- Dec 30, 2015
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So many people are freaking out about the £30m payment, without seeming to recognise that this is the reality post-the new TV deal.
£30m today is the same as £20m would have been in the last window; that is to say, a 50% price increase, matching the 50% increase in TV revenue. Without acknowledging this, you're completely mis-analysing how much £30m actually is.
£30m might be a slight overpayment - for a (just) 27 year old with 44 French caps - but not by much. If we'd paid £20m in the last window, most people would have thought that was about par.
Well, £30m is the new £20m. It's the same bit of business.
£30m today is the same as £20m would have been in the last window; that is to say, a 50% price increase, matching the 50% increase in TV revenue. Without acknowledging this, you're completely mis-analysing how much £30m actually is.
£30m might be a slight overpayment - for a (just) 27 year old with 44 French caps - but not by much. If we'd paid £20m in the last window, most people would have thought that was about par.
Well, £30m is the new £20m. It's the same bit of business.