Statement from Day

We’re the club that learns nothing, or that’s how it often seems.

Whilst there may be good reason for paying players off, we’ve been here before and eventually the inevitable happened...it’s not a good habit to get in, especially for a club that pleaded poverty for nigh on 6 months this year...

Does anyone know if paying off players (e.g. Mohsni and Ohman) count as part of the salary cap? Is it still considered salary, or more like compensation and therefore outside of salary cap rules?

Quoted from pen penfras

I suppose to give more budget might mean paying off some players early a la Mohsni and Ohman, perhaps that's what it means. It's an expensive way to do business, but it was clearly very wrong in the summer.

That would be my take on it too. Possibly pay off some of the bigger earners early to free budget for incoming players. Take Hanson for instance. He's probably the highest earner, but it's no good if he's on the treatment table or sat at home. May cost a few grand to pay him off, but we could get someone in to replace him, maybe even for slightly less wages, which would claw back some of the money over the coming months, and also leave slightly more in the cap for others. Same for Green, and dare I say it, Macca. We got Henderson on loan and he was a massive improvement without the cost.

It's also possible we could get some other sides to take those off our hands with free transfers if we let it be known they won't be getting another contract at the end of the season. May motivate them to take a pay drop somewhere else for a longer contract.

I think any player whose contract is up at the end of the season, or is on a loan, is fair game at the moment.

Quoted from wigworld

Does anyone know if paying off players (e.g. Mohsni and Ohman) count as part of the salary cap? Is it still considered salary, or more like compensation and therefore outside of salary cap rules?

I would imagine that if we terminate their contract, even if it means paying them off, it will free up space in the cap. Don't know for sure though.

Surely any settlement counts towards the cap though? They are in effect still wages (to this layman)? It’s going to be a very expensive month and I’ve got a really bad feeling that the low capacity of ICU beds at DPOW is going to cost us T2 next week.

Quoted from pen penfras

I suppose to give more budget might mean paying off some players early a la Mohsni and Ohman, perhaps that's what it means. It's an expensive way to do business, but it was clearly very wrong in the summer.

Surely if you pay players off early it is likely to cost a fair proportion of what their full contract would be worth (75%+ say?) or as a player why would you take it.

If this is the case, won’t that still count against the annual salary cap?, so won’t actually free off much money?

Sorry to be repetitive, didn’t read to the end before posting  

Quoted from ginnywings

I would imagine that if we terminate their contract, even if it means paying them off, it will free up space in the cap. Don't know for sure though.

My understanding is that it doesn't count towards the cap, but I'd have to re-read the rules on the website to be sure.

Hilarious, when is a salary not a salary! I mean why do the EFL have to make things so complicated.

I fear that come January, we will be stuck adrift second from bottom of the league and any players we actually coax into the club, probably at the end of the month, will not be able to help us catch up.