The world has gone mad, I tell thee.
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The world has gone mad, I tell thee.
https://www.theguardian.com/football...lker-tottenham
Worlds most expensive defender :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by 71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat
Mind you, Barca can well and truly **** off if they think they're getting young Hector for £20m
Talk of Everton signing Sigurdsson for £40m+. ****ing ridiculous.Quote:
Originally Posted by 71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat
S'pose they have to splash the cash they mugged off utd for Lukaku somewhere :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige
Sigurdsson is actually a very decent player and if you think we paid £35m for Xhaka then factoring in the inter-PL transfer surcharge then it’s not utterly mental.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige
Spending 50m on a right back is fúcking nuts.
I believe they are also spunking £50m on a LB, Mendy.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Fúck me, still need at least 1 centre-half also, actually 2 as Otamendi is pure shíte.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
No Alexis for them then.
Why not?Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
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I don't think we'll sell him now. Far too much noise coming out from the club about holding him to his contract. If they end up selling him all involved are going to look like massive ****s.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
An unforeseen consequence of everyone in the Premier League having so much cash? Top players (Dani Alves) won't come as there's no guarantee of titles so we're forced to pay big money for ****e (other full backs)?Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Well the PL rules about annual wage bill increments don’t apply to just us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
They already have Silva, the keeper and for arguments sake Walker. I expect they will or already have released a few from their wage bill but are having serious problems with 1-2 others such as Nasri.
You would have to assume the above trio will far exceed a combined £140k per week.
Perhaps they will have found a new source of non-television based revenue to add to their coffers.
We don't need to "sell" him; he may simply ask to leave. We've seen it all before, haven't we.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige
If Mendy & Walker do go to City, that will be £270m on defenders and keepers since 2014/15. That's mental!Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Indeed, all depends on him when he returns to training.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
The party line about not selling has been rolled out before and proven to be a lie.
:nod: We've often been deep into negotiations while saying it.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
It's a scandal really. And a tragedy :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
We won't sell Sanchez. We deferred payments on lacazette.
Why? 10 charsQuote:
Originally Posted by taxman10
Most transfers are staged over an agreed term.Quote:
Originally Posted by 71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat
On occasions as cash rich entity will offer to pay the entire sum in one lump payment in order to convince a side which is appearing reluctant to sell.
I am unsure as to the correlation, or indeed any correlation, between Lacazette's fee being paid in this manner and any sale of Sanchez. If there is any truth in the media stories of our chase for Lemar, and we must believe there is, then that alone suggests the club has not ruled out his exit.
Not a lie. More a tactic.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Lets face it, we are going to look like ****s either way if he doesn't sign a new deal. If he leaves for City next summer we look like ****s who chucked away 50 million quid.
I read somewhere that the wage rule doesn’t apply if you can show increases in commercial revenue. Wont City just conjure up another ludicrous commercial deal or sponsorship from a company that looks suspiciously linked to their owners?Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Correct, there is some crossover with non-television related revenues. Which indeed you will have noted had you read my final sentence.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
I expect that as was the case with previous nonsense like FFP there are ways of getting around it other than the obvious one of reducing one’s wage bill. I expect with a little bit of digging around one could find a listing of City players who are still employees of the club, and thus their salaries included in their annual accounts, but who do not kick a ball for them, very handsomely paid players whose salaries are making them very difficult to move on – Joe Hart, Samir Nasri, Eliaquim Mangala.
You cannot even ask a fee for these fúckers.
See also Wayne Rooney.
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Originally Posted by SWv2
And then there is Wayne Rooney, of course ;)