Levy should just take the money and build a new team, but as this will go on and on it will be too late for this season and I won't be surprised to see Spurs finish outside a european place.
Well done Levy.
Well done Levy.
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That's bullshit. Spurs have made some great signings already in areas of the pitch they really needed to strengthen. Even if Bale is sold, Levy will bring in at least one more player before the window shuts imo. I'll go as far and say this is probably one of the best windows they've had for a while. I assume with Capoue on his way that signals the end of their pursuit for Alderweireld. If they can get another winger and striker, they're looking in a very strong position. If they can keep Bale for this season then they'll go ahead of Arsenal imo.
I wouldn't call losing bale and bringing in him and one more similar player improving the squad. That would be a step back.
Again, the potential Bale money wouldn't allow you to build a new team unless all the players you buy are on far lower wages than Bale.
So funny how people are just throwing random words about that tweet. As if you have any clue how much does Barca make out of a sold shirt.
Show me a source where it says they don't rake in 90% of the shirt value of 100 euros and it will be case closed. Until then your just a know-it-all Joe.
Oh yea.. and who is WE?
So funny how people are just throwing random words about that tweet. As if you have any clue how much does Barca make out of a sold shirt.
Show me a source where it says they don't rake in 90% of the shirt value of 100 euros and it will be case closed. Until then your just a know-it-all Joe.
Oh yea.. and who is WE?
Surely you aren't so naive to believe thah Barcelona would sell over half a million Neymar shirts within the first two months and Nike would just surrender all the money to them?
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/jan/24/football-money-league-how-much-top-teams-make
Barcelona made €483m in revenue last year and 39% of that was commercial revenue, which means they made around €188m through various sponsorship deals etc. Their deal with Qatari is worth around €40m and they get over €30m a year from Nike too, not to mention other sponsorship deals. They also sell around 1.5 million shirts a year - by your logic they should be making €150m through sales shirts. Either they somehow hide the money from their books or your logic is flawed.
Barcelona made €483m in revenue last year and 39% of that was commercial revenue, which means they made around €188m through various sponsorship deals etc. Their deal with Qatari is worth around €40m and they get over €30m a year from Nike too, not to mention other sponsorship deals. They also sell around 1.5 million shirts a year - by your logic they should be making €150m through sales shirts. Either they somehow hide the money from their books or your logic is flawed.
Barca commercial director is on record as saying they made about 5 euros per shirt (possibly now more like 10 euros if shirts are selling for 100 euros). You can do the googling and the sums.So funny how people are just throwing random words about that tweet. As if you have any clue how much does Barca make out of a sold shirt.
Show me a source where it says they don't rake in 90% of the shirt value of 100 euros and it will be case closed. Until then your just a know-it-all Joe.
Oh yea.. and who is WE?
They sold 5.7 million Neymar shirts within the first hour from him signing then.
Funny how the tweet he quoted was talking about 570k shirts - the exact number that'd cover the Neymar fee, somehow it's not 550k or 600k, it's exactly 570k for €100 each. That alone gives it out as bullshit.
Yep, and it's funny how "all of that Neymar" shirts is attributable to his transfer fee alone
i.e. most of those fans would probably have bought a "Messi" shirt regardless.So funny how people are just throwing random words about that tweet. As if you have any clue how much does Barca make out of a sold shirt.
Show me a source where it says they don't rake in 90% of the shirt value of 100 euros and it will be case closed. Until then your just a know-it-all Joe.
Oh yea.. and who is WE?
Are you really this thick?
Don't answer that. It's a trick question.
Wibbs recently caught me out with the old "Did you see the film 'Gaylords say no' last night?" He could have been a lawyer if it wasn't for his awful, abrasive personality and fascination with money.
Wibbs recently caught me out with the old "Did you see the film 'Gaylords say no' last night?" He could have been a lawyer if it wasn't for his awful, abrasive personality and fascination with money.
That'd be over half a million Neymar shirts in addition to every shirt they would have sold anyway had they not signed him.
Strong rumour doing rounds that Madrid is signing him for 93mi. 93 million pounds. 93. For Gareth Bale.
Ninety Three Million.... For Gareth Bale. They could have gotten two and a half Andy Carrolls for that price!
Ridiculous.
No wonder AVB/Levy is spending like its 1999!
We should hire Levy as football director!
We should hire Levy as football director!
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Di Marzio carries the reputation for getting transfer stories correct before anybody else. He is “reliable” according to many observers, and Di Marzio rarely prints complete BS.
With that said, Di Marzio wrote a blog on his website on Tuesday afternoon saying:
Gareth Bale’s move to Real Madrid about to happen. The transfer of winger from Wales is progressing rapidly in last few hours, the details of an important financial move for the European market are being addressed.
The deal is worth 93 million euros and Fabio Coentrao will be part of it. It needs to be determined if the Portuguese winger will lower the amount of cash the London club will receive, or if he will be on top of the 93 million. Now Tottenham has cash to invest on the market, while Real Madrid lands Bale.
Should the rumours prove true and Spurs do sell Bale for €93m, then many Tottenham fans will be revelling in an amazing summer transfer window at White Hart Lane.
Tottenham have been big summer spenders by bringing in Paulinho, Capoue, Soldado and Chadli, whilst Willian and Coentrão looked poised to play for Andre Villas-Boas this season also. Should all those acquisitions come to fruition then Tottenham will have spent approximately €138m this summer.
