The club transfer record

[Justified logic]

I'm confused. Is the club record the basic headline figure, the headline figure with add-ons (achieved or missed?), or the amortised annual figure over the length of the deal?

[Dameerto]

It's whatever the journalist thinks will show us in the worst light.

[CTID Hants]

It's whatever the journalist thinks will show us in the worst light.

And in whatever currency makes it the most obscene.......

[South Stand Balti]

It's the transfer fee with all the add ons. It doesn't mean we will actually pay as much as that though. Sterling is touted as £49m including the add ons but some of the add ons have already been missed. I think I read somewhere that the max sterling can now cost is £45.33m. The media still record it as £49m and I've heard pundits on sky casually mention his £55m fee! Funnily enough, Lukaku is an exception. His fee was £75m and you have to ignore the extra £15m add ons in his case.

[nottsblue]

It's the transfer fee with all the add ons. It doesn't mean we will actually pay as much as that though. Sterling is touted as £49m including the add ons but some of the add ons have already been missed. I think I read somewhere that the max sterling can now cost is £45.33m. The media still record it as £49m and I've heard pundits on sky casually mention his £55m fee! Funnily enough, Lukaku is an exception. His fee was £75m and you have to ignore the extra £15m add ons in his case.

Was Sterling not £44m with an additional £1.5m for each PL or CL win with a maximum of £5m? Don't know whether that was for his original contract of presumably five years or the duration of his career with us

[Justified logic]

It's the transfer fee with all the add ons. It doesn't mean we will actually pay as much as that though. Sterling is touted as £49m including the add ons but some of the add ons have already been missed. I think I read somewhere that the max sterling can now cost is £45.33m. The media still record it as £49m and I've heard pundits on sky casually mention his £55m fee! Funnily enough, Lukaku is an exception. His fee was £75m and you have to ignore the extra £15m add ons in his case.

Fair 'nuff. They aren't going to achieve them!

How about the amortised figure though? Is £60m for a 6 year deal (£10m pa) more than £55m for a 5 year deal (£11m pa)? How about £45m for a 3 year deal (£15m pa)?

[South Stand Balti]

It's the transfer fee with all the add ons. It doesn't mean we will actually pay as much as that though. Sterling is touted as £49m including the add ons but some of the add ons have already been missed. I think I read somewhere that the max sterling can now cost is £45.33m. The media still record it as £49m and I've heard pundits on sky casually mention his £55m fee! Funnily enough, Lukaku is an exception. His fee was £75m and you have to ignore the extra £15m add ons in his case.

Fair 'nuff. They aren't going to achieve them!

How about the amortised figure though? Is £60m for a 6 year deal (£10m pa) more than £55m for a 5 year deal (£11m pa)? How about £45m for a 3 year deal (£15m pa)?

The transfer record is about how much the fee is or could rise to if add ons are included. How the fee is accounted for is irrelevant. The £60m is the record there.

[South Stand Balti]

It's the transfer fee with all the add ons. It doesn't mean we will actually pay as much as that though. Sterling is touted as £49m including the add ons but some of the add ons have already been missed. I think I read somewhere that the max sterling can now cost is £45.33m. The media still record it as £49m and I've heard pundits on sky casually mention his £55m fee! Funnily enough, Lukaku is an exception. His fee was £75m and you have to ignore the extra £15m add ons in his case.

Was Sterling not £44m with an additional £1.5m for each PL or CL win with a maximum of £5m? Don't know whether that was for his original contract of presumably five years or the duration of his career with us

I'm not sure of the detail but I assume they must have included for winning the league/champs league within the first couple of seasons if the article I read was accurate. I also thought there would be something in there for appearances and goals. The dippers only received £35m of that original fee with £9m going to QPR. The dippers spent their share on Benteke.