Members recommended to sell top stars to fund new squad

Monday 22nd June 2009

EBBSFLEET UNITED have received an offer of £80,000 from an unnamed club for both striker Michael Gash and defender Darius Charles.

This will once again go to the vote by MyFC members and details of the offer are:

£40,000 would be paid immediately on completion and a further £40,000 on 1 January 2010
Ebbsfleet United would receive 20% of any transfer fee received by the football club for either player
Ebbsfleet United would receive a further £5,000 for each player if the unnamed club are promoted - as long the player is contracted to the football club in the season of the said promotion

Liam Daish, the board and the club accountant have recommended that the club's owners accept this £80,000 offer.

They were quoted as saying, "Following the club's request to raise additional funding, Liam Daish and the EUFC would like to sincerely thank the several hundred members who have given additional funds towards the playing budget. This money will be used to help build a competitive squad.

"However, we are still some way short of, and look extremely unlikely to hit, the required £7,000 a week target (it currently stands at approximately £4,500). Retaining Gash and Charles would mean that the rest of the squad has to be built with around £3,000 per week.

"Following the club's recommendation, the sale of the players would mean the weekly playing budget increases to around £6,250, giving Liam Daish a fighting chance of building a squad capable of surviving in the Blue Square Premier League next season."

The vote will close at 12.00 midday on Wednesday 24 June.

Article courtesy of www.ebbsfleetunited.co.uk