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Squad · 2026/27 spending-room estimate

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Brighton & Hove Albion squad, player by player

Per-player wages are gross fixed salaries from public sources, or a labelled estimate where no salary is published. Fees are reported transfer fees where one is in evidence. This table is a decomposition: the squad-cost estimate on the Briefing stays anchored to the club's own accounts, and the difference is stated here rather than hidden.

Annual squad cost (player rows)
£246m

Ledger total for 39 players. The club's accounts-anchored squad cost is £239m.

How this is calculated
sum of 39 rows: wages £127m + amortisation £119m = £246m club squad cost (accounts-anchored) = £239m

What the named players cost in a year on the ledger's own figures. The club's squad-cost test uses the accounts-anchored figure, which this table decomposes rather than replaces.

  • Wages (reported salaries plus bounded estimates)£127m · 52%
  • Annual transfer-fee cost£119m · 48%

The three most expensive players carry £54m, 22% of the ledger total. Wages are 52% of it; the rest is past transfer spend still being written down.

Reconciliation: the rows account for £127m of the £134m wage line and £119m of the £95m amortisation charge; the residuals (£7m and -£25m) are stated below the table, never absorbed.

Wage distribution
£3m mean

Median £4m. Estimated wages are shown as ranges in the table.

How this is calculated
mean = £127m / 39 players = £3m median = £4m

Mean versus median shows how top-heavy the wage bill is: a mean well above the median means a few contracts dominate.

  • under £2m9 players · 23%
  • £2m-£5m (16 estimated)30 players · 77%
  • £5m-£10m0 players · 0%
  • £10m-£15m0 players · 0%
  • £15m+0 players · 0%

Fairly flat: the mean (£3m) sits close to the median (£4m), so the bill is spread across the squad rather than concentrated in a few contracts.

23 of 39 wages are reported gross salaries; 16 are bounded PSRwatch estimates shown as ranges. None is an official figure.

Book value remaining
£399m

Unamortised transfer cost still on the books. This is not what the squad is worth.

How this is calculated
sum of remaining book value across 39 rows = £399m (annual charge x seasons left, per player)

This is not what the squad is worth. Book value is the part of past transfer fees not yet written down; a sale above it is book profit, below it a loss.

  • From reported fees (accounting run-off)£399m · 100%
  • Apportioned from the club charge (no fee in evidence)£0m · 0%

£2m of book value sits on contracts that end this season, so it either runs off or is re-based by a renewal. 1 loan-in player carry no book value here; the parent club keeps amortising.

Book value on players whose fee is not in evidence is an apportionment of the club's filed charge, labelled MODELLED in the table. Loans do not pause amortisation for the club that owns the registration.

39 playersAnnual cost £246mAverage age 23.9Expiring 14On loan in 1Estimated wages 16Sorted by annual squad cost, highest first
  • Annual squad cost
    £24m
    Wage
    £4m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £20m
    Book value
    £39m
    Contract
    2 seasons left
  • Annual squad cost
    £17m
    Wage
    £5m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £13m
    Book value
    £25m
    Contract
    2 seasons left
  • Annual squad cost
    £14m
    Wage
    £3m-£5mest
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £9m
    Book value
    £45m
    Contract
    5 seasons left
  • 26 · NetherlandsModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £12m
    Wage
    £3m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £9m
    Book value
    £27m
    Contract
    3 seasons left
  • 22 · The GambiaModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £12m
    Wage
    £2m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £10m
    Book value
    £29m
    Contract
    3 seasons left
  • Annual squad cost
    £12m
    Wage
    £3m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £8m
    Book value
    £25m
    Contract
    3 seasons left
  • Annual squad cost
    £9m
    Wage
    £2m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £7m
    Book value
    £29m
    Contract
    4 seasons left
  • Annual squad cost
    £9m
    Wage
    £3m-£5mest
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £5m
    Book value
    £24m
    Contract
    5 seasons left
  • 27 · NetherlandsModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £9m
    Wage
    £3m-£5mest
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £4m
    Book value
    £20m
    Contract
    5 seasons left
  • Annual squad cost
    £8m
    Wage
    £3m-£5mest
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £4m
    Book value
    £19m
    Contract
    5 seasons left
  • 25 · NigeriaModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £7m
    Wage
    £3m-£5mest
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £3m
    Book value
    £12m
    Contract
    4 seasons left
  • Annual squad cost
    £7m
    Wage
    £3m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £4m
    Book value
    £17m
    Contract
    4 seasons left
  • Annual squad cost
    £7m
    Wage
    £1m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £6m
    Book value
    £22m
    Contract
    4 seasons left
  • Annual squad cost
    £7m
    Wage
    £1m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £5m
    Book value
    £16m
    Contract
    3 seasons left
  • Pascal GroßCMexpiring
    35 · GermanyModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £6m
    Wage
    £5m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £2m
    Book value
    £2m
    Contract
    expiring
  • Annual squad cost
    £6m
    Wage
    £2m-£5mest
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £2m
    Book value
    £11m
    Contract
    5 seasons left
  • 26 · PortugalModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £6m
    Wage
    £2m-£5mest
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £2m
    Book value
    £11m
    Contract
    5 seasons left
  • 21 · PortugalModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £5m
    Wage
    £4m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £1m
    Book value
    £2m
    Contract
    4 seasons left
  • 23 · ParaguayModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £5m
    Wage
    £3m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £2m
    Book value
    £11m
    Contract
    5 seasons left
  • Annual squad cost
    £5m
    Wage
    £3m-£5mest
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £0mapportioned
    Book value
    £0m
    Contract
    3 seasons left
  • Annual squad cost
    £5m
    Wage
    £2m-£5mest
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £1m
    Book value
    £4m
    Contract
    4 seasons left
  • 22 · EnglandModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £4m
    Wage
    £3m-£5mest
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £0m
    Book value
    £0m
    Contract
    expiring
  • Annual squad cost
    £4m
    Wage
    £3m-£5mest
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £0m
    Book value
    £0m
    Contract
    expiring
  • Do-young YoonSENexpiring
    19 · Korea, SouthModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £4m
    Wage
    £3m-£5mest
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £0m
    Book value
    £0m
    Contract
    expiring
  • Eiran CashinSENexpiring
    25 · IrelandModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £4m
    Wage
    £3m-£5mest
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £0m
    Book value
    £0m
    Contract
    expiring
  • 21 · ArgentinaModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £4m
    Wage
    £3m-£5mest
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £0m
    Book value
    £0m
    Contract
    expiring
  • James BeadleSENexpiring
    22 · EnglandModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £4m
    Wage
    £3m-£5mest
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £0m
    Book value
    £0m
    Contract
    expiring
  • Tommy WatsonSENexpiring
    21 · EnglandModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £4m
    Wage
    £3m-£5mest
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £0m
    Book value
    £0m
    Contract
    expiring
  • Lewis DunkCBexpiring
    34 · EnglandModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £4m
    Wage
    £4m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £0mapportioned
    Book value
    £0m
    Contract
    expiring
  • Annual squad cost
    £4m
    Wage
    £3m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £1m
    Book value
    £3m
    Contract
    4 seasons left
  • Kaoru MitomaLWexpiring
    29 · JapanModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £4m
    Wage
    £4m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £0mapportioned
    Book value
    £0m
    Contract
    expiring
  • Annual squad cost
    £3m
    Wage
    £3m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £0mfree/loan
    Book value
    £0m
    Contract
    4 seasons left
  • 20 · Cote d'IvoireModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £3m
    Wage
    £1m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £2m
    Book value
    £6m
    Contract
    3 seasons left
  • 24 · NetherlandsModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £2m
    Wage
    £2m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £0mapportioned
    Book value
    £0m
    Contract
    2 seasons left
  • Annual squad cost
    £2m
    Wage
    £2m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £0mapportioned
    Book value
    £0m
    Contract
    3 seasons left
  • Jason SteeleGKexpiring
    36 · EnglandModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £1m
    Wage
    £1m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £0mapportioned
    Book value
    £0m
    Contract
    expiring
  • Tom McGillGKexpiring
    26 · CanadaModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £1m
    Wage
    £1m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £0mapportioned
    Book value
    £0m
    Contract
    expiring
  • Yasin AyariCMexpiring
    22 · SwedenModel a sale
    Annual squad cost
    £0m
    Wage
    £0m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £0mapportioned
    Book value
    £0m
    Contract
    expiring
  • Promise DavidCFloan inexpiring
    25 · Canada
    Annual squad cost
    £0m
    Wage
    £0m
    Annual transfer-fee cost
    £0mfree/loan
    Book value
    £0m
    Contract
    expiring

