[Archived] Blackburn Rovers Transfer Topic

[briansol]

Tugay, Ooijer and Santa Cruz would have been on big money, at least £120,000 per week there and the new signings will be around £25k mark plus the others mentioned so I think it would give us a saving of £100kper year, even allowing for three more signings!!

I think the goal of the club is to reduce the massive wage bill, so I don't think all those savings would be available on new players.

[Majiball]

Surely that cant be correct, we have seriously reduced the wage bill with top earners like Santa and Tugay which is probably close on £100,000 per week,

Bunn and Treacy on loan, Vogel, Mokoena, Derbyshire, Simpson, Villanueva all gone and the players in not earning as much as Tugay, Santa and Mokoena

I would have thought reduced the wage bill by at least £5,000,000 per year!!

The loans back are a good point, one I'd missed. What could villa be on 10K maybe 20K (I'd be ###### if we had given him 20K). Fergies a jock and we don't give money away simpson can't be on much more than 10K.

Tugay was on next to nothing a pay as you play I thought??

Vogel went the previous year as well, so surely he wasn't on the wage bill when the club said we must cut the bill by 100K a week. Treacy can't be on much and he's got to come back so he'll get added back on soon, Bunn as well.

Add in klaninic 30K

Di santo 10K

Midfielder 30K

thats another 70K a week. I'd be shocked if our collective new signings to date where on more than 60K (30K Givet, 20K jacobsen, 5K each to the kids). But two where frees so could just as well be more. so conservatively about 130K

So we need 230K to lose the the 100K we said we where going too.

Rsc say 60K, Derbs and aaron surely no more than 20K each. Ooijer 30K, Josh's contribution cannot have been that high so say 2K. the two loans say 30K. Even if I give tugay 20K a week it still only makes, 182K. So a princely 50 grand or so short.

Take out bunn and treacy say 10K again and thats still 40K to go. Now I realise it all guesswork and guesstimates but I've been harsh on the ins with two frees in there and generous IMO to th outs. So I wonder if sam got them to back down a bit more cause losing 100K and re-building always seemed a hard target to achieve and still stay competitive, he also said something along those lines I'm sure IE I'm going to chat to them about that???

[nicko]

Nicko

You have remained pretty quiet about the latest Warnock rumours, is that because you are tired of repeatedly denying them or is there now some foundation and you don't want to upset the message board?

Villa have been mentioned with O'Neill for so long that it's not new...until he makes his mind up and makes a proper bid I don't see it is being relevant.

At the start of the window I thought Warnock would be sold, but Roque's sale took the pressure right off.

There is no need to bring in money now and now reason to sell him, although fitting all of your left-sided players in may be a bit of a task...strange to see him on the left of midfield yesterday...

To be honest I think Givet was bought because the feeling was Warnock would pay for him and leave a bit for the budget.

Man City signing Roque changed the whole equation. Interesting to see he is crocked again. Major result getting rid of him for big cash.

[imy9]

Outs

24th May 2009 - Aaron Mokoena - Portsmouth - free (£20K)

22nd June 2009 - Roque Santa Cruz - Manchester City - £17.5m (£60K)

24th June 2009 - Matt Derbyshire - Olympiakos - undisclosed (£20K)

1st July 2009 - Andre Ooijer - PSV Eindhoven - free (£30K)

13th July 2009 - Josh O'Keefe - Walsall - undisclosed (£2K??)

PLUS:

Tugay (£20K)

Simpson (10K)

Carlos (10K)

That in my estimation is about £170K a week, now we have purchased:

Elrio- 10K

Croatian lad- 30K

Franco- £10K

Jacobsen- 10K

so we are probably about on target for what we set out to do, I do have a feeling that someone will have to be taken off the wage bill (MGP, Dunn or Reid) to balance the books as we are still top heavy on average midfield players at the moment.

[*foreverArover ---]

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11676_5466714,00.html

i think kalinic is definately coming to rovers now, if he's passed the medical....

(yn)

[SYRovers]

with regards to the Hadjuk midfielder, surely they wouldnt want to lose another star man?..

..or are they in need of the cash or something?

[67splitscreen]

Hajduk play Zadar today at 1900 hrs not sure if that is GMT though.

[Kelbo]

Has Kalinic had his medical?

Cant see anything on Roversworld or on here!!

Also, I wonder if the work permit is refused, how long do we have to wait for the appeal??

[nicko]

Has Kalinic had his medical? YES

Cant see anything on Roversworld or on here!! ON LAST NIGHT

Also, I wonder if the work permit is refused, how long do we have to wait for the appeal?? THURSDAY IS THE PERMIT DATE...BUT AN APPEAL IS PART OF THE DAY'S PROCESS I BELIEVE...NOT SURE THERE IS AN SEPARATE HEARING...IT'S A NEW SYSTEM

[alexanders]

That Ibricic looks very very good.

Could be a fantastic replacement for Toogs old legs.

It would also make it easier for both Kalinic and Ibricic to settle in the EPL, because they have each other.

Any idea of the price on Ibricic?

