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Can Everton afford this transfer?

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Models the current 2026/27 Premier League season (SCR, Red Threshold primary). Historical old-PSR season views are on club pages.

Shared scenario · PSRwatch estimate
Everton + Merlin RöhlOver limit

£21m over 5 yrs → £21m room to the Red Threshold. Edit the scenario below — every figure is an independent estimate, not an official ruling.

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The result reflects this signing — use “Add to scenario” to stack more moves.

Result
Plain-English read on spending room and squad-cost ratio.

This scenario would leave Everton with approximately £21m of room to the 115% Red Threshold. It would reduce remaining spending room by £8m. The estimated squad-cost ratio would increase from 102.0% to 105.6%, leaving them over limit. Being above the 85% Green Threshold but inside the 115% Red Threshold means a levy / allowance charge on about £45m of overspend — a fine, not a points deduction.

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Room to Red Threshold (now)i
£28m
115% sporting-sanction line
Room to Red Threshold (after)i
£21m
still below the Red Threshold
Current SCRi
102.0%
of the 115% Red Threshold (Green Threshold 85%)
New SCRi
105.6%
of the 115% Red Threshold (Green Threshold 85%)
Room to Green Threshold (now)i
-£37m
85% levy / allowance line
Room to Green Threshold (after)i
-£45m
in the levy / allowance zone
Transfer effecti
£8m less room
+7.9 annual squad cost
Status
Over limit
Sporting-sanction risk
None
Applies only above the 115% Red Threshold
Levy / allowance exposure
£45m
Levy on overspend above the 85% Green Threshold — a fine, not a points deduction
UEFA effecti
Not exposed
No current UEFA test
Old PSR modeli
£1m modelled room
Baseline allowance · 2023/24-2025/26 closeout — before undisclosed/private adjustments.
Room before the 115% points-deduction threshold£21m
Room before the 85% levy threshold-£45m
Quick what-ifs
Simple toggles for common fan scenarios.
Transfer capacity
A rough translation of annual room into fee capacity before wages.
Current capacity
£0m
Capacity after scenario
£0m

This assumes transfer fees are spread over five-year contracts before wages, agent fees, bonuses and registration timing. It is a translation of room, not a recommended budget.

Breakdown
How each move changes squad cost, revenue and room.
MoveAnnual transfer-fee costiAnnual wagesAgent/signing costsAnnual squad-cost changeBook profit/lossRevenue impactRoom effect
Merlin Röhl+£5m+£3m£3m+£8m£0m£0m£8m less room

Amortisation spreads a fee across the contract. A £50m signing on a five-year deal is a £10m annual cost before wages and other fees.

Room effect combines squad-cost change and football-income impact. A sale can help twice: lower costs and, if profitable, stronger football income.

Book profit or loss is sale proceeds minus remaining book value and sale costs. Academy sales often have low book value.

Owner equity is shown only for old PSR because the new squad-cost test is linked to football income, not shareholder funding.

Quick answer

A transfer fee is spread over the contract: a £50m fee on a five-year deal adds about £10m a year. Wages count in full each season. Annual squad cost ≈ fee ÷ contract years + wages + a small allowance for agent and bonus costs. The calculator compares that yearly cost with Everton's estimated football income — the 85% Green Threshold opens the levy / allowance zone; the 115% Red Threshold is the primary line, where sporting sanctions (points) begin.

Everton figures here are independent PSRwatch estimates, not official Premier League calculations. Read how PSRwatch builds its estimates, or the plain-English explainers on how transfer fees are spread over contracts and the Premier League squad-cost rule.

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