David Gill Transfer warchest v2012

[Sir Matt]

Didn't say he had to honour City Meant if he wanted a move to Tottenham then he should accept a paycut. If it was me I'd want to play as often as possible.

But if he's not really bothered about where he plays, which I imagine is the case, he can keep the wages and play too.

 

[Pexbo]

Didn't say he had to honour City Meant if he wanted a move to Tottenham then he should accept a paycut. If it was me I'd want to play as often as possible.

He's got 2 years left on a contract paying double what anyone else will offer him. With no real loyalty ties to any club what would you do?

1. Stay on the same contract and get loaned out with City looking to offload some of his wage.

2. Accept a transfer and get get a relatively small loyalty fee and signing on fee and your wage cut in half, getting half the wage at what will probably be the same club that would sign you on loan....

 

[Interval]

Wow, that's amazing if true. I suppose that makes sense for City just to get those players out on loan whilst knowing their wages are prohibitive for other clubs to fully pay for.

Regarding Adebayor who has scored nine goals in 18 league appearances, Redknapp said: "He has done well for us. He is on amazing money. The other week, one of the lads said to him that he had not paid his £50 fine for being the worst player in training on a Friday morning. He said: 'Bloody hell, Addy, you are on 200 grand a week and you can't afford to pay a £50 fine.' He replied: 'Don't insult me – it's 225.' He certainly isn't getting that here."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jan/13/tottenham-jermain-defoe-harry-redknapp

There you go

Fergie is a stubborn man who overrates our current squad. Well, that's what it sounds like in his interviews anyway.

But if by now he hasn't realized than our midfield is not good enough at this level then I firmly believe he's lost the feckin' plot!

Jeeesus. Have some faith. The fellow knows what he is doing.

 

[Damien]

225k?! That is ridiculous.

 

[Interval]

225k?! That is ridiculous.

Tell me about it. No wonder he fled Arsenal.

 

[Levo]

But if he's not really bothered about where he plays, which I imagine is the case, he can keep the wages and play too.

Well that's the sad face of football and greed these days.

 

[Crustanoid]

225k?! That is ridiculous.

He's not even the highest wage earner there. Almost every player signed since him is on upwards of £180k and some of those before him. Tevez got a new deal for about £300k a week when he had his first strop around 18 months ago

 

[Massive Spanner]

Jeeesus. Have some faith. The fellow knows what he is doing.

I know, t'was only in jest.

 

[wr8_utd]

David Gill on Talksport: "We've got some ideas now we've just got to try and bring them to fruition. Not easy these days buying players."

And it starts

 

[iSparky]

David in trying to back out of massive war chest claims shocker?

 

[Will Absolute]

And it starts

'we've got to try to bring them to fruition' sounds a lot less promising than the 'we've identified 3 or 4 players and hopefully there'll be no problems' of last night!

That's a sizeable backward step in less than 24 hrs.

Gill has never inspired me with confidence - he seems to mess up everything he gets involved with. The whole Tevez saga wouldn't have happened if he had done his job properly.

 

[Crustanoid]

That has to be a record in terms of shortest backtrack time

 

[Orton]

3 different quotes in less than a day

"we have targets"

"we will bring in the best talent in the world"

"not easy signing players these days"

This summer will be long and exciting. Looking forward to it!

 

[Drifter]

David Gill on Talksport: "We've got some ideas now we've just got to try and bring them to fruition. Not easy these days buying players."

Only waiting for SAF to say he is happy with the current squad.

 

[Crustanoid]

Only waiting for SAF to say he is happy with the current squad.

At this rate it will be within the hour

 

[Crustanoid]

Maybe we misunderstood Suarez all along....perhaps he was calling us niggards

joke

 

[CnutOfAllCnuts]

'we've got to try to bring them to fruition' sounds a lot less promising than the 'we've identified 3 or 4 players and hopefully there'll be no problems' of last night!

That's a sizeable backward step in less than 24 hrs.

Gill has never inspired me with confidence - he seems to mess up everything he gets involved with. The whole Tevez saga wouldn't have happened if he had done his job properly.