[Amo]

Are we even after this midfielder? Nothing more anticlimactic than a bunch of fans raving about someone not even on our radar.

[BPF]

I want to be the new Messi says Di Santo

[67splitscreen]

That Ibricic looks very very good.

Could be a fantastic replacement for Toogs old legs.

It would also make it easier for both Kalinic and Ibricic to settle in the EPL, because they have each other.

Any idea of the price on Ibricic?

3-4m would be a good educated guess.

[braddock]

That Ibricic looks very very good.

Could be a fantastic replacement for Toogs old legs.

It would also make it easier for both Kalinic and Ibricic to settle in the EPL, because they have each other.

Any idea of the price on Ibricic?

the new tevez and masch?

but legal

[thenodrog]

Samba is replaceable, I think his stock has risen above his talent. I'm not sure that a combination of Givet, Nelsen and Zurab would be noticeably worse than that plus Samba. We shouldn't be looking to sell him, but it shouldn't be out of the question.

As a defender possibly but Samba now offers so much more as a battering ram / makeshift striker if we are getting nowhere conventionally and need to bomb opposition out in the final 20 mins. He really is a potent weapon in that respect.

In fact that tactic could have won us the world cup if SVG had been anything like capable.

[S15]

As a defender possibly but Samba now offers so much more as a battering ram / makeshift striker if we are getting nowhere conventionally and need to bomb opposition out in the final 20 mins. He really is a potent weapon in that respect.

In fact that tactic could have won us the world cup if SVG had been anything like capable.

And if Samba wasn't from Da Congo.

[thenodrog]

Much underated - would do a good job..

I think the opposite. Cos Danny Murphy started out at Lpool I think he's been overated most of his career. Just about solid enough but hardly an inspirational midfielder.

[S15]

I think the opposite. Cos he started out at Lpool I think he's been overated most of his career. Justa bout solid enough but not inspirational.

He started at Crewe. He's a very good player, but probably not worth the investment we'd have to pay to get him, but only because of his age.

[mohelger]

I think Sam has a tasty midfielder in mind, just a hunch but I think he alluded to it when he stated that he wants to "Bring in another one"

I immediately thougt Sam was referring to Di Santo with that comment, but Di Santo + a midfielder would of course be even better.

[LeChuck]

Have people discussed this yet, I haven't seen it if so - Allardyce still after Benjani.

Aside from Kevin Davies I can't think of a worse signing. Thankfully I think it's utter nonsense, there's no way we'd be after him if we sign Kalinic.

[Sir Ranulf Westwood]

Have people discussed this yet, I haven't seen it if so - Allardyce still after Benjani.

Aside from Kevin Davies I can't think of a worse signing. Thankfully I think it's utter nonsense, there's no way we'd be after him if we sign Kalinic.

Is he really that bad? worse than Roberts or Gallagher?

[jim mk2]

1 football Stuttgart

POGREBNYAK SEALS STUTTGART SWITCH

Stuttgart general manager Horst Heldt was delighted to welcome Pavel Pogrebnyak to his club after the Russia international passed a medical today.

The 25-year-old has joined for an undisclosed fee from Russian side Zenit St Petersburg on a four-year contract and will take the place in the Stuttgart attack left vacant following the sale of Mario Gomez to Bayern Munich.

``We are delighted that it has worked out,'' said Heldt.

``He fulfils precisely the profile that we were looking for. He is a target man, just like Mario Gomez.''

Heldt denied reports that the 25-year-old had cost his side a third of the 30million euros they had earned from the sale of Gomez, saying the fee was ``in the region of five million''.

``We said that we would not do anything crazy,'' explained Heldt on DSF television.

``Pavel only had six months left on his contract so 10million would have clearly been too much.''

Since Stuttgart have managed to sign Pogrebnyak relatively cheaply, Heldt would not rule out making any more signings this summer after the club also agreed a one-year loan deal with Barcelona for Alexander Hleb last week.

``Theoretically, we could make some more additions,'' he said. ``The window is open until the end of August and we will leave this opportunity open to us.''

Pogrebnyak was heading back to Russia today to obtain a work permit and he is due back in Germany tomorrow, when he will be officially presented as a Stuttgart player.

[Kelbo]

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'Pogrebnyak was heading back to Russia today to obtain a work permit and he is due back in Germany tomorrow, when he will be officially presented as a Stuttgart player.' end quote

How come he gets the work permit from Russia and not Germany??

That means British clubs have a different playing field to other European Clubs!!

And Nicko, how come the young lad Clarets are signing will be able to get a work permit??

[John]

Only comments but Sam's are interesting, he said: "We are trying really hard. It's not just him (referring to Kalinic). We hope to get another one in if we can."

Suggests the Di Santo deal is maybe not as clear cut as has been suggested? Also, is he just talking about strikers here.....?

Also, really wish that Benjani rumour would go away!

[budha]

How come he gets the work permit from Russia and not Germany??

That means British clubs have a different playing field to other European Clubs!!

Different countries, different immigration laws. Britain has a tight work permit legislation, but some other countries have quotas for non-EU-players etc.