If you pay £100k and its only a one year contract, he might well leave at the end of the season for nothing and you've spent £100k for that season. Whereas if it's a three year contract you've spent £33k for each season.
Or if you're Derby, you say actually he's going to play so well for us we'll likely sell him for £300k in two years time, so in our accounts we can state we haven't spent any money on him at all.
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Glad he did post that though, to calm a few of the drone army fears of a rumoured 100k fee.
How does confirming he signed for 3 years help calm those who fear paying a fee of £100k?
Because it's a pretty substantial contract length, suggesting he'll be a really key player for us and means he can't walk out for free any time soon.
If you pay £100k and its only a one year contract, he might well leave at the end of the season for nothing and you've spent £100k for that season. Whereas if it's a three year contract you've spent £33k for each season.
Or if you're Derby, you say actually he's going to play so well for us we'll likely sell him for £300k in two years time, so in our accounts we can state we haven't spent any money on him at all.
Not sure how we keep forgetting one of our all time legends in AA.
Disclaimer: It's not Ali Al-Hamadi
A beastly conundrum
Who was that last left footed lad we signed from Shrewsbury? Joe something or other?