The CEO of the club throughout the club's most successful period ever, and he always mess things up.

 

[SATA]

He sounds like a broken recorder every off-season. Could have swore what he said yesterday and today were 95% similiar to the first year he became the club's CEO

 

[KingMinger22]

GILL... BULLSHIT!

As Fergie said yesterday, "We invest in young players. That is what we are good at – we're not like other clubs who can spend fortunes on proven goods."

We do not sign the ''best talent'' in the world. Why does he have to go on with this BS rhetoric?

I've no problem with the young talent policy. We will need to get some of the top young talents this summer though to sustain at the top in face of powerful competition. We haven't done that in recent years but it appears we have tried on occasion at least, re: Benzema, Ozil, Nasri, Sanchez...

 

[Excal]

Do muppets actually want the chairman to come out and publicly state our real transfer strategy in mid-May?

Are people genuinely offended that his answers are meaningless rah-rah rallies rather than specific answers?

 

[Phil]

I bet he has a chuckle to himself about his shenanigans.

 

[EB100]

Only waiting for SAF to say he is happy with the current squad.

or "there's no value in the market"

 

[CnutOfAllCnuts]

GILL... BULLSHIT!

As Fergie said yesterday, "We invest in young players. That is what we are good at – we're not like other clubs who can spend fortunes on proven goods."

We do not sign the ''best talent'' in the world. Why does he have to go on with this BS rhetoric?

I've no problem with the young talent policy. We will need to get some of the top young talents this summer though to sustain at the top in face of powerful competition. We haven't done that in recent years but it appears we have tried on occasion at least, re: Benzema, Ozil, Nasri, Sanchez...

Signing one of the best young goalies in the world and one of the best young defenders in the world suggest you are wrong.

 

[Leg-End]

Thanks for the extra big font, we wouldn't have seen the important points without it.

 

[EB100]

Signing one of the best young goalies in the world and one of the best young defenders in the world suggest you are wrong.

To be honest goalies and defenders are much cheaper than attackers as a general rule because their trade isn't as technical and so they don't get chased around. And Jones isn't "one of the best young defenders in the world". He's just promising.

 

[acrebo]

Gill is a very, very intelligent man who is running one of the largest clubs, and commercially most successful and lucrative sports teams, in the World. He has an incredible wealth of business experience and knowledge, and is certainly far better placed to control the business than anyone on here could even begin to wish to.

And yet people on here think he's some dumb monkey who is simply tolerated within the club for no other reason than he's got his job through some kind of sentiment or favour.

It's unreal. The only dumb monkeys are people on forums like these that actually attempt to analyse his general, vague, media-friendly comments. They're PR spins to appease the media and supporters whilst enabling them to get on with actually doing what they're paid to behind the scenes - run the club incredibly successfully.

I'm positive our transfer kitty and policy is exactly the same as any other year. There's money available for the players that SAF and the scouting team identify can improve the team. If the targets are not attainable at a cost that represents value then they won't be purchased. If they are then Gill and SAF will attempt to agree to a deal that has mutual satisfaction for all parties involved, hopefully whilst avoiding the glare of the clubs who happily disregard any notion of control or long-term sustainability.

But that's just me.

 

[Crustanoid]

He has an incredible wealth of business experience and knowledge, and is certainly far better placed to control the business than anyone on here could even begin to wish to.

Nah..... I reckon if you did a 'job-swap' experiment and swapped Phelan and Gill around for say, a year, we'd fare exactly the same as we are now

 

[Pexbo]

To be honest goalies and defenders are much cheaper than attackers as a general rule because their trade isn't as technical and so they don't get chased around. And Jones isn't "one of the best young defenders in the world". He's just promising.

Smalling is. Easily.

 

[Nate Dogg]

David Gill on Talksport: "We've got some ideas now we've just got to try and bring them to fruition. Not easy these days buying players.

Is he referring to the Hazard deal?

