Great news about Man City ending their interest in Sanchez, I hope we get it done this week.
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Damn, 350k p/w is a lot even accounting for the end of contract, therefore low transfer fee situation. I really hope we have an actual wage structure in place. I don't really mind giving our super stars (DDG, Pogba, Sanchez if he joins) shit tons of money - RM for example pay exorbitant sums for Ronaldo and Bale etc., but I hope this doesn't lead to an overall inflation of wages in the squad.
My guess? The agents of De Bruyne and co were made aware of Alexis terms and made City know of it
As for what city were willing to offer last summer, that was last summer, before they ripped off one of the greatest starts in english football history and guys like De Bruyne, Sterling, etc went from great/promising pieces to vital cogs
I mean, De Bruyne is the best player in the league, he's just signed a new contract with them worth around £300k a week all bonuses included, why should he accept Alexis earning at least £50k a week more than him? If De Bruyne told his agent "bring me better offers" within an hour he'd have at least two offers doubling city's on the table(madrid & psg)
Yeah players are useless once they hit 30.
Yeah, he's not getting anywhere close to that at Arsenal and he wants out of there by any means possible.
no but their arn't many 30+ wide attackers who are still prolific. just think its an awful lot of money to be committing to paying some one when the are near the end of their prime.
Apparently we're playing match tonight as well as buying players, who knew.
Exactly my thoughts. Could have sworn we’d had loads of players on that wage already according to the papers??? Odd.
And yet, if Der Spiegel's story about the most recent leak from Football Leaks is true, Messi has a fixed salary of more than a million pounds a week (~63.000.000 annually)
Utterly insane."The revelations, which come from documents obtained from the Football Leaks whistleblower platform, are covered in the latest issue of DER SPIEGEL. The documents show that Messi is to receive an annual fixed salary of 71,053,846 euros through the end of the 2020/21 season. He is also to get a one-time bonus of 63.5 million as well as a "loyalty bonus" of 70 million euros. On top of that come performance bonuses. If the team wins the Champions League, for example, Messi would receive an additional 12,057,513 euros."
And people say the salaries in the PL have been inflated...
Wage “structure”, they are afraid the mercenaries will create a toxic environment if Sanchez comes and becomes top earner.
Ermm, something..I posted in the wrong thread
Daft Redcafe myth.
how many world class wide players are in their 30's
29 is not the end of his prime, bloody hell.
Yeah, but he hasn't got a proper contract and he's 29. If city put the money in then I still believe he'd go to them rather than us and that's not saying it's a bad deal for us it's just we all know he'd prefer to play for pep. City not backing down to ridiculous wages, agent fees etc. Surely cannot be deemed as pathetic. Should he really be paid more than the likes of De bruyne?! If there's potential that it could cause unrest then it's a risk not worth taking, especially with the position their In top of the league and all that.
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Apparently what clinched it is the fact he can roll our shorts up to his bollocks better than City's.
You'd think that turning 30 is like turning 90 ffs.
it generally is for wingers
Who else is getting near this kind of money?
disagree, i guess we will see in a year or so.
Go back to Football Manager.
Always someone that has to shit on a transfer
As somebody who always looks at the worst case, my worry is City have accepted this 'defeat' but will now go blow a ton on someone like Griezmann who I'd much rather have and would most likely be better
Modric, Ronaldo, Suarez, Cavani, Ramos, Messi.
Ibra, Robben, Ribery, Iniesta were all world class well into their 30's.
I mean, seriously, it's well known that 27-32 is generally a players peak. We should, in theory, have Sanchez for his peak years as a player. Your statement is just so silly.
He is barca bound
Real Madrid spent a world record fee on Zidane when he was 29. Age is but a number.
don't play football manger or fifa.
Ffs just be happy we can still sign the likes of Pogba and Sanchez no?
So true. There’s always one.
The rumours of a Chelsea bid appear to be from City.
We're seriously giving Sanchez 350k?
His dogs will probably eat better than me!
“Withdrawing” is just another way to save face. I reckon it’s already done.
Is that an actual statement from city ? If So, is that the weirdest thing that's ever happened in football
They will definitely pursue him but will likely fail because last I checked the Emptihad is in "rainy" Manchester and Greizmann clearly prefers staying Spain. He's going to Barca.
Probably just the press briefing, not exactly an official statement.
OPEC at work.
It's like being dumped and then say that you "withdrew" from the relationship.
If Sanchez was on a contract, you either pay 90M for him or you don’t get him at all. No matter what happens, we get a player much cheaper than what we would have if he had a normal contract. He is world-class and a match-winner, something we have lacked for many years.
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