outlaw69uk 123 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 After an interesting discussion yesterday, I had a few thoughts, and, well, since apparently transfers are the only source of revenue for the club, and, Bain does such a good job.... There will be more than this but, this is purely the Wiki list of "noteably Rangers players" that have left the club since 2000 ( I added a couple, and, how the hell Ross and Malcolm are noteable I dont know!) Jörg Albertz Sergio Porrini Tony Vidmar Lorenzo Amoruso Maurice Ross Robert Malcolm Giovanni van Bronckhorst Rod Wallace Andrei Kanchelskis Neil McCann Arthur Numan Stefan Klos Michael Mols Bert Konterman Ronald de Boer Peter Løvenkrands Fernando Ricksen Shota Arveladze Alan Hutton Chris Burke Dado Prso Brahim Hemdani Barry Ferguson Charlie Adam Michael Ball Namouchi McCormack Cousin Boumsong Arteta Darcheville The list goes on, so, my question is.... Why are we in debt? Surely, even on transfers alone, we should have made a tidy we profit on these guys? Then again, how much did we sell for? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 912 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 I'm not sure we'll have actually made a profit on that lot! Players like Rod the Prod, Prso, Hemdani and Darcheville came here on a free, took in huge wages for a number of years, then left on a free. Others like Albertz, Amo, Ball and Mols left for a lot less than we actually paid. Obviously, we made a bit with Hutton, Boumsong and Gio, but I'm not sure we'd be making huge profits from that list. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poetry_In_Blue 1,043 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 I'm not sure we'll have actually made a profit on that lot! Players like Rod the Prod, Prso, Hemdani and Darcheville came here on a free, took in huge wages for a number of years, then left on a free. Others like Albertz, Amo, Ball and Mols left for a lot less than we actually paid. Obviously, we made a bit with Hutton, Boumsong and Gio, but I'm not sure we'd be making huge profits from that list. What he said, must also be remembered that in some of the cases WE actually bought out their contracts to get rid of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw69uk 123 Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 I'm not sure we'll have actually made a profit on that lot! Players like Rod the Prod, Prso, Hemdani and Darcheville came here on a free, took in huge wages for a number of years, then left on a free. Others like Albertz, Amo, Ball and Mols left for a lot less than we actually paid. Obviously, we made a bit with Hutton, Boumsong and Gio, but I'm not sure we'd be making huge profits from that list. Oh absolutely mate, I would be highly surprised if we did but my point is, I cant help but feel we SHOULD have made one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw69uk 123 Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 I'm not sure we'll have actually made a profit on that lot! Players like Rod the Prod, Prso, Hemdani and Darcheville came here on a free, took in huge wages for a number of years, then left on a free. Others like Albertz, Amo, Ball and Mols left for a lot less than we actually paid. Obviously, we made a bit with Hutton, Boumsong and Gio, but I'm not sure we'd be making huge profits from that list. What he said, must also be remembered that in some of the cases WE actually bought out their contracts to get rid of them. Yep, I know, also the point Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 912 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 I think it's something like £21m pure profit on Hutton, Jean-Alain and Gio alone. You'd need to start working back from there, because I'm completely unsure whether we made a profit on ANY of the other players you mention. A few hundred thousand on Cousin possibly? £1m between Adam and Namouchi? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw69uk 123 Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 The thing I find confusing is, I cant think of another club that operates as we do in this regard. Almost every season, we are paying off contracts, selling for free/next to nothing, which, surely isnt right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 912 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Ah, I see what you're doing here I agree. Our transfer policy - in terms of getting rid of players - is bizarre to say the least. Getting slightly better this year, but still very short-sighted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw69uk 123 Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 Indeed it is fella, very bizarre indeed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
feda16 136 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Albertz was sold as a profit as well iirc, small but profit none the less Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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