 

[Pexbo]

David Gill on Talksport: "We've got some ideas now we've just got to try and bring them to fruition. Not easy these days buying players.

Is he referring to the Hazard deal?

I hope that is rhetorical because if you are asking anyone on here you are going to get 50 people claiming they know genuine ITKs who all say contradicting things. Just wait and see.

 

[The Neviller]

Gill is a very, very intelligent man who is running one of the largest clubs, and commercially most successful and lucrative sports teams, in the World. He has an incredible wealth of business experience and knowledge, and is certainly far better placed to control the business than anyone on here could even begin to wish to.

And yet people on here think he's some dumb monkey who is simply tolerated within the club for no other reason than he's got his job through some kind of sentiment or favour.

It's unreal. The only dumb monkeys are people on forums like these that actually attempt to analyse his general, vague, media-friendly comments. They're PR spins to appease the media and supporters whilst enabling them to get on with actually doing what they're paid to behind the scenes - run the club incredibly successfully.

I'm positive our transfer kitty and policy is exactly the same as any other year. There's money available for the players that SAF and the scouting team identify can improve the team. If the targets are not attainable at a cost that represents value then they won't be purchased. If they are then Gill and SAF will attempt to agree to a deal that has mutual satisfaction for all parties involved, hopefully whilst avoiding the glare of the clubs who happily disregard any notion of control or long-term sustainability.

But that's just me.

Good post, and spot on.

Stuns me how so many on places like this seem to think they could do the job better. And Fergie's too. Why aren't they then?

 

[Interval]

To be honest goalies and defenders are much cheaper than attackers as a general rule because their trade isn't as technical and so they don't get chased around. And Jones isn't "one of the best young defenders in the world". He's just promising.

No. Just because they aren't as glamorous as attackers.

 

[Amir]

You don't belong here, acrebo. Trying to bring sense to the table, come on!

 

[iSparky]

David Gill is at the Harry Gregg testimonial in belfast tonight....searching for the now lost warchest....

 

[CnutOfAllCnuts]

To be honest goalies and defenders are much cheaper than attackers as a general rule because their trade isn't as technical and so they don't get chased around. And Jones isn't "one of the best young defenders in the world". He's just promising.

So it's expensive players you want, not necessarily the right ones? Weird!

Who are the best young defenders in the world then?

 

[Deleted 20801]

Gill is a very, very intelligent man who is running one of the largest clubs, and commercially most successful and lucrative sports teams, in the World. He has an incredible wealth of business experience and knowledge, and is certainly far better placed to control the business than anyone on here could even begin to wish to.

And yet people on here think he's some dumb monkey who is simply tolerated within the club for no other reason than he's got his job through some kind of sentiment or favour.

It's unreal. The only dumb monkeys are people on forums like these that actually attempt to analyse his general, vague, media-friendly comments. They're PR spins to appease the media and supporters whilst enabling them to get on with actually doing what they're paid to behind the scenes - run the club incredibly successfully.

I'm positive our transfer kitty and policy is exactly the same as any other year. There's money available for the players that SAF and the scouting team identify can improve the team. If the targets are not attainable at a cost that represents value then they won't be purchased. If they are then Gill and SAF will attempt to agree to a deal that has mutual satisfaction for all parties involved, hopefully whilst avoiding the glare of the clubs who happily disregard any notion of control or long-term sustainability.

But that's just me.

Great post, particularly the bolded parts. How his comments manage to get picked apart and generate intense discussion on here is beyond me.

 

[Transfer United Till I Die]

Gill is a very, very intelligent man who is running one of the largest clubs, and commercially most successful and lucrative sports teams, in the World. He has an incredible wealth of business experience and knowledge, and is certainly far better placed to control the business than anyone on here could even begin to wish to.

And yet people on here think he's some dumb monkey who is simply tolerated within the club for no other reason than he's got his job through some kind of sentiment or favour.

It's unreal. The only dumb monkeys are people on forums like these that actually attempt to analyse his general, vague, media-friendly comments. They're PR spins to appease the media and supporters whilst enabling them to get on with actually doing what they're paid to behind the scenes - run the club incredibly successfully.

