Transfer calculator
Can Leeds United 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.
Sale at £17m → £86m room to the Red Threshold. Edit the scenario below - every figure is an independent estimate, not an official ruling.
From the squad ledger: wage £2m (reported gross salary), book value £15m (from the reported fee), 4 seasons left to 2030-06-30. Market value £17m (specialist database).
The result reflects this sale - use “Add to scenario” to stack more moves.
This scenario would leave Leeds United with approximately £86m of room to the 115% Red Threshold. It would increase remaining spending room by £8m. The estimated squad-cost ratio would fall from 73.5% to 69.6%, leaving them below green.
| Contract | Before Green (85%) | Before Red (115%) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 years | £58mat £9m wages | £172mat £26m wages |
| 4 years | £71mat £11m wages | £208mat £31m wages |
| 5 years | £81mat £12m wages | £239mat £36m 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.
The 5 most room-efficient sales reach £65m of room for £59m of proceeds.
- Daniel James · Right Wingerin planat £8m (market value): £10m of room, £6m book profit, £5m a year of cost saved
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin · Centre-Forwardin planat £19m (market value): £21m of room, £19m book profit, £5m a year of cost saved
- Mateo Joseph · Centre-Forwardin planat £3m (market value): £3m of room, £2m book profit, £1m a year of cost saved
- Lukas Nmecha · Centre-Forwardin planat £8m (market value): £9m of room, £8m book profit, £2m a year of cost saved
- Harry Wilson · Right Wingerin planat £21m (market value): £22m of room, £21m book profit, £4m a year of cost saved
- Ilia Gruev · Defensive Midfieldat £10m (market value): £10m of room, £9m book profit, £2m a year of cost saved
- Brenden Aaronson · Attacking Midfieldat £19m (market value): £17m of room, £14m book profit, £5m a year of cost saved
- Ao Tanaka · Central Midfieldat £11m (market value): £9m of room, £8m book profit, £3m 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; 1 player has no market value or book value in evidence and cannot be priced.
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.
| Move | Annual transfer-fee cost | Annual wages | Agent/signing costs | Annual squad-cost change | Book profit/loss | Revenue impact | Room effect | After this move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaka Bijol | -£4m | -£2m | £0m | -£6m | +£2m | +£2m | £8m more room | 69.6% · Below Green £86m to Red · £29m 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.
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 Leeds United'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.
Leeds United 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.