03-07-2019, 04:53 PM
(03-07-2019, 01:19 PM)nefremo Wrote: I disagree my friend. An asset is not the same in cash. On the books, yes. In reality, no. You can reinvest cash and collect the interest on it. Again, time value of money. You put the cash to work as it'll be worth more tomorrow then it is today. A players value may or may NOT grow. You are talking about a risk.
If an entity is not one you are going to keep long term, you take the cash. I'll tell you right now, IF there is a huge offer on the table for Pepe, Elliot will sell immediately. It would be financially irresponsible not to from their point of view.
What you are talking about is a big risk. Why move the player to Milan now, and then POSSIBLY cash in on him in a couple of years when you can take 70mil (rumored price for Pepe) NOW, reinvest it and make interest on it (or reinvest into buying another entity, give another loan and get interest, etc).
Us Milan fans would do what you are saying. Elliot won't. They've made a fortune doing what I described and they'll keep doing it.
Yes, if they think the offer they get now is the best one or a really big one .and there is a big risk of a decline then they should sell now. Now if they want to keep him longer and they think his value will increase then keeping him in Milan is not that different from keeping him in Lille. And if it's a star player that they are keeping for longer, then it's probably better to keep the player at Milan.
Again this all theoretical since Elliott does not control Lille yet! In all probability Nicholas Pepe will get sold to an EPL team for a large sum. They can then use that money to pay back Elliott.