I'm positive our transfer kitty and policy is exactly the same as any other year. There's money available for the players that SAF and the scouting team identify can improve the team. If the targets are not attainable at a cost that represents value then they won't be purchased. If they are then Gill and SAF will attempt to agree to a deal that has mutual satisfaction for all parties involved, hopefully whilst avoiding the glare of the clubs who happily disregard any notion of control or long-term sustainability.

But that's just me.

Spot on mate. My sentiments entirely.

 

[KM]

Gill is a very, very intelligent man who is running one of the largest clubs, and commercially most successful and lucrative sports teams, in the World. He has an incredible wealth of business experience and knowledge, and is certainly far better placed to control the business than anyone on here could even begin to wish to.

And yet people on here think he's some dumb monkey who is simply tolerated within the club for no other reason than he's got his job through some kind of sentiment or favour.

It's unreal. The only dumb monkeys are people on forums like these that actually attempt to analyse his general, vague, media-friendly comments. They're PR spins to appease the media and supporters whilst enabling them to get on with actually doing what they're paid to behind the scenes - run the club incredibly successfully.

I'm positive our transfer kitty and policy is exactly the same as any other year. There's money available for the players that SAF and the scouting team identify can improve the team. If the targets are not attainable at a cost that represents value then they won't be purchased. If they are then Gill and SAF will attempt to agree to a deal that has mutual satisfaction for all parties involved, hopefully whilst avoiding the glare of the clubs who happily disregard any notion of control or long-term sustainability.

But that's just me.

That will probably be the most sensible post in the transfer season in this window. Very nice post.

 

[Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber]

Gill is a very, very intelligent man who is running one of the largest clubs, and commercially most successful and lucrative sports teams, in the World. He has an incredible wealth of business experience and knowledge, and is certainly far better placed to control the business than anyone on here could even begin to wish to.

And yet people on here think he's some dumb monkey who is simply tolerated within the club for no other reason than he's got his job through some kind of sentiment or favour.

It's unreal. The only dumb monkeys are people on forums like these that actually attempt to analyse his general, vague, media-friendly comments. They're PR spins to appease the media and supporters whilst enabling them to get on with actually doing what they're paid to behind the scenes - run the club incredibly successfully.

I'm positive our transfer kitty and policy is exactly the same as any other year. There's money available for the players that SAF and the scouting team identify can improve the team. If the targets are not attainable at a cost that represents value then they won't be purchased. If they are then Gill and SAF will attempt to agree to a deal that has mutual satisfaction for all parties involved, hopefully whilst avoiding the glare of the clubs who happily disregard any notion of control or long-term sustainability.

But that's just me.

It isn't just you. Not everyone in here is crazy. Well said

 

[Will Absolute]

Gill is a very, very intelligent man who is running one of the largest clubs, and commercially most successful and lucrative sports teams, in the World. He has an incredible wealth of business experience and knowledge, and is certainly far better placed to control the business than anyone on here could even begin to wish to.

I'm not particularly interested in the commercial success of the club, or how well the business is controlled, if we can't get the players we want on the transfer market, or keep those we have.

Gill's only input on the football side is to conduct our transfer business, and he's been conspicuously unsuccessful at that. In recent years he hasn't succeeded in landing one of our major targets. Benzema, Toure, Nasri, Sanchez, Sneijder, Ozil have all passed us by. He played a major role in the loss of Tevez. If Gill hadn't been screwing around with Joorabchian in a misguided attempt to shave a few million off the agreed price, Tevez would have under contract, and couldn't have walked away from the club. It was only Fergie's personal intervention which kept Rooney at Old Trafford. Gill has rather sheepishly admitted that on MUTV.

Keeping the plumbing working at OT is all very well, but his most important function is to see that Fergie gets the players he wants, and he hasn't been doing much of a job.

Some will say that this criticism is unfair. But the buck stops on his desk. Fergie can take credit for our success on the pitch. Gill has to accept discredit for our failure off it.