemina. https://twitter.com/1905GSFANS/status/1294532275028332544 There is also a report that Mario Lemina has said "Not everything is about money, football is my first love. I am very unhappy when I am not on the field. I want to stay in Galatasaray. If the clubs agree, I will sign.. for Galatasaray." https://twitter.com/1905GSFANS/status/1294544358134300673 There is also news on Turkish website 'Haberturk' which states that Galatasaray have reached an agreement to sign him: https://www.haberturk.com/lemina-transferinde-sicak-gelisme-galatasaray-anlasma-sagladi-2773490-spor/2 Edited 15 August, 2020 by SaintJackoInHurworth Not sure if it is for a transfer or loan + have added details from Haberturk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 15 August, 2020 Share Posted 15 August, 2020 (edited) 26 minutes ago, SaintJackoInHurworth said: Make of it what you will, but there are rumours on Twitter that Lemina has offered to reduce his annual wages by €0.85m from €2.05m to €1.2m in order to get a transfer (or loan?). It seems, however, that he is offering this to Galatasary which doesn't fit well with reports that Galatasary will not be re-signing Lemina. https://twitter.com/1905GSFANS/status/1294532275028332544 There is also a report that Mario Lemina has said "Not everything is about money, football is my first love. I am very unhappy when I am not on the field. I want to stay in Galatasaray. If the clubs agree, I will sign.. for Galatasaray." https://twitter.com/1905GSFANS/status/1294544358134300673 Good spot. At least there's interest. Edited 15 August, 2020 by SuperSAINT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 16 August, 2020 Share Posted 16 August, 2020 13 hours ago, SaintJackoInHurworth said: There is also news on Turkish website 'Haberturk' which states that Galatasaray have reached an agreement to sign him: https://www.haberturk.com/lemina-transferinde-sicak-gelisme-galatasaray-anlasma-sagladi-2773490-spor/2 Reached an agreement with Lemina, but not (yet) with SFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 16 August, 2020 Share Posted 16 August, 2020 25 minutes ago, angelman said: Reached an agreement with Lemina, but not (yet) with SFC Probably another subsidised loan... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 17 August, 2020 Share Posted 17 August, 2020 Says a lot about Lemina, midfield berth in an EPL team for him if he could be arsed after the sale of Hojbjerg. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 17 August, 2020 Share Posted 17 August, 2020 17 minutes ago, skintsaint said: Says a lot about Lemina, midfield berth in an EPL team for him if he could be arsed after the sale of Hojbjerg. Maybe Ralph has already told him he's not wanted. I agree with the gist though - if he was motivated and fit he'd be just what we need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 17 August, 2020 Share Posted 17 August, 2020 1 hour ago, benjii said: Maybe Ralph has already told him he's not wanted. More than likely - still if he turned up for preseason and busted a gut and showed commitment of wanting to stay giving 100% each week RH wouldn't be so keen to get rid. Talent is there..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevy777_x Posted 17 August, 2020 Share Posted 17 August, 2020 25 minutes ago, skintsaint said: More than likely - still if he turned up for preseason and busted a gut and showed commitment of wanting to stay giving 100% each week RH wouldn't be so keen to get rid. Talent is there..... He is still in Turkey so i m not even sure he is going to turn up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 17 August, 2020 Share Posted 17 August, 2020 Time to wheel this one out again..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 17 August, 2020 Share Posted 17 August, 2020 Turkish league it is then, Mario. He's technically very good, and he knows it, probably more technical than some midfielders in top teams, but he just has always lacked application and consistency, not through injuries either really. He's an enigma and someone who will ultimately waste his natural talent by floating between clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djharvey Posted 18 August, 2020 Share Posted 18 August, 2020 Very talented footballer, but he's basically lazy! seems only willing to do the bare minimum to earn himself a contract and then sit back and enjoy the ride/pay! Get people like that in all walks/professions! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 19 August, 2020 Share Posted 19 August, 2020 (edited) Dan Sheldon’s 1st piece in The Athletic mentions we still hope to get a fee for Lemina this summer & for him to leave permanently. Im sure we say that every summer though. Edited 19 August, 2020 by SuperSAINT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 19 August, 2020 Share Posted 19 August, 2020 On 17/08/2020 at 07:50, skintsaint said: More than likely - still if he turned up for preseason and busted a gut and showed commitment of wanting to stay giving 100% each week RH wouldn't be so keen to get rid. Talent is there..... Seem to recall something during pre season last summer that the training regime was proving a bit tough for him and he was moaning about it on some social media or other. If that’s the case I very much doubt Ralph has much time for him. Like we have seen there is a footballer lurking in there somewhere, just beggars belief that him and his brother haven’t worked out that if he did apply himself over 38 games of a season (which in itself would be a landmark on his CV) delivering to his potential, there’s a pretty good chance he would get snapped up by a team willing to pay him even more than Saints do. Trouble is, referring back to his playing CV, right now no decent club able to pay him more is going to waste money on a bloke yet to play a full season anywhere he has been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 19 August, 2020 Share Posted 19 August, 2020 Oh Mario & your social media b*llocks: Mario Lemina, who played on loan in Galatasaray in the last season and whose name was mentioned in the new season, stopped following Galatasaray from his Instagram account. Lemina's name is associated with Beşiktaş. