Kyle Walker to Citeh for £50m.

[Peter]

Well the PL rules about annual wage bill increments don’t apply to just us.

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.

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?

[SWv2]

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?

Correct, there is some crossover with non-television related revenues. Which indeed you will have noted had you read my final sentence.

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.

[Peter]

Correct, there is some crossover with non-television related revenues. Which indeed you will have noted had you read my final sentence.

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.

And then there is Wayne Rooney, of course