Wage labels: reported salaries are gross fixed pay from a public source; estimated wages are bounded PSRwatch ranges capped at the club's highest reported salary. Apportioned amortisation is a share of the club's filed charge, not a reported fee.

Reconciliation to the accounts£7m of wages and £25m of amortisation above the filed charge
Wages
Player rows (23 reported, 16 estimated)
£127m
Player and head-coach wage line (from accounts)
£134m
Unallocated: bonuses, employer NI, image rights, head coach
£7m
Annual transfer-fee cost
Player rows (29 reported fees, 8 apportioned, 2 free or loan)
£119m
Club charge (filed, grown forward)
£95m
Above the filed charge
£25m

A negative residual is not an error: contracts signed since the last filed year end amortise above that year's charge, which is exactly what a busy window does to a cost base. The squad-cost test on the Compliance tab uses the club figures.

Squad analysis

Amortisation wall: when past transfer fees stop being charged

£399m of book value still to be charged across 22 players. The annual charge falls below half of this season's by 2029/30. This season's £119m is 32 points of the squad-cost ratio.

Annual amortisation by season (£m)£119m2026/271 roll off£117m2027/282 roll off£85m2028/295 roll off£49m2029/307 roll off£28m2030/317 roll off
from reported feesapportioned from the club chargeAccounting basis; no regulatory-cap column until the rule is sourced.

Contract cliff: what expires, and the wages at stake

37% of the ledger's annual cost sits on contracts ending within two seasons. Expiring wages either fall away or must be renewed; expiring book value runs off by then.

Annual wages on contracts ending each season (£m)£47m2026/2714 players£10m2027/283 players£17m2028/297 players£24m2029/308 players£29m2030/317 players

Age profile against cost

Average age 23.9; weighted by cost, 23.6. 3 players aged 30 or over carry £12m (5% of annual cost). 1 without a reported age.

Annual squad cost by age band (£m)£51munder 217 pl.£67m21-2313 pl.£92m24-2611 pl.£20m27-294 pl.£12m33+3 pl.

Cost concentration

Top 3
22%

£54m

Top 5
32%

£78m

Top 10
51%

£126m

10 players account for half of the ledger's annual cost. Top three: Georginio Rutter, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Luka Vuskovic.

Loan exposure

£5m of book value is parked at other clubs across 8 loaned-out players, still amortising £2m a year here. Loans do not pause amortisation. Their wages (£35m) stay on this ledger unless the borrowing club's share is reported.

1 player borrowed this season carry £0m of wages here and no book value; the parent club keeps amortising the registration.

Every player links to a page with the full financial story (contract, wages, amortisation run-off, book value, transfer history). See the whole league on the players table. Want to test a sale or a signing against these numbers? Open the Brighton & Hove Albion calculator.

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