Yes they do

After a bit more reading I’m now uncertain as to whether what I’ve set out is correct for Finneran or whether the compensation will be set by the same committee as per Harvey Elliot’s. I think it may be the latter due to the fact we’ve offered him a scholarship. I apologise for any errors/misinformation previously given. At least we now know how it works pre-scholarship offer 😁

I forgot to cover the sell on point re Finneran. The compensation also includes 5% of all future transfer and loan fees (as set out below):

Below is the current compensation table plus the regulations regarding appearances. I believe he’s been at the club since under 8s so the initial compensation (based on that table) would be £375,000. What would happen if Newcastle sold him as per your example would depend on who they sold him to:

and even if it didn’t it might make youngsters (or at least their parents) think harder about which academy they join in the first place.

Was the £4.3 million the initial fee or appearance based? Edit - just looked it up, to get to the £4.3 million involves him making over 100 appearances for Liverpool. If Finneran makes 100 PL appearances the total compensation would be around £3.3 million - so fairly similar.

A city based dwarf?

A bittersweet moment for sure.

Not for free (but as good as)

I think you mean length not terms as only that affects the amortisation rate. (I’m sure you knew this, i just thought I’d clarify!)

I think we had concerns about him blocking pathways.

Jack wouldn’t have let it get in that state to start with.

I think, from memory, loan fees can be included in sell on fees but aren’t done so automatically. Edited to add - just checked the regulations… Loan fees are automatically included if the transfer is between two EFL clubs. In all other cases, loan fees are only included if this is specifically mentioned in the transfer agreement.

We don’t know we didn’t include loan fees in this one.

Cerberus on steroids

Deliberately so?

If your guess is right… what will our head of academy, head of medical services and head of performance analysis be doing?

Difficult to know who to blame if we don’t know who’s responsible for what… 🧐🤔

Today is the deadline for Finneran to let the club and the EFL know if he doesn’t want to stay with us so hopefully we’ll hear some news soon. If he does leave, I believe the fixed compensation fee would be £375,000. On top of that we’d receive a maximum of £3 million in appearance related compensation (£30,000 per PL appearance limited to 100 matches)

transfer record being the third?

It is:

It’s a fact they sold those two players it’s your opinion they were their best two players.

These two things are connected.

and possibly an appointment with a counsellor 😁

Wasn’t the ‘over 2000’ after the first four days? Still a big slowdown given the number sold after one day