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That’s the same old argument as understating attendances we used to moan about in all the years we have attended VP . Clearly it’s to avoid publishing financial clues ?

 

If we got £100k for Young we will have done well and wages saved will not be a lot as he came from FGR where they had low wages

 

Very well considering Barrow and Swindon paid a chunk of his wages ?

 

Yes he has cost us very little since his arrival but on the other side we got little out of him

 

It's for negotiation reasons and also that transfer fees are rarely straight forward as they tend to include add ons so this stops one club giving 1 fee with just the initial payment and the other giving the full fee with add ons included. If we got £200k for Young then all clubs know when it comes to January that we have £200k to spend so they would up their price, likewise if people thought Stevenage had £500k to spend on transfers this season then others find out they've spent 200k of that on Young then they know Stevenage have 300k left to spend so it would weaken their hand.

 

The reason tickets sold is given as attendances is partly as it's much easier as the computer will tell them in seconds but the main reason is for marketing reasons when selling sponsorships. It's much better to say we average 16,000 per game when the reality is it's more likely to be 12,000. Nobody announces actual attendance as there's no real benefit to it other than a small moral victory that would quickly be forgotten.

 

I did say in days gone by BB, the current attendance details are tickets sold . That’s how it should be , not whether they turned up or not . As you say accurate within seconds .

 

So good value for money especially selling him for three figures . Excellent business if you want to look at it financially .

 

All fees and add ons have to registered with the FA and the details can be seen by other clubs in confidence but not to the press or media. Undisclosed is more to hide from supporters than other clubs

 

Doubt it. More likely to avoid meltdown on social media

 

I doubt it will be to avoid tax as the transfer fee received / paid would need to be shown as an entry in the accounts of both selling and buying clubs.

 

More likely so as not to alert other clubs how much money a club is spending

 

Hope you’re right lads. Goalscorers are rare and I think he may do well? Let’s see. What is obvious is once you want to go you need to go. That’s in my experience. O regrets. Good luck long live the king.

 

In this day and age surely everything is electronic payments therefore leaving a paper trail for the taxman. Gone are the old days when a carrier bag full of cash was dropped on the chairman's table and he decided how to use or hide it

 

Yeah and keeps the fans in the dark - we are mushroom managed.

 

How quickly do other clubs get to see transfer fees, if they do? To be honest I'm suprised by the fact that they can find out how much a specific player gets transfered for as that could effect negotiations when trying to buy them later. If you know a club paid a certain amount then it gives you a starting point