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwbu Posted 19 August, 2020 Share Posted 19 August, 2020 One of the most disappointing transfers in recent years simply because of what a great footballer he is really. Palace away in his first season he looked like a top midfielder, that would be gone to a top club by the end of the year. Such a shame we couldn’t have found that consistently because he would take us to another level, but clearly there’s something about him that just holds him back from finding that level on a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwbu Posted 19 August, 2020 Share Posted 19 August, 2020 One of the most disappointing transfers in recent years simply because of what a great footballer he is really. Palace away in his first season he looked like a top midfielder, that would be gone to a top club by the end of the year. Such a shame we couldn’t have found that consistently because he would take us to another level, but clearly there’s something about him that just holds him back from finding that level on a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevy777_x Posted 19 August, 2020 Share Posted 19 August, 2020 Maybe he was one of the bad eggs previously mentionned on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW5 SAINT Posted 19 August, 2020 Share Posted 19 August, 2020 I remember a few years back the club were always boasting that the black box didn’t just look at footballing skills, but was a deep appraisal of the players attitude, personality, mental make etc. Hasn’t seemed to function too well in recent years.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 19 August, 2020 Share Posted 19 August, 2020 I think that went out the window when Les & Ross got respective boners at buying fringe players from european elite teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenridge Posted 19 August, 2020 Share Posted 19 August, 2020 18 minutes ago, SW5 SAINT said: I remember a few years back the club were always boasting that the black box didn’t just look at footballing skills, but was a deep appraisal of the players attitude, personality, mental make etc. Hasn’t seemed to function too well in recent years.... The new forum software is also supplied by the Co that developed the Black Box system. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansums Posted 19 August, 2020 Share Posted 19 August, 2020 20 minutes ago, SW5 SAINT said: I remember a few years back the club were always boasting that the black box didn’t just look at footballing skills, but was a deep appraisal of the players attitude, personality, mental make etc. Hasn’t seemed to function too well in recent years.... It became a brown box 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 19 August, 2020 Share Posted 19 August, 2020 2 hours ago, SuperSAINT said: Oh Mario & your social media b*llocks: Mario Lemina, who played on loan in Galatasaray in the last season and whose name was mentioned in the new season, stopped following Galatasaray from his Instagram account. Lemina's name is associated with Beşiktaş. Latest is he’s apparently agreed terms for a 1 year loan with Besiktas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 19 August, 2020 Share Posted 19 August, 2020 3 hours ago, SW5 SAINT said: I remember a few years back the club were always boasting that the black box didn’t just look at footballing skills, but was a deep appraisal of the players attitude, personality, mental make etc. Hasn’t seemed to function too well in recent years.... I always wondered how you appraised a players attitude without speaking to the player in depth. Did our scouts speak with players (presumably without the permission from their current clubs) to get this information? I doubt it. That just leaves people close to them, like their current coach, who would have a invested interest in painting a good impressions to help maximise the fee. Do coaches even provide scouts with time to describe their own player? I doubt it. Who does this leave? Local media, family, their agent? Hardly the most reliable of sources. So where does this deep insight come from? Wiki, Google... I call bullshit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 19 August, 2020 Share Posted 19 August, 2020 1 minute ago, Chez said: I always wondered how you appraised a players attitude without speaking to the player in depth. Did our scouts speak with players (presumably without the permission from their current clubs) to get this information? I doubt it. That just leaves people close to them, like their current coach, who would have a invested interest in painting a good impressions to help maximise the fee. Do coaches even provide scouts with time to describe their own player? I doubt it. Who does this leave? Local media, family, their agent? Hardly the most reliable of sources. So where does this deep insight come from? Wiki, Google... I call bullshit. Google told me Osvaldo was a nutcase before we signed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 19 August, 2020 Share Posted 19 August, 2020 Just now, SuperSAINT said: Google told me Osvaldo was a nutcase before we signed him. Must have been a black box data input error there then. Question. When clubs a agree a fee do they then interview the player before signing him? I wonder how many occasions a club has pulled out based on that chat (and not because the agent wants too much money)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW5 SAINT Posted 19 August, 2020 Share Posted 19 August, 2020 4 hours ago, Greenridge said: The new forum software is also supplied by the Co that developed the Black Box system. Lol...