Gut feeling is that lads as big and muscular as him are more likely to have a short career, prone to back problems and so on. Don't have any stats though, might be bollocks.
Haaland at City | Signs new 9.5 year contract
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Enjoy Sunday pub League ya doll looking bastard.
Unless the Saudis flex their muscles no one will...
I'll never understand those long deals. Very stupid from City.
Not sure if I remember anything about the story correctly, but wasn’t there some link to the city owners acquiring Girona and Pep’s brother somehow also acquiring a stake in the club? Sure, Pep could’ve had ideal conditions to stay at city, but it’s not exactly absurd to think finances have played a big part of that decision.
Of course finances has played a huge part, he is paid huge wages to do what he is best at in conditions tailor made for him. Enough to make anyone stick around.
The post I responded alluded to that he is held against his will, and that he extends his contracts almost at gun point because he is implicated in our charges or something. Which is absurd whichever way you want to angle it. But especially absurd when you factor in that we have three ex-managers all walking about, one of them Mark Hughes that seem to hate us, which were all part of the club at the time the majority of charges started to stack. Are they all paid off the record to keep their gob shut because they werent good enough and only the succesful are trapped in their contracts? Make it make sense
Not sure what Pere Guardiola has to do with it. His association with Pep is most likely the reason City is in business with him, but he is a succesful business man in his own right. Unless the club would hold his brother stakes in Girona hostage, which also is absurd I'm not sure what the story is
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This is has never been done though, depending on their age a 4-5 year deal pretty much always keeps a player on his toes for the next one, a big money move away, or one last payday before they retire.
Halaand has this all rolled into one deal at the age of 24, it's a unique situation.
All that money, yet the entertainment value and glamour of a wet fart.
City are mocking the PL by offering their star player a 115 month contract!
Don't get how people connect this to city knowing they are getting off lightly.
If they knew they were getting relegated, this is exactly what they'd be doing as well.
In fact, they would do this in any scenario.
If they knew they were getting relegated, this is exactly what they'd be doing as well.
In fact, they would do this in any scenario.
This is a fair point. They may well be doing this in an effort to tie down their assets in case they do get relegated to stop them leaving.
We sign a nobody and the wages to be paid are plastered everywhere. This, probably the longest and most expensive contract ever, is it? And not even a mention of any money
I'd generally agree, but not in City's case because they just have too much wealth for it to be an issue. If he gets a career ending injury, as others have said, insurance will cover that. If he turns to shit, either the Saudis will still take him, or City will flog him to one of their myriad feeder clubs for an inflated fee in some sort of underhand deal.
Yeah, I clearly wasn’t following the conversation well enough, in that case. Of course no one is held against their will
, if that other poster alluded to that, it is absurd. I was simply responding to a notion that “what is stated in their contracts isn’t necessarily their actual wage at city” - citing possibly the girona example as an instance where financial benefits could flow to a family/an individual outside of his official contract. Alas, not too arsed about debating it all because truth is, I don’t really know and neither does anyone else (outside of any official evidence).You don't need a career ending injury, some injuries you recover from but are no longer the same. Players also regress, lose passion or focus, or simply not fit a new manager. There's no need for this kind of commitment.
He will not have signed such a long contract without a release clause. Anyway I have no clue what's the point of such long contracts on the club's side, since when the player kicks up a stink or wants out, they'll have to sell him eventually anyway. I don't think anyone believes Haaland will still be at City by 2030.
My take would be the whole thing is just a stupid show with some accounting benefits.
Let's revisit this post in a few months, shall we.