AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I'm just hoping that the contract situation is more about haggling to remove his release clause than him actually agitating to leave. I can understand why his agent(s) would want to keep that in there to make him able to move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby_solano Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 QPR will definitely go in for him. You can guarantee it. he's a t'riffic player Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 http://www.leral.net/Demba-Ba-elu-ballon-d-or-national_a66162.html Senegalese Footballer of the Year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 http://www.leral.net/Demba-Ba-elu-ballon-d-or-national_a66162.html Senegalese Footballer of the Year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppe Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Hopefully, whenever he eventually goes, it'll be out of this country. Hope so too, but it'll be to Liverpool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tyson Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I wouldn't strike out Fenerbache from the picture either. They've completed some big (surprise) deals recently ie. Sow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/demba-ba-buyers-scared-off-by-his-30m-price-package-8393692.html Demba Ba buyers scared off by his £30m price package Newcastle have not had a single enquiry for the forward because buyout fee is fraction of the cost Martin Hardy Friday 07 December 2012 The full cost of buying the Newcastle United striker Demba Ba could total a staggering £30m. So far Newcastle have yet to receive a single phone call enquiring about the Senegalese forward. That was also the case during the summer transfer window, when the player was available for a fee of £7.5m because of a clause that was in his contract when he moved from West Ham to St James' Park. Speculation then centred on the Turkish giants of Galatasaray and Fenerbahce, but neither club tabled an offer for the 27-year-old. The clause then expired on 31 July, but it has since been revealed that it can be activated in January. That has led to renewed talk of interest, with Arsenal, Liverpool and Galatasaray again linked with the forward. Newcastle have been unable to agree terms on an improved deal for Ba, following the 26 goals he has scored since his move to the North-east. When he moved from Upton Park as a free agent in the summer of 2011, Ba signed a three-year deal that was worth £40,000 a week. There has been a desire from his representatives to double that contract, a wage which is way above the ceiling set at St James' Park, and significantly above that of the top earner at the club, Fabricio Coloccini. The relatively low cost of the initial deal for Ba has been seen as a reason for concern by those inside St James' Park. There remains a determined desire to extend his deal but the figures being asked for will have to drop considerably. The hidden costs that would come with any move away from Newcastle would change the financial landscape dramatically. It is believed the fees required to pay those representing Ba would be around £5m. A four-year deal at £80,000 a week, the figures his representatives are asking for, would mean any buying club would have to put together a £16m wage package. The entire package would cost more than £30m – and Ba would be entitled to half of the £7.5m transfer fee. There is also the problem of insuring his knee. That was the reason why Stoke City pulled the plug on signing him in 2011 when he first moved from Hoffenheim. Ba's record since then has been outstanding, both in terms of goals and appearances, but the knee remains a long-term concern. The Newcastle manager, Alan Pardew, remains understandably keen to keep Ba at St James' Park and admitted this week that the player has expressed no desire to him to move. "He's never done anything other than look me in the eye and show me he wants to stay here," Pardew said. "He loves it here, and he understands it's a football city." There is similarly no suggestion from inside the club that Ba, an influential member of the home dressing room, is pushing to move away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 That would explain why no one has come in for him as 7.5m seemed a bit small for their to be no interest for such a fantastic striker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 They've added his total wages into the fee An Ashley inspired pet hate of mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Love it how they are talking about wages like its a new thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 That would explain why no one has come in for him as 7.5m seemed a bit small for their to be no interest for such a fantastic striker. Instead of £7.5m it's £12.5m going off their figures. Even if it was a normal £7.5m transfer you'd expect to pay £1m in agents fees or something close. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Love it how they are talking about wages like its a new thing. BUT THEY'D HAVE TO PAY HIS WAGES! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Colo must have taken a big pay cut on his new deal if £80k is now 'significantly above' his wages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Love it how they are talking about wages like its a new thing. Agree. Bit surprising given it's the Independent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Love it how they are talking about wages like its a new thing. BUT THEY'D HAVE TO PAY HIS WAGES! Andy Carroll will cost Liverpool near enough £60m going off this new inclusive of wage technique. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I should have read it properly If the wages counted then RVP costs Man Utd over 70m over his contract None the less it's still a lot of money for clubs outside the big ones who have strikers anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Ronaldo: £186m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Ronaldo: £186m. Alan Smith: £22m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Love it how they are talking about wages like its a new thing. are they ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Colo must have taken a big pay cut on his new deal if £80k is now 'significantly above' his wages. that caught my eye. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Colo taking a significant pay cut after being so good? Sort of what a man Colo, sort of wtf is our club doing exploiting the goodwill of our best player? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Colo taking a significant pay cut after being so good? Sort of what a man Colo, sort of wtf is our club doing exploiting the goodwill of our best player? so was it..... a) colos wages were wildly exaggerated in the first place ? b) he really has taken a whacking pay cut ? c) his 'pay' is quite small but he makes a lump in image rights paid for by the club to his own private company, registered offshore Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 yeah prolly best not to guess all up in the air, I'm happy for club to pay whatever Colo wants... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 £5m to his representatives no wonder they seem to want to keep him moving on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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