I can see that SønderjyskE had a $1.36 million deficit in 2018-19, but otherwise have had a small surplus 8 years in a row, so I strongly suspect that they are also going to have a deficit this time around, because of how the TV money normally would be split up in 3 installments, but they only got two of them for this past 2019-20 season, while the last installment was delayed because of the corona delay, so they will be getting 4 instead of 3 installments in 2020-21. I suspect that only two Superliga clubs have been able to make a profit in 2019-20, FC Nordsjælland because of some big transfer fees and then AGF Aarhus that really has done well financially the past few years. In spite of the missing/delayed TV money installment (of $1.6 million) and also losing $160k on average on each of the games with corona-restricted attendance, AGF have just revealed a $1.6 million profit, not counting a $3.5 million sale of Mustapha Bundu that will be part of the 2020-21 season budget, so they expect a $2.3 m to $4.7 million profit in 2020-21, depending on possible corona restrictions, if they are in top-6 and also how much they will be spending on transfers.
One of the better-run clubs in a league with better-than-average standards and a good history of developing players. They're not going to lose very much money with this investment - if they lose any at all - and if they do buy into the Sunderlands of this world, they will have an inside track on players. A bit like Brentford and Nordsjælland
It's Midtjylland and Brentford that have the same English owner... but FC Nordsjælland also has an English owner who skipped his Ghana Right to Dream Academy partnership with Man United, to invest in FCN and the Right to Dream, because FCN almost only field youth academy players in their starting 11 in the Superliga and are excellent at selling very young players, making a huge profit. So this was a more perfect fit. AGF Aarhus of 1880 that would also be a very good investment, is not for sale, at least not to a majority share holder, because it's the oldest top flight club in all of Northern Europe (and outside Great Britain), so for historical reasons, they are not really interested in being sold to a foreign investor.
On the bench for Europa League: Her er holdet, der skal spille os videre i Europa League 💪. #eldk pic.twitter.com/kB7I9lVtGK— Sønderjyske Fodbold (@SJFodbold) September 24, 2020
73 min: Sidste udskiftning 🔄. Haji Wright ind, Absalonsen ud. #eldk #plzsje— Sønderjyske Fodbold (@SJFodbold) September 24, 2020
Strange match though, SønderjyskE was the better team the first 25 minutes or so, where SønderjyskE got cheated from getting a penalty by a terrible referee, then their keeper made a terrible mistake but Viktoria Plzen quite wrongly got awarded a penalty, then SønderjyskE did some clown defending at a long ball upfield by Plzen and 0-2 it was, the 0-3 goal was quite clearly offside, but then again, the difference here is that SønderjyskE were producing 6 good opportunities but did not manage to score while Plzen were highly efficient and made use of the opportunities they got, even if they got them handed on a silver platter. Plzen are also ranked 39 in Europa along with Celtic and just above Frankfurt, Lazio and Slavia Prague so they obviously are much more experienced at playing these kind of games.
Highlights, though the hands and penalty to SønderjyskE that was not awarded is missing, they also do not show that the 3-0 goal was offside :
He came off the bench in the 63rd minute and scored the winner in the 88th and a second in the 7th minute of stoppage time for a 3-1 win over AaB. @bungadiri @TheFalseNine Haji Wright at SønderjyskE Fodbold
The goals: Here are Haji's goals.-1st was a good pass & move sequence he started. Ran to separate himself from the CB instead of running in a straight line.-2nd was "Johnny on the spot" after a defensive mix up but hey, every striker on the planet gets those.https://t.co/85Nq4QmyCG— Daniel (@DanielSmith1022) September 27, 2020
On the second goal, he had some nice hold up play before releasing the ball to a teammate, only to receive it back and score a simple finish. Pleasantly surprised to see Haji succeeding. Although it seems he’s been around forever, he’s still youngish for a striker. If he can score regularly this season no reason why he can’t move to a CL qualifying contender in one of the smaller leagues.
And if he figures out how to use his body well he could be a decent concacaf substitution type (obviously a lot of contenders for that role). happy to see he’s scored some goals though
4 games and 3 goals playing only 85 minutes in all. SønderjyskE seem to be a perfect fit for him. https://www.transfermarkt.com/haji-wright/leistungsdaten/spieler/315291
You'd have a much better idea than I would, but I get the impression that most teams in Denmark would be bottom-half of the Eredivisie or BL2 in financial terms. Would Haji have had to take much of a paycut to join Sønderjyske?
I've been one of the most cynical about him over the last few seasons but man, is it good to see a player smile like that. If he turns it around in Denmark, I'll have to eat a large slice of crow. I'll be more than happy to as well
Completely missed this one, frankly didn't expect him to see time. Awesome, the Danish league is stronger than people here seem to think, and Aalborg is one of the top-half of the table teams, so it's no small potatoes.