(06-30-2022, 09:06 AM)SW4Baggie Wrote:(06-30-2022, 08:17 AM)fuzzbox Wrote:(06-30-2022, 08:07 AM)Ossian Wrote: Curtis Davies; Laurie; Lee Hughes to Coventry, although opinions differ about how much profit we actually saw in the end.
Didn't they only pay the first £2.5m in the end? Then there was the increased wage and re-signing on fees. Then Kidderminster got their share as well...
Such a sorry state of affairs.
With Hughes we paid what, 200k and sold him for 5m+1….and then when they couldn’t pay the outstanding debts, we took him back. Essentially they paid us £2.5m to loan him for a season.
I don't think it was even £200k, they did have a profit share on him though. However, when you add on his new signing-on fee, drastically increased wages and the fact that he caused serious trouble, didn't finish his contract and never re-found his form it doesn't look so good. For 2.5m, the 'profit' was minimal.
I feel uncomfortable not mentioning the deaths he caused, but couldn't fit it in without seeming to minimise them.