NUFC transfer rumours in the press

[ponsaelius]

Graham Carr thinks Lallana is shite. Adam Le Lana however...

 

Scouts never ever get things wrong

[Guest JamesyJazz]

I'm (surprisingly) not worried. Really cannot see Cabaye leaving this January - he needs to be playing consistently in the lead up to the World Cup (something we can guarantee) and I cannot see him getting that at PSG, certainly not in the middle of the season.

Also factor in the 75% tax rate the French Govt are imposing on higher earners and the proposed deal is a total pile of shite dreamt up by bored journalists.

[Kanj]

 

30 mill or gtf

 

Common sense should be exactly that + player to immediately fill his void in that role. I know people don't do player exchange often but a pre agreed deal based on that would be fine.

[BillClinton]

Would have been fine with 15 - 20mill over the summer for him, but now with the team playing so well his price had to have gone up.

[Parky]

How about we don't sell him?

[Ikon]

It's not just a quality player that we'd lose by selling Cabaye, we would also take away a lot of the current players belief. A potential Cabaye sale would effect us more negatively that i even dare to think

[Unbelievable]

I'm (surprisingly) not worried. Really cannot see Cabaye leaving this January - he needs to be playing consistently in the lead up to the World Cup (something we can guarantee) and I cannot see him getting that at PSG, certainly not in the middle of the season.

Also factor in the 75% tax rate the French Govt are imposing on higher earners and the proposed deal is a total pile of s**** dreamt up by bored journalists.

 

That proposal has been turned down I believe, or at least an exception has been made for French football clubs..

[Tiresias]

And yet we get "I don't think he'll leave" from the manager, not "Cabaye is not for sale at any price"

[Chris_R]

Nobody in world football with the possible exception of Lionel Messi is "Not for sale at any price". That's a ridiculous comment from any manager and will only bite them on the arse.

 

[Cajun]

Nobody in world football with the possible exception of Lionel Messi is "Not for sale at any price". That's a ridiculous comment from any manager and will only bite them on the arse.

 

 

As it did with Carroll. You can throw a lot of shit at Pardew which he more than deserves but not guaranteeing a player won't leave is fair enough.

 

I know I will get "well he should keep his mouth shut" or laughed at when I say he will be asked certain things but, well he will won't he?

[Dave]

How about we don't sell him?

 

Madness!

[Beren]

No transfer fee would leave me feeling satisfied because I have reservations as to whether it'd be reinvested. Hoping we don't enter into negotiations, but if we have close to 40 points towards the end of January () I wouldn't put it past them.

[Tiresias]

Fair enough I suppose, I'm probably being hypocritical, but selling him next month will be catastrophic imo and we should hold onto him till summer, we should not be panicing that the fee will be any lower.

[Dinho lad]

No transfer fee would leave me feeling satisfied because I have reservations as to whether it'd be reinvested. Hoping we don't enter into negotiations, but if we have close to 40 points towards the end of January () I wouldn't put it past them.

 

how about the same amount it takes for Mike Ashley to fuck off?? gotcha there, buddy.

[bowlingcrofty]

25m plus someone mint in exchange or fuck off.

[Tooj]

Menez and Ben Arfa managed by Pardew. 

[Teasy]

I'm (surprisingly) not worried. Really cannot see Cabaye leaving this January - he needs to be playing consistently in the lead up to the World Cup (something we can guarantee) and I cannot see him getting that at PSG, certainly not in the middle of the season.

Also factor in the 75% tax rate the French Govt are imposing on higher earners and the proposed deal is a total pile of s**** dreamt up by bored journalists.

 

That proposal has been turned down I believe, or at least an exception has been made for French football clubs..

 

It was turned down in November when they wanted to also apply it to Monaco.  But they've since amended it to make Monaco exempt (since its a principality) and AFAIK its now gone through and includes all normal French clubs.  Might be wrong but that's how I understood it at the time.

 

EDIT:

 

French clubs are still hoping to get it overturned but it has been voted into law:

 

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1658022/french-clubs-continue-tax-dispute?cc=5739

[Unbelievable]

I'm (surprisingly) not worried. Really cannot see Cabaye leaving this January - he needs to be playing consistently in the lead up to the World Cup (something we can guarantee) and I cannot see him getting that at PSG, certainly not in the middle of the season.

