BlueRodneyFern, on 29 April 2024 - 08:57 AM, said:
Correct you budget for EFL is all based on this season average and it helped both Wrexham and Notts County with this seasons budgets
It’s more complex than that. Chesterfield will set the budget which will include guaranteed budget such as the EFL/PFL handouts, ST sales and the rest has to be extrapolated to obtain the expected income with may vary for reality. The reporst is submitted in mid June along with expected player budget so it can only be an estimate and for L2 it has to be less that 50% of expected income. There isn’t any point in over exaggerating expected income because clubs have to submit a mid season report in December where any obvious errors will be detected.
There are three reporting periods, the current one which by nature has to be an estimate, and the two previous years which presumably back up assumptions being made.
On top of that there is there is the football fortune element (cup revenue, donations, transfer fees, etc.) and cubs can spend 100% of that on the player budget.