RoyMac5 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, Coneheadjohn said: That might be difficult ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestKentRam Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 My concern from the report is that Mel is paying the players' wages this month but 'is reluctant to continue to do so in future months'. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11696/12289363/Derby-takeover-mel-morris-to-pay-players-april-wages-amid-takeover-delays Derby4Me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, WestKentRam said: My concern from the report is that Mel is paying the players' wages this month but 'is reluctant to continue to do so in future months'. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11696/12289363/Derby-takeover-mel-morris-to-pay-players-april-wages-amid-takeover-delays Well I’d be bloomin reluctant to pay £1.2m for more months than I have to! Once the EFL tick their box, it’s not his problem any more. Norman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Wolfie said: Well I’d be bloomin reluctant to pay £1.2m for more months than I have to! Once the EFL tick their box, it’s not his problem any more. Quote Alonso is still waiting to hear whether he and all his associates have passed the owners and directors test, before he can gain the approval of the EFL to complete his takeover. Red Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 10 minutes ago, WestKentRam said: My concern from the report is that Mel is paying the players' wages this month but 'is reluctant to continue to do so in future months'. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11696/12289363/Derby-takeover-mel-morris-to-pay-players-april-wages-amid-takeover-delays He can be as reluctant as he wants. Whilst he owns the clubs its his problem. Derby4Me, bimmerman and oldtimeram 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 3 hours ago, IslandExile said: Maybe that's just Ravenelli's pay. I think its about time we got a consolidation loan so we can pay him off within next few years. IslandExile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BramcoteRam84 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Anyone thought this figure could be reduced due to wage deferrals the players agreed to in order to get us through the pandemic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coneheadjohn Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Oldben said: https://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/huge-wage-gap-in-efl-revealed-2663302 Definitely Chris Martin on 65k a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coneheadjohn Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 30 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: 31 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: Quote Alonso is still waiting to hear whether he and all his associates have passed the owners and directors test, before he can gain the approval of the EFL to complete his takeover. How long does it take and what’s the test? Do they have some sort of a role play where Big Sam asks for a back hander? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Have we finished paying billy yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestKentRam Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 38 minutes ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said: He can be as reluctant as he wants. Whilst he owns the clubs its his problem. It struck me as an odd way of putting it in the report. If Mel is reluctant to pay further wages after this month but the sale doesn't go through, what are his options then..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Ghost of Clough said: Hard to belive it's that low, even when assuming the wages of those out on loan aren't included. Maybe it's excluding players on loan with us such as Clarke, Gregory,etc..? If true, it would surely put us in the bottom 6 for wage bill (Rotherham, Coventry, Wycombe, Luton, and maybe Preston) I can’t believe that we are not subsidising the wages of Malone and jafoozon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 15 minutes ago, WestKentRam said: It struck me as an odd way of putting it in the report. If Mel is reluctant to pay further wages after this month but the sale doesn't go through, what are his options then..? Pay the wages. I’m reluctant to go & have the bath night fight with my daughter in 5 minutes but I’m gonna have to do it. And then have another battle to get her out of it. He hasn’t said he's not going to pay wages after this month, just that he would rather not have to. Perfectly reasonable IMO. Norman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimeram Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 1 hour ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said: He can be as reluctant as he wants. Whilst he owns the clubs its his problem. Agree 100%. He decided to buy the club and until he sells, it's his responsibility to pay the players.....regardless of being reluctant or not to pay the wages in the future. JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta and Derby4Me 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannable Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 5 hours ago, hintonsboots said: Eye watering wage bill for the productivity, talent and effort on show. Talk about Mel not getting much for his money. Anyone know the % of the 1.2 Mill that relates to player wages ? It was £40,000,000 three years ago. We’ve reduced the wage bill by 64% since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GboroRam Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 7 minutes ago, oldtimeram said: Agree 100%. He decided to buy the club and until he sells, it's his responsibility to pay the players.....regardless of being reluctant or not to pay the wages in the future. Is it though? What happens if a business can't afford to pay its staff? The owner doesn't have to pay them from his own pocket. He can declare insolvency, can't he? Comrade 86, Red Ram and Van der MoodHoover 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Ram Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, GboroRam said: Is it though? What happens if a business can't afford to pay its staff? The owner doesn't have to pay them from his own pocket. He can declare insolvency, can't he? This is exactly my concern too. Not sure whether this is joining the dots or 2+2=5 but this latest report in the context of the recent Collymore tweet that "we could go" and the subsequent Natalie Jackson report that staff at the club were "scared to death of what would happen next" is at the very least consistent with the possibility that Mel might feel he has no alternative but to put us into adminstration if the takeover doesn't go through before the wage bill after this one is due. I know he's said he'd continue to bankroll the club but as Sky Sports story indicates, given that he's clearly desperate to get out he isn't going to want to have to keep doing that on an indefinite basis. The more optimistic reading is that this may be just be shot across the bows of the EFL to move things along or else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, Red Ram said: This is exactly my concern too. Not sure whether this is joining the dots or 2+2=5 but this latest report in the context of the recent Collymore tweet that "we could go" and the subsequent Natalie Jackson report that staff at the club were "scared to death of what would happen next" is at the very least consistent with the possibility that Mel might feel he has no alternative but to put us into adminstration if the takeover doesn't go through before the wage bill after this one is due. I know he's said he'd continue to bankroll the club but as Sky Sports story indicates, given that he's clearly desperate to get out he isn't going to want to have to keep doing that on an indefinite basis. The more optimistic reading is that this may be just be shot across the bows of the EFL to move things along or else... Collymore wasn't tweeting about going into administration though, he was being extreme and suggesting no-one would buy us out of administration which is a totally different scenario and so unlikely to happen. Which is why he deleted his tweet imho. Carnero and FlyBritishMidland 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Coneheadjohn said: Definitely Chris Martin on 65k a week. Did he tell you this when queuing in Costco? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammie Steve Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 5 hours ago, CornwallRam said: At least you didn't mention Titanic Raise the Titanic? It would have been cheaper to drain the Atlantic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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