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This transfer surplus

Posted by NotaBene <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=NotaBene' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 28/7/2025, 11:34:33

It’s like a lottery rollover

Spend some, please.

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Posted by HH <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=HH' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 28/7/2025, 13:01:20, in reply to "This transfer surplus"

This is pure speculation on my part, but I do wish the club had shown a bit more ruthlessness with certain players. Or, if they have been privately, I don't know why it can't be made public.

MB surely knows who he wants and who he doesn’t. If players like Mengi, Chong etc. aren’t part of the plans, whether for footballing or financial reasons, I sometimes think we’d be better off just being open about it.

Something like: “They’re great lads, but it’s best for all parties if they seek a new club. As a result, they’ll be training separately from the main group.” Clear message, no confusion.

Right now, and I could be totally wrong, it feels like we’re being reactive to outgoings rather than necessarily proactive. Same with Doughty. Surely we knew there was a good chance he’d be off, so why not plan accordingly and crack on? Bring in the players we actually want for the season and move on from those we don’t.

Because if we wait until late in the window to offload someone like Chong, and we’re not ready to replace him, are we going to be a player short?

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Posted by Music Critic <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Music+Critic' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 28/7/2025, 13:12:44, in reply to "Re: This transfer surplus"

I agree 100%

The only complication might be that that kind of talk triggers some sort of loyalty clause in their contracts that might state all sorts of things

I'm sure I've heard stories where players have been put on the transfer list without them asking to be and that's triggered something that has cost clubs a lot of cash. I could be making it up but I'm pretty sure that's a thing

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Posted by m <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=m' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 28/7/2025, 14:58:33, in reply to "Re: This transfer surplus"

So.pretty standard in most footballers contracts now is a final ‘loyalty payment’ if they don’t ask or instigate a move away during the term of the contract. Now I’m not sure if that figure can be reduced due to relegation or if it’s just the weekly wages.
But I’d instead in some cases the loyalty payments , Morris , Kaminski were significant and that’s why we can’t just pay players off

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Posted by J in C <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=J+in+C' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 28/7/2025, 13:06:40, in reply to "Re: This transfer surplus"
Sarah

The club are being very active

Legend

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Posted by Father Ted <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Father+Ted' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 28/7/2025, 13:08:47, in reply to "Re: This transfer surplus"

Unlike you Tubby.

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Posted by joey diconio <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=joey+diconio' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 28/7/2025, 12:24:01, in reply to "This transfer surplus"

I think the technical term for the financial situation is “on our uppers”

Last season was a footballing and financial disaster, and the buffoon that oversaw it is still pulling the strings

Truth seeker / snide

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Posted by J in C <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=J+in+C' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 28/7/2025, 12:08:32, in reply to "This transfer surplus"
Sarah

What surplus.Show us the figures accountant matey .

Legend

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Posted by Sandgrounder <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Sandgrounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 28/7/2025, 11:51:27, in reply to "This transfer surplus"

As I posted the other day, we have lost approx £10m in central funding (mostly tv revenue) due to relegation. So all these sales following our completely unnecessary and avoidable relegation have essentially just plugged that funding gap.

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I think I'm right in saying that wages would have been cut on relegation, so there is a saving there. That £10 million loss in funding would have been partly plugged by these cuts

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It does beg the question how much the wages would go down for league 1, would anyone have realistically envisaged a drop to league 1 when signing the likes of Mads, Brown, Chong, Mengi in the premier league ?

Truth seeker / snide

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Posted by Doctor Ince <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Doctor+Ince' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 28/7/2025, 14:33:23, in reply to "Re: This transfer surplus"

Kaminski went from 5 figures pw to 4

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Who knows? It would be nice to get a definitive answer from the club on that. Or, at least, a general picture

Transparency was a 2020 pillar and, until recently, the club have done ok on that score (aside from transfer deal details and I know that completely winds your gears up. I don't think it's great either tbh but can see SOME arguments for that strategy)

But that just sums up the poor state of the comms at the moment, I suppose. A shame that an expert in PR had to step away from the Board earlier this year. He could have been given the job of leading all PR/Comms activity. A plan for the comms as well as managing the reactive stuff

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Posted by RADSB <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=RADSB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 28/7/2025, 12:15:32, in reply to "Re: This transfer surplus"

Someone suggested the other day that the funds were going to a PC contingency fund. They linked it to the application to remove the requirement for affordable housing - which is likely to be refused thus creating a funding gap.