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Can Everton afford this transfer?

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Models the current 2026/27 Premier League season under the squad-cost rules (115% Red Threshold primary). Historical old-PSR season views are on club pages.

Shared scenario · PSRwatch estimate
Everton + Jarrad BranthwaiteBelow Green

Sale at £34m → £159m room to the Red Threshold. Edit the scenario below - every figure is an independent estimate, not an official ruling.

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Standard inputs first. Accounting extras are in advanced mode.

From the squad ledger: wage £6m (reported gross salary), book value £0m (apportioned share of the club's filed charge, not a reported fee), 4 seasons left to 2030-06-30. Market value £34m (specialist database).

The result reflects this sale - use “Add to scenario” to stack more moves.

Result
Plain-English read on spending room and squad-cost ratio.
Adds spending roomEstimated squad-cost ratio moves 71.1% to 60.7%. PSRwatch estimate.

This scenario would leave Everton with approximately £159m of room to the 115% Red Threshold. It would increase remaining spending room by £35m. The estimated squad-cost ratio would fall from 71.1% to 60.7%, leaving them below green.

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Room to Red Threshold (now)
£113m
115% sporting-sanction line
Room to Red Threshold (after)
£159m
still below the Red Threshold
Current Squad Cost Ratio (SCR)
71.1%
of the 115% Red Threshold (Green Threshold 85%)
New Squad Cost Ratio (SCR)
60.7%
of the 115% Red Threshold (Green Threshold 85%)
Room to Green Threshold (now)
£36m
85% levy / allowance line
Room to Green Threshold (after)
£71m
below the Green Threshold
Transfer effect
£35m more room
-6.2 annual squad cost
Status
Below Green
Sporting-sanction risk
None
Applies only above the 115% Red Threshold
Levy / allowance exposure
None
Applies only above the 85% Green Threshold
UEFA effect
Not exposed
No current UEFA test
Old PSR model
£91m modelled room
Source-backed funded allowance · 2023/24-2025/26 closeout - before undisclosed/private adjustments.
Room before the 115% points-deduction threshold£159m
Room before the 85% levy threshold£71m
How much can Everton spend?
Answered from the position after the scenario above: £71m of room before the 85% Green Threshold, £159m before the 115% Red Threshold. PSRwatch estimates on forecast income, not a budget.
Maximum transfer fee
ContractBefore Green (85%)Before Red (115%)
3 years£142mat £21m wages£317mat £48m wages
4 years£172mat £26m wages£385mat £58m wages
5 years£197mat £30m wages£441mat £66m wages

The largest fee whose annual cost (fee spread over the contract, plus wages and estimated associated costs) fits inside the room. Zero means no room at that wage.

Maximum wage for one more signingat a fee of£m over five years
Before the Green Threshold
£61m a year
about £1,163k a week
Before the Red Threshold
£148m a year
about £2,850k a week
What would need to be sold to create£m of room before the Green Threshold?

The 7 most room-efficient sales reach £70m of room for £51m of proceeds.

  • Tom King · Goalkeeperin plan
    at £0m (market value): £1m of room, £0m book profit, £1m a year of cost saved
  • Michael Keane · Centre-Backin plan
    at £3m (market value): £6m of room, £3m book profit, £4m a year of cost saved
  • James Tarkowski · Centre-Backin plan
    at £4m (market value): £10m of room, £4m book profit, £6m a year of cost saved
  • Jordan Pickford · Goalkeeperin plan
    at £11m (market value): £17m of room, £11m book profit, £8m a year of cost saved
  • Christian Nørgaard · Defensive Midfieldin plan
    at £4m (market value): £5m of room, -£3m book profit, £7m a year of cost saved
  • Ainsley Maitland-Niles · Right-Backin plan
    at £8m (market value): £10m of room, £6m book profit, £5m a year of cost saved
  • Vitaliy Mykolenko · Left-Backin plan
    at £21m (market value): £22m of room, £21m book profit, £4m a year of cost saved
  • Jarrad Branthwaite · Centre-Back
    at £34m (market value): £35m of room, £34m book profit, £6m a year of cost saved

Market values are specialist-database figures, not offers. Players already sold in the scenario above and loan-in players are excluded.

Quick what-ifs
Simple toggles for common fan scenarios.
Transfer capacity
A rough translation of annual room into fee capacity before wages.
Current capacity
£180m
Capacity after scenario
£355m

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 costAnnual wagesAgent/signing costsAnnual squad-cost changeBook profit/lossRevenue impactRoom effectAfter this move
Jarrad Branthwaite£0m-£6m£0m-£6m+£34m+£34m£35m more room60.7% · Below Green
£159m to Red · £71m to Green

“After this move” is the cumulative path: the club's position once each move in the scenario has landed, in order.

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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