Ronaldo, Ozil and Isco were bargains IMO.
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An £80m bargain.
Ozil and Isco for sure, Ronaldo was an investment (£80m is hardly a bargain ....)
My point just is, they only spend money. They get 3 or 4 big names in every summer, even when they don't need them. Wheter they spend £100m, £200m or £300m, they really don't care. Their youth players, never get real chances. It is a discusting policy !
Still think he was a bargain, but agree with your general point.
Of course it's partly Real's fault. Who has been breaking transfer records consistently? Who paid about £55m for Kaka and £80m for Ronaldo? They're a big part of the reason (along with the sugar-daddy-clubs) why transfer fees have gone berserk. Levy has priced Bale insanely high because he knows Real are bonkers and because he has no reason to sell otherwise. Any sane club would walk away.
He has a goals per game ratio of 1:1. Absolute bargain!!! Lets see if Bale can match that.
He wont match it......
Of course it's a hypothesis, I haven't actually popped over to Spain and asked him what he thinks about Bale. And of course it's hyperbole, this is, as you say, the internet.
It's a forum mate, 99% of what's on here is hypothesis.events happen, we come on here to extrapolate whatever meaning we can find. Ronaldo may be thrilled to greet Bale, but personally I very much doubt it.
Fair enough, apologies if my tone sounded off.
Of course he won't, that won't make Ronaldo a bargain though. They almost doubled the previous transfer record (Zidane, I'm not considering Kaka because he'd only been a record transfer for about 2 days), they got their money's worth but it wasn't a bargain.
How is it disgusting? Its their money they can to do whatever they like. Its obviously crazy but somehow it works for them.
Bale will have done well to net a goal every other game.
The Madrid press have been following up on that Sky Italy story and have come to the conclusion that basically nothing has changed since the start of August. Madrid are reckoned to have have offered £75m (88m Euros) or a more complex deal with stage payments, bonuses and player(s) included worth about £85m / near enough 100 million euros.
Madrid are waiting for Levy to come back from the US.
Bale is apparently just waiting.
Madrid are waiting for Levy to come back from the US.
Bale is apparently just waiting.
Tottenham should pull a fast one and sell Madrid Kenny McEvoy.
Tottenham should pull a fast one and sell Madrid Kenny McEvoy.
One in every ten copies of FIFA 14 will have this fella on the cover instead of Bale, and a blank CD-RW instead of the game disc.
still disgusting...
£93m is crazy but if it pisses Ronnie off then I'm all for it.
A privately-owned good is being freely sold to a person who thinks they can put it to better use than the current owners as the buyer deems themselves more suitable owners. Thus knowing that they have an in-demand good, the vendor sells the good for more than it is probably worth. Therefore the good ends up in the highest bidders hands.
Sounds a bit like capitalism, don't it?
Sounds a bit like capitalism, don't it?
More than ever I'll wish Barca to win the league and Copa del Rey and another team the CL. It'd be funny to see Real trophy less like last season.
Tomorrow's Daily Mail say he's off for...
£94m.
Levy spent the day haggling about the price. Coentrao is not part of the deal.
£94m.
Levy spent the day haggling about the price. Coentrao is not part of the deal.
94mil bonkers!
It's sort of logical that Real Madrid are the ones to be breaking the transfer records as they are the most successful club in the world, isn't it? I don't really find it disgusting that they spend a lot of money, not at all.
I don't agree with the way the money (not to mention state support) is so weighted to the top clubs in Spain. The effectively sacrifice their domestic league for the sake of chasing European trophies.
Pounds? £94,000.000?
They should build a statue of Levy outside White Hart Lane if he's negotiated that.
It isn't completely fair, yes. Madrid beat transfer records for Figo and Zidane before it ever happened though, they'd still be beating records now even with a collective deal. They're not really evil for getting far more money for TV rights than other teams just as Matt Damon isn't evil for receiving more money than Ashton Kutcher for starring in a movie.
You have to laugh at Madrid. At the same time admire their utter madness.
They don't lose players for silly things like inflated transfer fees and wages. And they don't give a feck about what the rest of the world thinks.
They don't lose players for silly things like inflated transfer fees and wages. And they don't give a feck about what the rest of the world thinks.
Madrid have not been the most successful club in the world in recent past.
United, Barca, Milan, Bayern have all been more successful than them over last 10 years.
It does beg the question, why are they so desperate to have him? Yes he had a very impressive season for Spurs but not in the same class as the quality Ronaldo had shown for United across the 3 years prior to his departure.
Furthermore, it's not as if they are crying out for that type of player this time round. When Real signed Ronaldo they needed a special player to respond to the emergence of Messi at Barcelona and Ronaldo was the only player in the world who could measure up, hence the world record fee. This time around, they are throwing an even greater sum at Bale when the best player of his ilk is already at the club IMO. Alternatively if they wished they could probably acquire Suarez for around half the price who would offer something different.
I don't understand.
Furthermore, it's not as if they are crying out for that type of player this time round. When Real signed Ronaldo they needed a special player to respond to the emergence of Messi at Barcelona and Ronaldo was the only player in the world who could measure up, hence the world record fee. This time around, they are throwing an even greater sum at Bale when the best player of his ilk is already at the club IMO. Alternatively if they wished they could probably acquire Suarez for around half the price who would offer something different.
I don't understand.
The TV rights deal in Spain is a farce. It is a detriment to nigh on the entire league for the benefit of two teams. Whatever right wing justification you want to pull for them "deserving" more TV money is missing the point. Perhaps they are a bigger TV pull but A)They get far more revenue from every other source than all the other teams, due to their stature B)They have to play the other teams to get that TV money. TV rights should be shared between the league, lest you end up with a BBVA League type situation.
94m pounds for a player that doesn't necessarily make your team better? What the hell are they thinking?
Ronaldo's leaving, there's nnoo ddoouuubbtt aabboouu' tha'.
It isn't fair, I agree. I don't hate them though, they are greedy which led to this but most of us are.
Because they're Real Madrid and they can't be overshadowed by those oil clubs and Barca with their measly little £50m purchases.
Duffer is a closet Manc.
It's the only possible scenario that would go some way to explaining this madness in my mind. Even in that situation I still find the fee ridiculous.
I'm still not buying into Ronaldo leaving though.
I've been plagiarised on Twitter? I feel violated and honoured.
Yes I suppose it could just be their response to the Neymar transfer. I'm not sure where this posturing will get them though, Barca remain a more fluid side and have the Messi factor.
Even if he made their team better there's no way he's worth that much, I'd say even half that is right at the top end. Honestly can't believe this looks so certain to happen. Spurs have played a blinder if it does. Just hope the long term affects won't be too great. Can't see us getting a Spurs player any time soon at the very least.
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