Transfer calculator
Can Liverpool 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 £67m → £535m room to the Red Threshold. Edit the scenario below - every figure is an independent estimate, not an official ruling.
From the squad ledger: wage £10m (reported gross salary), book value £80m (from the reported fee), 5 seasons left to 2031-06-30. Market value £67m (specialist database).
The result reflects this sale - use “Add to scenario” to stack more moves.
This scenario would leave Liverpool with approximately £535m of room to the 115% Red Threshold. It would increase remaining spending room by £16m. The estimated squad-cost ratio would fall from 57.3% to 55.2%, leaving them below green.
| Contract | Before Green (85%) | Before Red (115%) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 years | £533mat £80m wages | £1070mat £161m wages |
| 4 years | £646mat £97m wages | £1297mat £195m wages |
| 5 years | £740mat £111m wages | £1486mat £223m 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 £55m of room for £25m of proceeds.
- Ifeanyi Ndukwe · SEN · on loan elsewherein planat £2m (book value, nil profit): £6m of room, £0m book profit, £6m a year of cost saved
- Virgil van Dijk · Centre-Backin planat £13m (market value): £29m of room, £13m book profit, £18m a year of cost saved
- Djylian N'Guessan · SEN · on loan elsewherein planat £3m (book value, nil profit): £8m of room, £0m book profit, £8m a year of cost saved
- Konstantinos Tsimikas · Left-Backin planat £4m (market value): £7m of room, £4m book profit, £4m a year of cost saved
- Wataru Endo · Defensive Midfieldin planat £3m (market value): £6m of room, £3m book profit, £3m a year of cost saved
- Freddie Woodman · Goalkeeperat £3m (market value): £4m of room, £3m book profit, £2m a year of cost saved
- Alisson · Goalkeeperat £13m (market value): £19m of room, £13m book profit, £8m a year of cost saved
- Joe Gomez · Centre-Backat £11m (market value): £14m of room, £11m book profit, £4m 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; 2 players have 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo Ekitiké | -£16m | -£10m | £0m | -£26m | -£13m | -£13m | £16m more room | 55.2% · Below Green £535m to Red · £267m 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 Liverpool'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.
Liverpool 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.