By selling Bale for €93m, Tottenham would set-off a massive chunk of that spending, while few could argue that the overall Tottenham first team would be improved.
Tottenham’s potential starting XI for 2013-14 could be: Lloris; Walker, Kaboul, Vertonghen, Coentrão; Paulinho, Sandro, Dembele; Lennon, Soldado, Willian
Now for Woody to throw a cheeky £25m bid for Ronnie...
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Who cares? It's not like they can't afford it.
Ridiculous fee. If he does make the move, he'll be under immense pressure to do what Ronaldo has done and score a goal a game. I don't think he'll be able to handle the expectations.
I think Coentrao is heading the other way as well, although not sure if it's part of the deal or separate.
Unbelievable. That's probably more then 50 million above what his valuation should be, in today's market.
What the feck is the reason that Madrid want him so badly, unless Ronaldo is leaving? He won't improve their starting 11 IMO, because unlike at Spurs, he won't be the main player there. Both Ozil and Ronaldo are both better in their positions and will be more important to the starting 11, and will be used more in build up play and finishing chances. For the third position, they already have either Isco, who has the potential to be one of the best in the world and is a great player already, and more suited to Madrid, and then they have a very good winger in Di Maria. Do Madrid really think that Bale is that much better a winger then Di Maria that they have to spend so much? It's ridiculous really, because as a right winger (Bale's likely position), I'm not sure if Bale is any better then what Di Maria has been for them.
Edit: Apparently it's Bale for 93 mil, then Spurs buying Coentrao for 15 mil. So 78 mil and Coentrao for Bale... unbelievable.
No it won't. it's just Real being their usual "we're the worlds biggest club and we want to outdo everyone else." The Kaka and Ronaldo transfers didn't change anything.
He won't, he will flop big time like Kaka. He's not a ninety three million pound player and will crumble under the pressure.
Way too much. Get your collection of Pogs and Slammers on the go Woody, that's an offer Real Madrid can't refuse.
Desperation for a big name signing every year. Looking back we probably could have got £150 million for Ronaldo as they were desperate for him too.
Real wouldn't have been nearly as bothered about this if Barca hadn't spunked out on Neymar. It's just them making a statement of intent against their rivals as usual.
It's Madrid need to show the world their big money signings and proclaim to be the best club in the world.
if bale does not leave spurs, they will have some squad. Especially forwards and midfielders. I really hope Bale leaves now.
I believe they can a part of the top core of teams in the premier league if they keep bale. By top core I mean, United, City and Chelsea. If Bale stays it will be United, Chelsea, City and Spurs.
It will be very surprising if they keep Bale, cause it will certainly make wonder how they were able to afford all these signings.
I believe they can a part of the top core of teams in the premier league if they keep bale. By top core I mean, United, City and Chelsea. If Bale stays it will be United, Chelsea, City and Spurs.
It will be very surprising if they keep Bale, cause it will certainly make wonder how they were able to afford all these signings.
Collectively, Real Madrid fans must have the biggest collection of tiny penises in the world.
Getting Coentrao and a serious amount of money for Bale which could essentially fund most of Spurs' summer spending is good business.
Whether it weakens or strengthens Spurs is another thing. Not getting CL football has to be one of the biggest factors here. I said it last summer, for Spurs to keep him they have to qualify for the elite tournament. They may have narrowly missed out but nonetheless they simply missed out. Not many clubs can keep a player of Bale's quality, fast approaching his peak years without CL football, let alone winning trophies, obscene wages and further business opportunities.
Whether it weakens or strengthens Spurs is another thing. Not getting CL football has to be one of the biggest factors here. I said it last summer, for Spurs to keep him they have to qualify for the elite tournament. They may have narrowly missed out but nonetheless they simply missed out. Not many clubs can keep a player of Bale's quality, fast approaching his peak years without CL football, let alone winning trophies, obscene wages and further business opportunities.
I just find the whole thing funny. it's just Real issuing a massive "feck you, you bunch of pretenders" to the likes of PSG and Monaco.
Bah! We'll show 'em who's got the tiniest penises when we buy Ronaldo!
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I'd say the Ronaldo transfer set the threshold for what sort of fee Spurs would expect for Bale, from any club, not just Madrid. If it wasn't for that benchmark I think we'd be looking at a good chunk less for Bale.
Your right though, in that Madrid are the only club stupid enough to pay it anyway. In terms of most big transfers though I think we won't go above £30-£40m being the norm for a very long time.
It's funny really, I thought they made some really good signings in the summer (albeit even some of those were overpriced). Isco was a great signing, and Illaramendi looked a good signing as well to replace Alonso and Khedira maybe. Carvajal is a great replacement for Arbeloa and Casemiro added good depth to midfield. They even sold some of their less useful players for huge amounts, and it looked like Ancelotti was going to have a sensible transfer window but then they go after Bale like this. If this happens I can see this really unsettling the rest of the team. Even Raul has commented on how overpriced he is.
I Can't see that Real have the money available now, and if so, how? Also, why would (assuming the former questions is correct) Levy accept more Real Madrid's 'Pay Over X Years'..
Well yeah, it did, but it's still an isolated situation. If anything I actually think Real want to break the record that they themselves have set many times in order to get him. They just love asserting their ego and status on the rest of the footballing world.
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