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Originally Posted by andyd
Who needs a tip it's pretty obvious that the way things are going money will be tight or non at all squads management and staff are going to be surplus to requirements at a lot of clubs.
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Just for clarity Salary Caps and Squad size limits etc will not apply to next season 20/21 but will at the earliest start the following year 21/22 but that will be with a years transition so unless clubs are planning to offer players contracts of more than 2 years length so as i see it the only difference for the minute will likely be the insertion of a clause that will mean that the renewal of any contract that expires at the end of 21/22 and more importantly 22/23 will be subject to restrictions imposed by the salary cap meaning they will be able to offer contracts on worse terms than the one they were on previously.
My feeling is once the above is confirmed [probrably after the EFL conference which i.m told they are still hoping to hold in person in Portugal but has been compromised by this balmy quarentine lark ] Andy and John arent stupid people if they believe a squad made up of the contracted players plus taking up the options and offering to a couple of the OOC players and those players are realistic and accept that an offer from Accy that may not be the best is still better than risking being thrown onto the scrap heap i believe you may well end up with most of the same established players as last season the difference will be there will be no headroom for taking gambles with players wanting full money.
Speaking with an agent friend of mine hes of the oppinion that there will be a cohort of young players with no financial commitments who will be willing to sign for what pre virus would be what you would call very low wages simply for the chance to stay in the proffessional game and the main driver of this will be that they won't have the NL cushion to rely on any more. He has a lot of other things he believe will come about but there will be no clarity really untill the clubs know how next season will start [wether behind closed doors, in front of restricted crowds [ season tickets holders only ] or even as normal ] and more importantly when that would be.
But somthing to take into consideration is that if you extended/ offered new contacts to existing players [ as opposed to signing new ones ] you could keep them on furlough till the scheme ends/new season starts which might not seem that important but even at Accy could run to an amount well North of 150k a figure that culd then be used to supplement the projected budget.
But if Accy are in need of an experienced Midfielder then they could do a lot worse than to look at Mike Jones released by Carlisle [ and not on massive wages having taken a cut 2 years ago when he last negotiated ] who is looking for a North West based club and whos stats are excellent [ and if you take away the spell under Sheridan are even better than that ] but i.d be pretty sure JC will already be well aware given that they are almost neighbours.