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 19 August, 2020 Share Posted 19 August, 2020 2 hours ago, SuperSAINT said: Google told me Osvaldo was a nutcase before we signed him. Youtube convinced me Carillo was shit. So at least he lived up to expectation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dusic Posted 26 August, 2020 Share Posted 26 August, 2020 Shame not a perm. With one year left next summer Fulham or anyone else will just end up loaning him again. They will at least pay all his wages but if a loan would rather have sent him abroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvSFC Posted 26 August, 2020 Share Posted 26 August, 2020 Wow, a step down for Mr. Ego, who would have thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 26 August, 2020 Share Posted 26 August, 2020 No way will Fulham buy him once they realise what a workshy w*nker he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barsiem Posted 26 August, 2020 Share Posted 26 August, 2020 He needs to earn a contract somewhere, hopefully he’ll knuckle down for long enough for someone to buy him - after then he can go back to being a lazy f**ker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_SFC Posted 26 August, 2020 Share Posted 26 August, 2020 Obligation to buy if Fulham stay up apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 26 August, 2020 Share Posted 26 August, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted 26 August, 2020 Share Posted 26 August, 2020 Good news if there’s an obligation to buy in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cartman Posted 26 August, 2020 Share Posted 26 August, 2020 When is our final fixture against Fulham?😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 26 August, 2020 Share Posted 26 August, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Cartman said: When is our final fixture against Fulham?😂 As he would be on loan he won't be eligible to play vs Saints this season. Edited 26 August, 2020 by Matthew Le God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 26 August, 2020 Share Posted 26 August, 2020 Just now, Matthew Le God said: He won't be eligible to play vs Saints this season. I think he’s jokingly referring to if they need to beat us to stay up ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 26 August, 2020 Share Posted 26 August, 2020 (edited) Fulham must have come in pretty late if Lemina's been in Turkey waiting to finalise a deal with either of the 2 interested clubs out there. Edited 26 August, 2020 by SuperSAINT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Saint Posted 26 August, 2020 Share Posted 26 August, 2020 We must be pretty confident of getting another midfielder in with PEH gone and Reed and Lemina on the way out....?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted 27 August, 2020 Share Posted 27 August, 2020 On 13/08/2020 at 21:36, stevy777_x said: Just lower the asking price and be done with it. what is the point of pricing him out. We ll just end up losing money by just picking up a loan fee plus subsizing Part of his wages Someone can correct me if I've got this wrong, but I think we'd lose money by selling him for less than say £10m rather than taking a loan fee and having his wages covered. I think his amortisation value is £3.1m per year so with 2 years to go its £6.2m. If I understand things correctly, that means we'd need to sell for more than the total of £6.2m + loyalty bonus which would be due to him if we sell + agents fees + the loan fees we'd get for the next 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkeith Posted 27 August, 2020 Share Posted 27 August, 2020 1 hour ago, egg said: Someone can correct me if I've got this wrong, but I think we'd lose money by selling him for less than say £10m rather than taking a loan fee and having his wages covered. I think his amortisation value is £3.1m per year so with 2 years to go its £6.2m. If I understand things correctly, that means we'd need to sell for more than the total of £6.2m + loyalty bonus which would be due to him if we sell + agents fees + the loan fees we'd get for the next 2 years. I think most loan fees will be of a similar size to the amortisation for a player, so that the loss, the player, and hopefully most of the wages will be of the books for a year. Obviously this hasn't always been possible with our bigger f'@@k ups! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted 27 August, 2020 Share Posted 27 August, 2020 7 minutes ago, redkeith said: I think most loan fees will be of a similar size to the amortisation for a player, so that the loss, the player, and hopefully most of the wages will be of the books for a year. Obviously this hasn't always been possible with our bigger f'@@k ups! I'm unsure, but I had understood that a loan fee comes into the club but doesn't impact on amortisation. Example, Lemina amortisation is £6.2m for the balance of his contract, if loan fees are say £2m per year for the next 2 years, then keeping and loaning him has a value of £10.2 m. If we sold him for say £8m we're down, plus we'd have to pay him a loyalty bonus if he doesn't formally request the move. That's how I understand these things to work, but as I say, I'm unsure. There is also cash flow of course and getting real money may make selling at a loss attractive. Either way, the sad fact is this lad is good, and if he'd shown the right attitude we'd have a cracking player. Never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clapham Saint Posted 27 August, 2020 Share Posted 27 August, 2020 53 minutes ago, egg said: Someone can correct me if I've got this wrong, but I think we'd lose money by selling him for less than say £10m rather than taking a loan fee and having his wages covered. I think his amortisation value is £3.1m per year so with 2 years to go its £6.2m. If I understand things correctly, that means we'd need to sell for more than the total of £6.2m + loyalty bonus which would be due to him if we sell + agents fees + the loan fees we'd get for the next 2 years. You are correct that if his value is £6.2m and he left now then we would show a cost of £6.2m (plus whatever fees), and so would need to sell for at least that much to avoid showing a loss on the transaction in this year's accounts. However, I wouldn't get too hung up on the amortisation value. It is a short term accounting entry and makes no difference to the medium term profit/loss or cash. Whatever value his contract has in the balance sheet will be written down to zero when he leaves, whether that be in 2 years on a free or being sold, and this can't be avoided. By way of example: If we were to sell him for £1m now, then (ignoring agents fees and loyalty payments for simplicity), we would show a loss of £5.2m on the transaction in this year's accounts. If we keep him to the end of his contract then we show an amortisation cost of £3.1m this year and an amortisation cost of £3.1m next year = total cost £6.2m. We'd also have the cost of whatever his wages are if he does not end up out on loan. When evaluating what we "need to sell for" the key number isn't the profit or loss in this year (£5.2m loss in this example), but the total cash flow over the course of the contract. In this example we're £1m plus his wages (£6.2m - £5.2m), better off by taking the £1m now despite the fact that it would increase costs in this year's accounts by £2.1m (£5.2m - £3.1m). You can make the example more complicated by adding in figures for wages, loan fees, agents fees and assigning a value that we would "gain" from any games which he actually were to actually play for us before he leaves - but the principle that the amortisation value isn't something to get hung up on stays the same. I hope that makes sense.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted 27 August, 2020 Share Posted 27 August, 2020 5 minutes ago, Clapham Saint said: You are correct that if his value is £6.2m and he left now then we would show a cost of £6.2m (plus whatever fees), and so would need to sell for at least that much to avoid showing a loss on the transaction in this year's accounts. However, I wouldn't get too hung up on the amortisation value. It is a short term accounting entry and makes no difference to the medium term profit/loss or cash. Whatever value his contract has in the balance sheet will be written down to zero when he leaves, whether that be in 2 years on a free or being sold, and this can't be avoided. By way of example: If we were to sell him for £1m now, then (ignoring agents fees and loyalty payments for simplicity), we would show a loss of £5.2m on the transaction in this year's accounts. If we keep him to the end of his contract then we show an amortisation cost of £3.1m this year and an amortisation cost of £3.1m next year = total cost £6.2m. We'd also have the cost of whatever his wages are if he does not end up out on loan. When evaluating what we "need to sell for" the key number isn't the profit or loss in this year (£5.2m loss in this example), but the total cash flow over the course of the contract. In this example we're £1m plus his wages (£6.2m - £5.2m), better off by taking the £1m now despite the fact that it would increase costs in this year's accounts by £2.1m (£5.2m - £3.1m). You can make the example more complicated by adding in figures for wages, loan fees, agents fees and assigning a value that we would "gain" from any games which he actually were to actually play for us before he leaves - but the principle that the amortisation value isn't something to get hung up on stays the same. I hope that makes sense.... Brilliant, thanks for that explanation, much appreciated 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted 27 August, 2020 Share Posted 27 August, 2020 6 minutes ago, Clapham Saint said: You are correct that if his value is £6.2m and he left now then we would show a cost of £6.2m (plus whatever fees), and so would need to sell for at least that much to avoid showing a loss on the transaction in this year's accounts. However, I wouldn't get too hung up on the amortisation value. It is a short term accounting entry and makes no difference to the medium term profit/loss or cash. Whatever value his contract has in the balance sheet will be written down to zero when he leaves, whether that be in 2 years on a free or being sold, and this can't be avoided. By way of example: If we were to sell him for £1m now, then (ignoring agents fees and loyalty payments for simplicity), we would show a loss of £5.2m on the transaction in this year's accounts. If we keep him to the end of his contract then we show an amortisation cost of £3.1m this year and an amortisation cost of £3.1m next year = total cost £6.2m. We'd also have the cost of whatever his wages are if he does not end up out on loan. When evaluating what we "need to sell for" the key number isn't the profit or loss in this year (£5.2m loss in this example), but the total cash flow over the course of the contract. In this example we're £1m plus his wages (£6.2m - £5.2m), better off by taking the £1m now despite the fact that it would increase costs in this year's accounts by £2.1m (£5.2m - £3.1m). You can make the example more complicated by adding in figures for wages, loan fees, agents fees and assigning a value that we would "gain" from any games which he actually were to actually play for us before he leaves - but the principle that the amortisation value isn't something to get hung up on stays the same. I hope that makes sense.... Brilliant, thanks for that explanation, much appreciated 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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