Re: BCFC: Debt and Sustainability

El Mayor

phils226

Iknow these relate to an earlier period but will our current position have improved as Jude should have a book value of £20M when it would have been zero at the start of the season?

I genuinely don't know how they will value Jude, I have to be honest.

I know that normally, players are valued by straight line depreciation, so it is their transfer cost / number of years left on their deal, but I'm not sure how it works for players with no transfer cost.

You also have to factor in the fact that it could become an auction of the wealthiest elite clubs in Europe.

Early doors we saw rumoured interest from Dortmund and potentially Bayern Munich.

Then we saw concrete interest from Man Utd, with rumours of Chelsea and Man City joining the chase. Whispers of Barcelona having a sniff.

It's impossible to value Jude at the moment because we have idea of how the huge clubs may wish to try and gazump each other by offering more and more.

The one thing that worries me though, is that there isn't any precedent for a Championship player going for the £50mil figures that have been discussed. I worry that the Championship has a ceiling and that whilst we're in this league, we will only ever get x amount of money for him.

At the moment I'm enjoying seeing him play and develop. I don't wanna just look at young players as monetary items but it is reassuring to know for once, we may actually get a very tidy figure for one of our best players.

He has the ability to single-handedly help Blues take some really big steps towards healthy finances.