Imagine if we went after Bale, got an offer accepted and Spurs match it. Bale agrees terms with Spurs and they end up a much stronger side, win the league. That would be a truly bad series of events just for going for a player. Spurs aren't interested in going for Bale but if a direct competitor does and they have a chance it would be silly not to.
Gareth Bale | Mourinho: "Game over. Now everyone knows he's going to stay."
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I agree with a lot of what has been said. No doubt Bale is in that elite group just beneath Messi and Ronaldo. He'd bring width, pace, excitement, goals and leadership (by example). But there has to be a concern about fitness. That said, I'd be delighted if we could get him.
You have a very active imagination.
This is like the ultimate beta-male thought process...
"Imagine if we got an offer accepted for Messi, but then City matched it and he went there instead... so maybe we should just keep our heads down and try not to be too successful".
Except you're talking about Spurs...
Except that Bale loved Spurs, he would 99% choose them over us.
Wages mate.
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Or Valencia saying he doesn't speak English means he doesn't have to do so many interviews .Im sure he knows more than enough English by now but this means he can keep himself to himself a lot more .
I know if i was a foreign player Id be pretending not to speak the Language to get away from the media
No he isnt
edit..Yeah he might be now didn't realise there was a champions league bonus apparently on his contract should we have qualified.
Pretty sure Dele is on about double that.
Bale's supposed to be on 600-700k in wages (Guardian reported 350k after tax), that's out of Spurs reach by a long shot. Despite the amount of money United make that's also supposedly much bigger than anyone we have.
Fair play, until very recently you know that was true - and the point stands, if you think you could pay Bale's wages fair enough, but I really don't.
If Bale came back to the EPL with another club and had a storming season with no injuries than I'd be kicking myself, but I don't think he wants to come here, I think Spurs would be his first choice. Not sure they would risk him with his injury record either though to be honest. According to Forbes, he's on £222 per week approx. Not saying it's accurate, just saying that's his 'salary'. With bonuses etc- I have no idea
Yeah, this is the link where I got it from: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/oct/30/gareth-bale-real-madrid-new-contract-2022
Makes sense as Real tend to pay big bucks for superstars. Bale's supposed to be only behind Ronaldo at Real in wages.
He's on £600k+ before tax, this has been widely reported.
Spurs can't afford him, period.
600k pw before tax is madness. If that's actually true, and I were Bale, I wouldn't leave. Perez could try to force me out all he wanted, I'd sit on the bench or train alone.
You are right, we couldn't.
Although Forbes suggests that there's minimal difference between what Bale gets paid and what Zlatan was paid by us last season. So I assume it's doable, especially now that Rooney isn't here.
Except that Bale loved Spurs, he would 99% choose them over us.
Bale is to good for Spurs. He plays for the biggest club in Europe, if he was to drop it would have to be for a top top team, a prestigious team. He would only consider, Man Utd, Bayern, possibly PSG/Chelsea.....
I think Bale is set on staying, he loves Madrid. He'd only leave if forced out. Even if they signed Mpabbe, I think Bale would prefer to stay and fight than leave
If he loves Madrid so much maybe he should bother to learn the language.
Yeah that's true. What I meant is 'apparently' it's $15,000000 in salary and $24,000000 in earnings according to Forbes. The only reason i mention it as it total it's $750,000 a week but maybe some of that is tied up in number of games played etc. It may be that figure before bonuses in which case that's just madness. Maybe they define it separately for Tax reasons? or for FFP? But yeah basically he's on over £600k a week so my point is, well, pointless! Many of us weren't happy when Rooney was still earning huge amounts despite his sudden decline (to the point his status as a club legend has been diminished). If we signed Bale on that kind of money and he's turning out 20 games a season, what would it do for squad morale? I'm part-Welsh, I love Bale. If it was risk free I'd be desperate for this move, but as things stand I'm lukewarm to the idea.
Due to Wages and Hazards intention to play in spain its us or Juve. There is no other REALISTIC options for Bale
DId he not double his wages to 60K last summerish? And Kane same to 120K?
Prety sure its all about ot burst at spurs, players pissed of at being low balled.
I think he has since signed another contract and he is on about 90k a week or so.
I am not qualified to judge whether or not United's revenue should be even bigger than it is. But it doesn't matter because I was after THE TREND. The claim that success on the pitch is the most important thing for financial success is falsified if that picture doesn't lie. The revenue increased over a long period of time where they should have dropped if your claim is true.
Also, I am talking about the now, not when SAF built the club and the brand during the 90's when the business aspect of the game was baraly present, pre Bosman etc. If United had never dominated the Premier League in the 90's then we probably wouldn't have the brand as it is today. That is true but doesn't have much relevance here. I haven't claimed you can make a brand of a failed product/service/club. But once the brand is there (which is the case now), there are many other aspects that is more important than success on the pitch to make money, which the picture in my previous post shows. That is what I mean when I write that for United, £100M for Bale could be cheaper than £30 for Chelsea or Leceister because United can capitalize on his commercial value in a way that Leceister cannot. If he would have gone the Leceister and played the exact same amount of games, scored the same amount of goals etc. they would never be able able to earn as much money on him as United.
To sum it up for me here now, if Bale would be so injury prone that he would be a complete fiasco on the pitch (like Hargreaves after 2007-08) his commercial value would probably dip. That is true, and of course such a fiasco must be ruled out before making the decision to buy. But if he plays 20 games rather than 30-35 I don't think it will take much of a dip.
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You would think he would be conversational by now, 3 years later.
As has been pointed out in this thread, Valencia still doesn't speak English.
He's only leave for a club that has a chance of winning something. Us, City, or Chelsea. Not sure he would go to a Spurs rival though. PSG maybe? I don't know. We're obviously on to him though after Jose's comments. I just hope we don't go all in and unsettle our squad with an injury case.
Except it didn't play out like that.
Have you not seen his Insta video about how Bailly is his mate and he's the best CB in the world?!
Yea maybe, i couldn't be sure but tell ya what i'll google it see what they have on it.
http://www.express.co.uk/sport/foot...i-Premier-League-Mauricio-Pochettino-Contract
These crowd are saying hes still on £55K pw having not signed a new deal since sept. But expects the new deal is 80K... if true no wonder he didn't sign. Doesn't seem to be agreement what he is actually on.
That is why I was pointing out that the decision must be made on the prediction how much he can contribute on the pitch and the current state of his body. Even this 20 games, compared to 30-35 could IMO hurt his commercial value as it did when you look at his last 2 years in Madrid.
We as a club could even take a hit looking at our current revenues but that doesn't change the fact that in the end if he would be constantly injured, the decision would be wrong from both, commercial aspect and the one that I care more about, purely football one.
Take care also
So, only a few minutes until the teams are announced and we find out if we're signing him!
Hope he plays.
Starts apparently
And Depay, Shniederlin, BFS.
So who ARE we going to buy? No one? Big mistake.
Reads like a Trump tweet.
Sad.
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