Jimmy Lad
Well-Known Member
It seemed to me very odd that Silva was completely frozen out of the first team picture. I agree he struggled and in many respects looked out of his depth, but it got me wondering if there was more to it than meets the eye. He was/is clearly a talented player (Portuguese international) which he had yet to fulfil with us.
Somebody (on here I think) mentioned last week that if he played another game for us that we would have to fork out another £5 million of his fee to Lisbon which, if true, would make his absence from all games more sense. I believe that most payments (if not all) of transfer fees are structured in stages and include many variables (including appearances) which will impact on the final fee paid. It then got me thinking further into our own sale of Danny Drinkwater to Chelsea for a reported fee of £35 million. He has played a grand total of 12 games for them. This in turn could mean that we may have only received a fraction of that money for the same reasons given above.
Perhaps due to FFP reasons our lack of use of Silva may have been inextricably linked to Chelsea's lack of use of Drinkwater. Silva may have been a victim of circumstance. Allied to this the recent culling of the squad without replacement also points to us having to tighten of belts to meet FFP (not to mention the costs of the new training ground/stadium etc).
Not important, I know, just got me thinking!
Somebody (on here I think) mentioned last week that if he played another game for us that we would have to fork out another £5 million of his fee to Lisbon which, if true, would make his absence from all games more sense. I believe that most payments (if not all) of transfer fees are structured in stages and include many variables (including appearances) which will impact on the final fee paid. It then got me thinking further into our own sale of Danny Drinkwater to Chelsea for a reported fee of £35 million. He has played a grand total of 12 games for them. This in turn could mean that we may have only received a fraction of that money for the same reasons given above.
Perhaps due to FFP reasons our lack of use of Silva may have been inextricably linked to Chelsea's lack of use of Drinkwater. Silva may have been a victim of circumstance. Allied to this the recent culling of the squad without replacement also points to us having to tighten of belts to meet FFP (not to mention the costs of the new training ground/stadium etc).
Not important, I know, just got me thinking!