Also factor in the 75% tax rate the French Govt are imposing on higher earners and the proposed deal is a total pile of s**** dreamt up by bored journalists.

 

That proposal has been turned down I believe, or at least an exception has been made for French football clubs..

 

It was turned down in November when they wanted to also apply it to Monaco.  But they've since amended it to make Monaco exempt (since its a principality) and AFAIK its now gone through and includes all normal French clubs.  Might be wrong but that's how I understood it at the time.

 

EDIT:

 

French clubs are still hoping to get it overturned but it has been voted into law:

 

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1658022/french-clubs-continue-tax-dispute?cc=5739

 

Ah ok, didn't know that. Had read the opposite or so a month back. Good to know.

[basjen]

"Representatives of clubs in France's top two flights -- the only professional leagues in the country -- had hoped to convince president Francois Hollande to merely impose the measure on new contracts, rather than apply it retroactively, when they met the French head-of-state in late October."

 

Seems like they're not even fighting against the tax for newcomers. Good.

[TaylorJ_01]

PSG will literally have to pay hundreds of billions ha ha ha

[r0cafella]

The tax thing is a red herring he earns peanuts compared to the other big names they already have.

 

If PSG come knocking Cabaye will go. Champions league football every season a very good salary plus living in one of the best cities in the world

[Teasy]

The tax thing is a red herring he earns peanuts compared to the other big names they already have.

 

If PSG come knocking Cabaye will go. Champions league football every season a very good salary plus living in one of the best cities in the world

 

The new tax doesn't make the move impossible but it could definitely have an impact IMO.  Without it they'd likely have been able to lure him their for £70k or so, with it that would now be a significant pay cut, they'll probably have to offer something like £150k instead.  Its not a wage you'd think is out of their reach normally, but its significantly higher than they would normally have to pay.  Also their's the fact that their costs will have already sky rocketed from the effect on the new tax on current playing staff (its going to be paid retroactively for 2013 season).  They have to manage costs to some degree or Champions League Football won't be a lure at all because they'll be banned from it.

[r0cafella]

The tax thing is a red herring he earns peanuts compared to the other big names they already have.

 

If PSG come knocking Cabaye will go. Champions league football every season a very good salary plus living in one of the best cities in the world

 

The new tax doesn't make the move impossible but its not a red herring either, it could definitely have an impact.  Without the new tax they'd likely have been able to lure him their for £70k or so, with it that would now be a significant pay cut, they'll probably have to give him £150k+ instead.  Its not a wage you'd think is out of their reach normally, but its significantly higher than they would normally have to pay.  Also their's the fact that their costs will have already sky rocketed from the effect on the new tax on current playing staff (its going to be paid retroactively for 2013 season).  They have to manage costs to some degree or Champions League Football won't be a lure at all because they'll be banned from it.

 

We will see how FFP plays out.

 

Plenty of clubs will be breach of it so it depends on Uefa and how stringent they will be.

 

Either way PSG Come and we say goodbye to Cabaye. We've got no interest in competing with them on any front sadly.

[LRD]

What % tax were they paying previously? No doubt there is a significant increase but I feel too much had been made of the 75%. It's not as if they weren't paying any tax before the tax adjustment.

 

Doubt PSG will have any problems (Europe, FFP, attracting players) with it anyway when there are ways to circumvent this. The non-Arab clubs will face the pain more.

[Teasy]

What % tax were they paying previously? No doubt there is a significant increase but I feel too much had been made of the 75%. It's not as if they weren't paying any tax before the tax adjustment.

 

Doubt PSG will have any problems (Europe, FFP, attracting players) with it anyway when there are ways to circumvent this. The non-Arab clubs will face the pain more.

 

They were paying 45% before.  So they pay a player £100k per week and his take home pay is £55k per week.  If the player now wants the same take home pay they have to pay him £222k per week.  Significant doesn't even describe it, its massive.  Also I have no doubt they're already pulling every trick to circunvent the ruling as much as possible.  But in the end there's only so much they can do.  If Uefa take FFP even remotely seriously then its going to have to have a significant impact on their spending.