CONFIRMED Hamer joins Coventry

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Millhousesblade1889 said:
Reports suggest a £35m deficit and money owed to The Prince. So the question becomes simple: do you roll the dice on promotion, knowing the odds are slim or do you sell? As fans, of course we want him to stay. So do I. I’ll be gutted to see him in another shirt in the next week or so. But this is the reality of supporting Sheffield United.
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If you are referring to the lack of parachute payments as a "deficit", stop that already. Players we signed to have a go (lol) at the PL for which said payments are intended to cover after we went down (excluding any youth deals and loans):

Slimane - loan to buy immediately on going down
Traore - sold immediately on going down
Trusty - same
Souza - stayed for one season then sold
Hamer - still here
Davies - contract now expired
Grbic - still here but continually on loan

There is just one year of Hamer's wages as a "deficit" in terms of actual money, plus one year's amortisation if looking at book value. As we fire sold everyone else, the parachute money was a windfall, the lack of it is not a deficit. We're now just back to normal Championship operations (which, yes, loses a boatload of money) both in terms of revenue and squad.

As for what I'd do, I answered that upthread
 



Millhousesblade1889 said:
Yes I get that, but it doesn’t change the fact we’ve lost parachute payments, there’s new league financial restrictions in place & the owners have a winding up order against them due to monies claimed to be owed.

Are they in a position to let players leave for free if we’re offered £5m plus for a player in the last year of his deal?
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Has the order been made? Must have missed that.
 
Does Coventry have much of a chance of staying in The Prem this season? Can't say I've been following their recruitment so I have no idea if they'll do a Sunderland or a Derby. Not saying that is a factor to whether he would sign for them or not, but it has to be in Hamer's mind, " do I want another season getting beat week in, week out?" "Does The Blades have a serious chance of getting promoted?".
I get that money is number one priority, playing in the top league on the planet is up there, going back to where he knows he'll be adored not matter what is also a factor. I guess we'll find out in either a new contract interview or returning to an old club interview.
Nice decision to have to make. Whatever he decides it's a win for him.
 
Roygbiv said:
Hamer isn't desperate to leave and wanted a move abroad but nothing worthwhile came in. It's a move that United are happy to go with so we don't lose him for free. Hamer is very disillusioned with football as a whole and wanted a big pay day for what will be his last big move but this is the next best thing.

It's shit for us because even though he's past his best and in poor shape, he was still by far our most creative player. I don't think he will be a success at Coventry either and I think they'll be surprised at the player they get back. Take a look at his size and they way he played for them in their play-off campaign in 2023. He's simply not that player anymore sadly.

By all accounts he's a top bloke so I hope it works out well for him.
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The higher the league, the fitter a player has to be.

Gus is way past Premiership levels of fitness. Yes, he has the skill in the Championship but I agree with you, Coventry fans will be disappointed at the 2026 Gus Hamer if they want to survive next year.

I’d be happy if he stayed with us for one more season.
 
Starting today, Cov offer must have got lost in the post
 
Cov will rival Derbys record lowest score next year, Fat Frank will be sacked before Christmas and end up at somewhere like Boro. Mark my words.
 
Alex Cheeseright said:
Does Coventry have much of a chance of staying in The Prem this season? Can't say I've been following their recruitment so I have no idea if they'll do a Sunderland or a Derby.
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They are struggling to make signings, and their fans are trying to remain calm with the ownership. 1-2 in so far, neither stellar.
 
If nothing else, him starting today, maybe for one last time is nice, just to temporarily put their lot back in their weirdo box for a bit, and to kill their initial surge of weirdoness online.
 
Shawy24 said:
Has the order been made? Must have missed that.
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I thought it had a court date, maybe I’ve used the wrong terminology 🤣.

To be honest I don’t want to get into all that as I’ve not tracked it enough. My opinion is if we get a good offer for Hamer we should sell him & I don’t think we’re in a position to keep players in last year of their deals
 
He's in the starting line up today so that suggest that no bid has come in for him, or at least none that we've considered. I have no problem with Hamer leaving as O'Hare is more than capable of filling in for him and any fee would allow us to sign a permanent left winger.
 



Never mind Coventry…Hull are a lot worse and they’ve not signed anyone of note either. They’ll both be coming straight back down, you’d think with Ipswich.
 
Seeing a lot on twitter that Hamer got wiped out from reckless challenge, Possible broken leg
 
I think some of our younger fans think it’s funny to suggest someone has a career defining injury just as a joke
 
Millhousesblade1889 said:
PSG have owners who are among the richest in the world & they operate in a completely different financial universe to most clubs.

Dortmund will no doubt look back and wish they hadn’t let Lewandowski leave on a free, but at the time they weren’t facing financial pressure. They’d signed him for next to nothing compared to what a top striker usually costs, so the risk felt manageable.

We don’t have that luxury. If you’re £10k into your personal overdraft, regularly speaking to the bank about financial issues, and someone offers you £2–3k to clear part of that debt, it’s something you have to seriously consider.

Reports suggest a £35m deficit and money owed to The Prince. So the question becomes simple: do you roll the dice on promotion, knowing the odds are slim or do you sell? As fans, of course we want him to stay. So do I. I’ll be gutted to see him in another shirt in the next week or so. But this is the reality of supporting Sheffield United.
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When you refer to “deficit “ is that a sum that the club owes or the gap between income and expenditure in the current financial year ?
Neither has been shown in anything tangible that I have seen.
 



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