Rest of A-League Transfer (Now with 99% RR - Love your work)

RR wrote:

 AucklandPhoenix wrote:
The best part of that article is there was no reference to Verstraete

Given how key he has been to AFC's success, he surely gets offered a marquee level deal.

Re: Brimmer, he still has 2 years on his deal & would be on a decent wedge. They might have to try and offload him to a South East Asian side with deep pockets.

coochiee wrote:
Brimmer has a young kid (or kids) living with his ex partner in Melbourne. That would be tough.

If Western United do re enter the comp, that could be a new home for him courtesy of a release from Auckland.

20 Legend wrote:

 RR wrote:

 AucklandPhoenix wrote:
The best part of that article is there was no reference to Verstraete

Given how key he has been to AFC's success, he surely gets offered a marquee level deal.

Re: Brimmer, he still has 2 years on his deal & would be on a decent wedge. They might have to try and offload him to a South East Asian side with deep pockets.

I suspect something is up with Brimmer - hope he's OK. But assuming he's on big money, surely he accepts a pay cut or they release him.

What are the rules around paying contracts out? I assume that's not included in the salary?

Bullion wrote:

 20 Legend wrote:

 RR wrote:

 AucklandPhoenix wrote:
The best part of that article is there was no reference to Verstraete

Given how key he has been to AFC's success, he surely gets offered a marquee level deal.

Re: Brimmer, he still has 2 years on his deal & would be on a decent wedge. They might have to try and offload him to a South East Asian side with deep pockets.

I suspect something is up with Brimmer - hope he's OK. But assuming he's on big money, surely he accepts a pay cut or they release him.

What are the rules around paying contracts out? I assume that's not included in the salary?

If they pay out then its in the salary cap, if its mutual termination then its not. 

YoungHeartHM wrote:

 Bullion wrote:

 20 Legend wrote:

 RR wrote:

 AucklandPhoenix wrote:
The best part of that article is there was no reference to Verstraete

Given how key he has been to AFC's success, he surely gets offered a marquee level deal.

Re: Brimmer, he still has 2 years on his deal & would be on a decent wedge. They might have to try and offload him to a South East Asian side with deep pockets.

I suspect something is up with Brimmer - hope he's OK. But assuming he's on big money, surely he accepts a pay cut or they release him.

What are the rules around paying contracts out? I assume that's not included in the salary?

If they pay out then its in the salary cap, if its mutual termination then its not. 

In the instance of a mutual termination, wouldn't the remainder of the contract have to be charged against the cap unless it was specifically negotiated otherwise?

20 Legend wrote:

 YoungHeartHM wrote:

 Bullion wrote:

 20 Legend wrote:

 RR wrote:

 AucklandPhoenix wrote:
The best part of that article is there was no reference to Verstraete

Given how key he has been to AFC's success, he surely gets offered a marquee level deal.

Re: Brimmer, he still has 2 years on his deal & would be on a decent wedge. They might have to try and offload him to a South East Asian side with deep pockets.

I suspect something is up with Brimmer - hope he's OK. But assuming he's on big money, surely he accepts a pay cut or they release him.

What are the rules around paying contracts out? I assume that's not included in the salary?

If they pay out then its in the salary cap, if its mutual termination then its not. 

In the instance of a mutual termination, wouldn't the remainder of the contract have to be charged against the cap unless it was specifically negotiated otherwise?

I assumed that the salary cap was applied when the squad was registered.

If you don't register a player for the season, surely their contract is irrelevant?

RR wrote:
Anything paid to a player registered in your Senior squad, counts towards your salary cap calculations.

Being able to deregister them from the ALM during the season but keep paying them would be a massive loophole for rich teams to exploit but no one has ever done that, so not sure it is even possible to deregister players.

Only time teams have paid guys outside the ALM squad, was for guys signed in January for ACL depth.

20 Legend wrote:

 RR wrote:
Anything paid to a player registered in your Senior squad, counts towards your salary cap calculations.

Being able to deregister them from the ALM during the season but keep paying them would be a massive loophole for rich teams to exploit but no one has ever done that, so not sure it is even possible to deregister players.

Only time teams have paid guys outside the ALM squad, was for guys signed in January for ACL depth.

Yes of course... but the question is if a team like Auckland has to pay out contracts for the likes of Brimmer, if Brimmer isn't registered it's not going to count against the salary cap.

Bullion wrote:

 20 Legend wrote:

 RR wrote:
Anything paid to a player registered in your Senior squad, counts towards your salary cap calculations.

Being able to deregister them from the ALM during the season but keep paying them would be a massive loophole for rich teams to exploit but no one has ever done that, so not sure it is even possible to deregister players.

Only time teams have paid guys outside the ALM squad, was for guys signed in January for ACL depth.

Yes of course... but the question is if a team like Auckland has to pay out contracts for the likes of Brimmer, if Brimmer isn't registered it's not going to count against the salary cap.

It will, you could otherwise stack your squad and then not reregister them and payout their contracts effectively meaning the players time registered they had a salary higher than what was reported.

YoungHeartHM wrote:
Off his IG account tonight it looks like Pennington is leaving Perth.

RR wrote:
Joel King, Patrick Wood, Ahmet Arslan and Corey Hollman will depart the Sky Blues following the expiration of their contracts.

In addition, Apostolos Stamatelopoulos and Piero Quispe will return to their parent clubs in Scotland and Mexico respectively following the conclusion of their loan agreements. 

AucklandPhoenix wrote:
Sure but isn’t JCP starting for Sydney and under contarct?
I don’t think we can compete with that?

To be fair to King he is up against Ben Gurrochio (spelling?) who is one of the best defenders in the last few years in the A league.

Southernix wrote:
https://aucklandfc.co.nz/news/auckland-fc-bids-farewell-to-three-young-players/

Finn McKenlay, Adama Coulibaly & Jimmy Hilton all leaving Auckland