NoU Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 I agree with everyone that this does not make sense, because of the status of the club, the city, nationality, low fee and high wages. But the reports seem credible, and surely we would have asked the agent/club if they would be interested before taking it this far. It seems a bargain for a world class player, but stranger things have happened in the world of football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Bet he’s on right move now looking at 2 bedroom flats on wallsend high street. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, cranna said: You can't compare the cities of Roma and Milão with Newcastle. Not even 200k p/w will be enough to convince him. Got to say for all it was only about 12hrs in Milan centre I wasn't overly impressed. Certainly not somewhere I'd dream of living. Edited June 15, 2023 by madras Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Yeah, Milan is overrated unless you like shopping or risotto. Italy in general though is amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 1 minute ago, madras said: Got to say for all it was only about 12hrs in Milan centre I wasn't overly impressed. Certainly not somewhere I'd dream of living. Me neither. Allowing the fact it was 20 years ago and I was blutered the entire time, I wasn't impressed. Couldn't even see the cathedral for scaffolding. Mind I think the rich live away from the city near some lake. Pontelandini or summit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Brazil and France and Spain are pretty nice countries as well for the most part, you can still buy footballers from them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 1 minute ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: Brazil and France and Spain are pretty nice countries as well for the most part, you can still buy footballers from them. Brazilian footballers are basically like British brikkies in the early 80s. Have to move for the graft in foreign parts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 https://twitter.com/SkySports_Keith/status/1669278888944435205 "Difficult to tell at this stage, but they’re trying to get him. Isak was “too expensive” last summer but they still pressed the button eventually." Thanks Keith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonesJones Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 48 minutes ago, ponsaelius said: Barella is already on 150k a week and the tax situation is more generous for professional athletes than it is in the UK. To give a significant salary increase you are looking at probably 250k+ a week. We are not at that stage of offering those kind of wages and even if we are I don't think it's a good idea to use money only as main convincing point. It's why I don't think this is ever going to be a goer personally (in addition to the fact Inter will want a decent bit more than £50 million). The wages seem like a stumbling block, aye. To me it would seem sensible to offer him a salary just above what he's on with guaranteed increases year on year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 (edited) 16 minutes ago, The Prophet said: https://twitter.com/SkySports_Keith/status/1669278888944435205 "Difficult to tell at this stage, but they’re trying to get him. Isak was “too expensive” last summer but they still pressed the button eventually." Thanks Keith. Everyone is too expensive according to our party line but that's to keep prices down. Obviously FFP is an issue but we still have money we can spend. It'll be interesting to see what happens with man city, Everton and even Villa when you look what they've spent. I think FFP if FFP is actually enforced then clubs will toe the line, if not then it'll be free reign for British clubs and well dominate Europe. Also for it to be fair across Europe it needs to take into account taxation. Edited June 15, 2023 by relámpago blanco Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionOfGosforth Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 22 minutes ago, Groundhog63 said: Brazilian footballers are basically like British brikkies in the early 80s. Have to move for the graft in foreign parts. adeus, bichinho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 32 minutes ago, madras said: Got to say for all it was only about 12hrs in Milan centre I wasn't overly impressed. Certainly not somewhere I'd dream of living. Yeah, admittedly the gelato is nice, but you could sit in the Tesco cafe at the Bridges and tuck into a tub of Kelly's cornish ice cream and still have change for a pack of digestives. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzy Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Already mentioned maybe but we could see him in action tonight against Spain. Possibly just be on the bench all game though as he's obviously had less time to rest than others in the squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 54 minutes ago, McCormick said: Yeah, Milan is overrated unless you like shopping or risotto. Italy in general though is amazing. All the footballers live out near Como don’t they. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, GeordieDazzler said: All the footballers live out near Como don’t they. Overrated. Not a patch on Whitley Bay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 I don't know why this needs to be said but I will say it anyway... if you think your average footballer, who's prime career lasts about 12 years, gives a fuck where they are living, whilst earning millions of pounds and playing football for a living, you haven't been paying attention. Do you honestly think Manchester and Liverpool are beautiful places to live? I've been to both and neither are the Costa del sol(ford). Players move because they want paid loads and they want to win loads. In both metrics we are moving up in the world. Once they've earned a squillion quid they can retire in Miami or whatever, for now it doesn't play a particularly big part in a footballers decision. If we don't get Barella it's because we either can't afford him or he fancies somewhere with an even better chance or winning something. That's if he wants to move at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, STM said: I don't know why this needs to be said but I will say it anyway... if you think your average footballer, who's prime career lasts about 12 years, gives a fuck where they are living, whilst earning millions of pounds and playing football for a living, you haven't been paying attention. Do you honestly think Manchester and Liverpool are beautiful places to live? I've been to both and neither are the Costa del sol(ford). Players move because they want paid loads and they want to win loads. In both metrics we are moving up in the world. Once they've earned a squillion quid they can retire in Miami or whatever, for now it doesn't play a particularly big part in a footballers decision. If we don't get Barella it's because we either can't afford him or he fancies somewhere with an even better chance or winning something. That's if he wants to move at all. Agreed, but I would like to point out that Miami is an absolute shit hole whose only decent characteristic is that it is close enough to sea level to disappear into the Atlantic in a few years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzaschicken Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 28 minutes ago, GeordieDazzler said: All the footballers live out near Como don’t they. Just been there with work it's beautiful like would recommend to anyone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Groundhog63 said: Me neither. Allowing the fact it was 20 years ago and I was blutered the entire time, I wasn't impressed. Couldn't even see the cathedral for scaffolding. Mind I think the rich live away from the city near some lake. Pontelandini or summit 37 minutes ago, GeordieDazzler said: All the footballers live out near Como don’t they. Aye, there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 26 minutes ago, STM said: I don't know why this needs to be said but I will say it anyway... if you think your average footballer, who's prime career lasts about 12 years, gives a fuck where they are living, whilst earning millions of pounds and playing football for a living, you haven't been paying attention. Do you honestly think Manchester and Liverpool are beautiful places to live? I've been to both and neither are the Costa del sol(ford). Players move because they want paid loads and they want to win loads. In both metrics we are moving up in the world. Once they've earned a squillion quid they can retire in Miami or whatever, for now it doesn't play a particularly big part in a footballers decision. If we don't get Barella it's because we either can't afford him or he fancies somewhere with an even better chance or winning something. That's if he wants to move at all. It clearly is a factor though for some. It's one of the main reasons we got Trippier really as he wanted to move back over here and took a paycut. Players are still humans with families and other people to consider, moving to a different league, with a different language and culture is always going to be somewhat of a challenge and something they will think about. There's English players who won't even move north of London ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 (edited) I’m not from Newcastle so I don’t take this personally. But location is a factor for all clubs and it does impact the likes of Liverpool, City and Man U. All things behind equal the best players in the world would rather live in many cities across Europe before Liverpool Manchester or Newcastle. Location and culture in large part is why many of the greatest players in the world don’t come to the PL in their primes. So aye it’s always going to be a factor. Edited June 15, 2023 by The College Dropout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Man U are apparently ‘the biggest club in the world’ yet they rarely sign genuine superstars from abroad and often it doesn’t work out. From Veron to Di Maria. Who wants to love in Manchester. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dazzanufc1892 Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 1 minute ago, The College Dropout said: Man U are apparently ‘the biggest club in the world’ yet they rarely sign genuine superstars from abroad and often it doesn’t work out. From Veron to Di Maria. Who wants to love in Manchester. haaland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Culture and language definitely a factor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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