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Putting the anal into analyst!

He never puts the chips down until the whole lot are finished 😉 

He never puts the chips down until the whole lot are finished 😉 

Due to his age, if we offer him an improved offer next season and he turns it down, we will be entitled to compensation as he came through our academy. He won't go for nothing even if he stays for this season.

My understanding is that the deal we made when we bought him was in the region of £8-£10m based on an agreed set fee (lower end) plus extras for any achievements written into the deal (usually promotion, appearance targets etc.).
I doubt we've hit any of the performance targets to trigger the added value and from what the club has said during the admin process, we have been paying off the main fee in regular instalments. One of the payments was deferred by Arsenal when we went into admin. However, since we are now out of admin and Arsenal would be considered a football creditor, we still need to complete agreed payments.
If we are to believe that the fee agreed was £8m and we are now entering the last of his 5 contracted years we can assume that we've been paying £1.6m per year (or £800k every 6 months, or £400k per quarter - depending on how the agreement was arranged). therefore we likely only owe the last £1.6m of the reported fee and that is a fee I think we can expect to get for him. It would be nice to get somewhere between £2-3m, but we need to be realistic.

Do you believe everything you read mate?

Obviously that article isn't written by Ben Osborn or anyone that drinks at his bar 😉 

Obviously that article isn't written by Ben Osborn or anyone that drinks at his bar 😉 

Obviously that article isn't written by Ben Osborn or anyone that drinks at his bar 😉 

Obviously that article isn't written by Ben Osborn or anyone that drinks at his bar 😉 

Obviously that article isn't written by Ben Osborn or anyone that drinks at his bar 😉 

Obviously that article isn't written by Ben Osborn or anyone that drinks at his bar 😉 

Obviously that article isn't written by Ben Osborn or anyone that drinks at his bar 😉 

Obviously that article isn't written by Ben Osborn or anyone that drinks at his bar 😉 

Nah, he's sweet talked a freindly cottage owner and got a superb offer for the rest of the summer

Nah, he's sweet talked a freindly cottage owner and got a superb offer for the rest of the summer

Nah, he's sweet talked a freindly cottage owner and got a superb offer for the rest of the summer

Nah, he's sweet talked a freindly cottage owner and got a superb offer for the rest of the summer

Experienced defender sorted. Need to go and get some players at a prime age now. Long term investments.

Feels a bit lowkey for Davies' departure after years of solid service. Hope he joins Orient next season then I can go on odd match days to cheer him, and also give him a round of applause when we play them.