The College Dropout Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 5 minutes ago, HTT II said: He’s probably their biggest saleable asset, if they sign Raphina I can see them selling him for big money! Saka - I think it's best for the lad to not sign or ask to leave. If he has another good year next season, he'll probably be available for something like £50-60m. If he has a middling season. He'll still get £100k p/w+ at Arsenal in February 23. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 I was thinking the Raph deal was odd considering that's Saka's position. But if they think he won't re-sign it's a great transfer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) I think Saka can be a great inverted winger / attacker. But he would be a dynamite left back for City under Pep. I can never shake what Yaya said about Pep and people of African origin so I don't think it will happen. Edited June 23, 2022 by The College Dropout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ben Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 8 minutes ago, 54 said: As an old twisty bastard he is the epitome of what's wrong with modern football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Italian clubs must love doing business with Prem clubs. The Lukaku and Pogba situations have been an absolute fleecing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, KaKa said: Italian clubs must love doing business with Prem clubs. The Lukaku and Pogba situations have been an absolute fleecing. Appalling transfers for both clubs, top players on their day, but not arsed enough these days and probably not best suited to the PL. Edited June 23, 2022 by HTT II Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Pogba has wasted some of the best years of his career going back to that shit show. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 43 minutes ago, HTT II said: He’s probably their biggest saleable asset, if they sign Raphina I can see them selling him for big money! Didn;t you claim ITK and say we were signing Saka? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Just now, joeyt said: Didn;t you claim ITK and say we were signing Saka? I think I said we enquired about him and I guarantee if we thought he was available we’d be all over it, even at 60m + Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Wonder what Juve are paying him since he felt 300k a week was ‘nothing’. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 1 minute ago, GeordieDazzler said: Wonder what Juve are paying him since he felt 300k a week was ‘nothing’. Not as much, apparently, but it’s balanced by the free transfer signing on fee lump sum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Pretty sure @Milanista discussed changes in Italian tax law means that Italian clubs can offer lower gross wages but higher after-tax wages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Aside from Messi and to a lesser extent Ronaldo, has any player who’s been paid more than 250k a week improved on their game (or even maintained that standard) from when they were on less than 100k? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 6 hours ago, Dr Jinx said: Aside from Messi and to a lesser extent Ronaldo, has any player who’s been paid more than 250k a week improved on their game (or even maintained that standard) from when they were on less than 100k? Short term possibly De Bruyne. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Sterling? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Optimistic Nut said: Sterling? I think we’ve seen his best and it’s downhill from here so am not sure if he’s even maintaining levels from previous seasons. Thats not to say he isn’t a very very good player, he’s still excellent but my point is that wages at a point higher than 200-250k a week have for the most part played a negative part in the trajectory of both club and player. If you’re earning that sort of money, many many times more than a manager etc, you’ll never respect them fully. It’s fuck you money essentially. And then for a club, if you’re paying that sort of money it creates a culture of entitlement while being unmotivated due to the colossal amounts of money involved. Man Utd are a prime example of this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 8 minutes ago, Dr Jinx said: I think we’ve seen his best and it’s downhill from here so am not sure if he’s even maintaining levels from previous seasons. Thats not to say he isn’t a very very good player, he’s still excellent but my point is that wages at a point higher than 200-250k a week have for the most part played a negative part in the trajectory of both club and player. If you’re earning that sort of money, many many times more than a manager etc, you’ll never respect them fully. It’s fuck you money essentially. And then for a club, if you’re paying that sort of money it creates a culture of entitlement while being unmotivated due to the colossal amounts of money involved. Man Utd are a prime example of this. Looking at the big wage earners: https://squaremile.com/sport/five-highest-paid-football-players-2022/ Mbappe obviously stands out as delivering along with De Bruyne and Lewandowski. Messi and Ronaldo no issues given what they’ve done. Bale and Hazard a disaster. Also PSG and FFP - no mention of Ramos and Donnarumma who will be on stupid money too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, Nucasol said: Looking at the big wage earners: https://squaremile.com/sport/five-highest-paid-football-players-2022/ Mbappe obviously stands out as delivering along with De Bruyne and Lewandowski. Messi and Ronaldo no issues given what they’ve done. Bale and Hazard a disaster. Also PSG and FFP - no mention of Ramos and Donnarumma who will be on stupid money too. https://www.sportekz.com/football/psg-players-salaries/amp/ Ramos and Donnarumma aren’t on as high as you’d think, in fairness. Plus, despite Bale’s fondness of golf, lack of selection for Real, and injury label, he’s actually done pretty well there and is probably worthy of his wage in relation to the other players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 I think because of how Bale's career has went the last couple of years, people forget how obscenely good he was. He was phenomenal for Madrid for the best part of 6 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 1 minute ago, Froggy said: I think because of how Bale's career has went the last couple of years, people forget how obscenely good he was. He was phenomenal for Madrid for the best part of 6 years. His stats are incredible. Even his weird loan spell at Spurs he got 11 goals in 20 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Bale was always injury prone for them so even his best seasons came with a level of frustration over his fitness. He never managed 20 league goals for Real and only managed 30+ league appearances once - in 8 years. Btw Bale signed a mega-deal in 2016 which got him on the super megabucks. He was injured a lot in the prior season but scored a lot of goals. He signed the mega-deal and spent most of that season injured. He only had 1 good season post-mega contract and even then he was often on the bench or injured. He did score twice in the CL final - so there's that. Point is - Bale was often decisive for Madrid and scored a lot of goals. But he was never dominant the way they might have hoped - spending a lot of time injured. After the megabucks deal - he only really turned it on during 1 season - after being red hot the season prior. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 10 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: He never managed 20 league goals for Real Messi and Ronaldo have ruined you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 28 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Bale was always injury prone for them so even his best seasons came with a level of frustration over his fitness. He never managed 20 league goals for Real and only managed 30+ league appearances once - in 8 years. Btw Bale signed a mega-deal in 2016 which got him on the super megabucks. He was injured a lot in the prior season but scored a lot of goals. He signed the mega-deal and spent most of that season injured. He only had 1 good season post-mega contract and even then he was often on the bench or injured. He did score twice in the CL final - so there's that. Point is - Bale was often decisive for Madrid and scored a lot of goals. But he was never dominant the way they might have hoped - spending a lot of time injured. After the megabucks deal - he only really turned it on during 1 season - after being red hot the season prior. He was a big game player that can’t be denied. He was great in his prime, Ronaldo minus his attitude to keep going and being as fit as can be to be the best he can be. He’s been coasting it for the last 3 or so years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Great to see that Wolves are still absolute perverts for the Portuguese lads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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