Gonzalo Higuain | BBC: Joins Juventus

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I think he is going to leave Napoli this summer
 
Where is this money coming from?
Part of me thinks this is just some scheme to hide money. XI Ji Ping has been clamping down on corruption.
 
Adisa said:
Where is this money coming from?
Part of me thinks this is just some scheme to hide money. XI Ji Ping has been clamping down on corruption.
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I heard René Meulensteen (who is in China to help with all this) talking on 5Live about the President being a big football fan and wanting a top league so they can compete in future Olympics better. So lots of rich businessmen are all trying to please the President by importing footballers to raise the profile of the league etc
 
Keep forgetting how young Higuain is (28) - seems to be around for ages, thought he'd be 32/33 by now.

I'd really struggle to say no to that, but then again, these footballers are multi-millionaires anyway - surely it reaches a threshold of an X-number of millions that suddenly you just don't really care anymore?
 
red_devil83 said:
I heard René Meulensteen (who is in China to help with all this) talking on 5Live about the President being a big football fan and wanting a top league so they can compete in future Olympics better. So lots of rich businessmen are all trying to please the President by importing footballers to raise the profile of the league etc
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Heard is a big Man Utd fan. So far they're paying exorbitant amounts for 2nd rate players. I don't think it will affect the market here much.
 
Good on him, I'd reject it too but I can understand why you'd accept when you're 33+ in terms of age or a journeyman footballer in general like a Pelle.
 
Hernandez - BFA said:
Keep forgetting how young Higuain is (28) - seems to be around for ages, thought he'd be 32/33 by now.

I'd really struggle to say no to that, but then again, these footballers are multi-millionaires anyway - surely it reaches a threshold of an X-number of millions that suddenly you just don't really care anymore?
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Nah, no matter how rich you already are, 40m a year is still 40m a year. You'd have to be pretty desensitized to wealth to not wince as you turn that down.
 
Fool. Unless it's the masterplan to create space for Wayne, then he's my hero.
 
Dunno why people loosing their shit with China investments,they just doing City. Maybe i am crazy but 800k per week for Higuain is less insane then 25 mil. pounds for Roque Santa Cruz.
 
I also read about 50 millions a year yesterday (probably Euros, but who cares at this point) and it's absolutely unbelievable, even for a league that makes Pelle 5th highest paid footballer in the world.

Messi and Ronaldo earn what, around 20?

If this is really true than Higuain deserves enormous respect. To earn 200-250 millions for a few years of football? I sometimes think how I would've behaved if I was a footballer and, romance, cultural differences and playing level aside, I would've jumped right in if I'm honest.
 
Adisa said:
Where is this money coming from?
Part of me thinks this is just some scheme to hide money. XI Ji Ping has been clamping down on corruption.
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This is my question as well. China is in economic trouble right now yet all this insane money is now being thrown at footballers, to levels that could never make economic sense. And its not like these are attractive vanity projects for Chinese billionaires - if they loved football and wanted to blow their fortunes on the game, then they could just buy a European club like a proper oil sheikh. Something doesn't smell right.
 
I don't think turning down this sort of money is nearly as surprising as some think. Look at it this way (this isn't specifically about Higuain, but any top player):

Say you can earn £10m a year playing for a top European side, or £40m a year in China. Either way you are unbelievably, preposterously rich. So what do you spend all that money on? Some houses, some cars... yeah sure, no problem. But what else enhances your life? Living somewhere you want to live? The chance to to get something that money literally can't buy... the glory of winning trophies in Europe's top leagues?

Or to put it another way... if money was no object, and it was possible to buy yourself the chance to win the Champions League with United, how much would you pay? Is it that mad for a guy who has well over a hundred million pounds to his name to pay tens of millions for that opportunity?
 
I doubt this is true. Not even the Chinese clubs are going to pay that obscene figure.
 
Jesus Christ, I can not respect a player of his ability that does something like that :lol:. I am kidding, if true, he must really have a great passion for football.

Or on the contrary, perhaps he is just looking for more ways to destroy Messi chances at without a doubt becoming the greatest of all time. Certainly can not do that in China.
 
I'd expect nothing less from any top footballer out there. I know that footballers are mainly motivated by money these days, but going to china is pretty much equal to retirement.
 
I would take that money, that'd insane, you and your following generations would live like kings. You could invest that money to deal with real estate. Idiot.
 
If Higuain is worth 800k a week then I'm surely worth atleast 20k a week. I'll take that. Sign me up Chinese Fortune FC!
 
Akash said:
I doubt this is true. Not even the Chinese clubs are going to pay that obscene figure.
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Agreed, especially when you consider Napoli want €94m for Higuain.
 
Hernandez - BFA said:
Keep forgetting how young Higuain is (28) - seems to be around for ages, thought he'd be 32/33 by now.

I'd really struggle to say no to that, but then again, these footballers are multi-millionaires anyway - surely it reaches a threshold of an X-number of millions that suddenly you just don't really care anymore?
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He definitely still has a lot to offer at the highest level too, so kudos to him. He probably figures that he can go to China or America when he's past the 30 mark and make a similar - if slightly diminished - wage.
 
Sir A1ex said:
I don't think turning down this sort of money is nearly as surprising as some think. Look at it this way (this isn't specifically about Higuain, but any top player):

Say you can earn £10m a year playing for a top European side, or £40m a year in China. Either way you are unbelievably, preposterously rich. So what do you spend all that money on? Some houses, some cars... yeah sure, no problem. But what else enhances your life? Living somewhere you want to live? The chance to to get something that money literally can't buy... the glory of winning trophies in Europe's top leagues?

Or to put it another way... if money was no object, and it was possible to buy yourself the chance to win the Champions League with United, how much would you pay? Is it that mad for a guy who has well over a hundred million pounds to his name to pay tens of millions for that opportunity?
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Does he have over 100 millions now? Rooney and Ibra (who both had more lucrative contracts and are older) are worth around 115 mil - and they are in the top 5 of richest footballers.

You should consider that 1. Most footballers don't have any real life experience and a ridiculous amount of them end up broke a decade or so after hanging the boots due to bad investments, lack of financial planning and cons. 2. He has to support not only himself, but his whole family and friends- at least it's the case for most successful SA footballers, and he has no real skills, education and experience outside of football
 
I don't believe they offered him that much and that he'd turn it down. But hey, maybe they're huge Messi fanboys who just want to kill him there and they try to lure him with money.
 
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