United tried to, Pep moved Sterling into the middle though which stopped it.
Kevin De Bruyne
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United tried to, Pep moved Sterling into the middle though which stopped it.
How much is he on at City, and when are the next round of contract negotiations?
I should think his agent can look around at the contracts the top players around the world are on, and expect there or thereabouts for his client.
It's funny because the mega contracts around the football world are generally reserved for marketing behemoths (Neymar, Messi, Ronaldo, Pogba) or at least good sellers (Bale). De Bruyne could become a seller, I guess, but initially he'll have earned his wage purely on his ability and pretty much nothing on his marketability.
Extremely rare in this day and age.
I should think his agent can look around at the contracts the top players around the world are on, and expect there or thereabouts for his client.
It's funny because the mega contracts around the football world are generally reserved for marketing behemoths (Neymar, Messi, Ronaldo, Pogba) or at least good sellers (Bale). De Bruyne could become a seller, I guess, but initially he'll have earned his wage purely on his ability and pretty much nothing on his marketability.
Extremely rare in this day and age.
Who was our man marker?
That's one of the most bizarre things I've read in a long time on here. De Bruyne was so poor last season he ended the season with 6 goals and 18 assists in the Premier League, with 9 MOTM performances. He also suffered a significant injury and came back picking up where he left off, immediately performing at a very high level again. You're trying to make a point about Salah but coming up with an alternative history isn't helping that point.
Funnily enough, rumours of a new 6 year contract have surfaced in the past couple of days.
As for marketability, yeah I see what you mean - he looks more like a paperboy than a footballer
He can't half play though!That's a good article and I've posted in the past on here - probably this thread actually - that Mourinho deserves some mitigation in letting De Bruyne go. That might come as a surprise to some when you consider who I support but trying to look at this from as neutral a stance as possible, he wasn't a Mourinho signing yet Mourinho gave him more game time at Chelsea than any other manager there. A Chelsea fan disagreed and said it was all on Mourinho because he was the one who dropped him in the early part of the 2013-14 season despite him looking one of the better players in the team so I kind of get where he's coming from there but to say Mourinho should shoulder all the blame is a bit off IMO.
Yeah, I mean hindsight is great and all but at the time, De Bruyne was never going to become a starter anytime soon, ahead of the players that were already there. Much like Salah, both massively improved as players by moving to a different league and getting regular game time.
Of course there are always good reasons why things don't work out at the time. The same with Pogba and us, SAF thought he wasn't ready or to impatient and Pogba and his agent thought SAF was holding back his development so he decided not to renew the contract but go to Juventus. It's unfortunate but things like this happen even to the greatest of managers.
On the rise to prominence there's a juncture where the club holding the talent must intercede and offer up a contract equivocal (or better) to what that player could get elsewhere. This is De Bruyne's breakout season in terms of being recognised as a bona fide world class talent any and everyone would want to get their hands on, and as such, City have to meet that in kind, so it's no surprise if they are looking to bump him up to stratospheric earner category.Funnily enough, rumours of a new 6 year contract have surfaced in the past couple of days.
As for marketability, yeah I see what you mean - he looks more like a paperboy than a footballer
He'll set the bar for earners at your club and set the standard for what is expected to be put in the same wage bracket - apart from your wage bill potentially going up a large amount in the next few seasons, this is all good news for your club as competition and aspiration to meet that bar amongst the others will ensure performance levels remain high.
He's very likely to become the highest paid player in the PL, which I wonder whether the knock-on effect will be stars at other clubs asking for parity with that. Hazard, for example, is due a big - or decisive - action with regards to what he does next very shortly, and if the De Bruyne contract gets wrapped up before his, he'll be looking to use that when negotiating his worth to Chelsea, I should imagine.
All of these will be wrapped up before the World Cup, too, as no club wants to deal with the inflative fallout of a great World Cup performance.
Matic. First few minutes United had Matic on de Bruyne and Herrera on Silva, Pep moved Sterling into the middle which made one of them have to drop back.
Pogba is supposedly the highest paid player in the PL isn't he, on c £300k per week ?
Rumours about KDB are that his new deal will take him up to £200k per week, giving parity with our existing top earners Silva and Aguero
That surprised me, as you'd think KDB would go to near £300k per week based on form and other players around the world
Problem with all that is you are rarely comparing eggs with eggs - city have moved heavily towards a more bonus based pay structure in recent years plus, with all these figures, some will include image rights and some won't but it's rarely made clear. As with transfer fees, there are agendas and politics that mean different parties quote different figures to suit same
Really ?
Very good post. I actually agree with that statement. If he stays on this level, of course.
He is unique in a way he has the ability to control the game from the deep but is also extremely productive with a habit to be at his best in big games and decide them with the moments of individual brilliance.
Sam Lee on Twitter
"Ta-da! The full terms of Kevin De Bruyne’s new contract.
- Paid in euros due to Brexit
- €10m signing-on fee
- €230k per week basic
- €300k per week after extras
- plus other bonuses (win CL/PL/Balon d’Or)
- will be finalised early January "
"Contract until 2023. They just need a meeting to finalise image rights, which will be about £2m per year. Figures for the bonuses are in the link."
"This isn’t in the article but have said it before. De Bruyne loves it at City right now, and particularly loves working with Guardiola. PSG were sniffing around but he said “not for me, Claude.” "
"Ta-da! The full terms of Kevin De Bruyne’s new contract.
- Paid in euros due to Brexit
- €10m signing-on fee
- €230k per week basic
- €300k per week after extras
- plus other bonuses (win CL/PL/Balon d’Or)
- will be finalised early January "
"Contract until 2023. They just need a meeting to finalise image rights, which will be about £2m per year. Figures for the bonuses are in the link."
"This isn’t in the article but have said it before. De Bruyne loves it at City right now, and particularly loves working with Guardiola. PSG were sniffing around but he said “not for me, Claude.” "
Learned a new thing today, thanks.
£200k per week would be very low in this day and age. The bonuses would surely be easily attainable and enormous if that were the case, one would think.
I know he's not a 'face' or a marketable seller, so image rights will be way down on what superstars tend to get, but is he not the first new age star not named Messi who has come up for contract negotiations post Neymar & Mbappé? One would really think this is the time to really push the boat out and see what your worth is to your employers - if De Bruyne is classy enough not to do that, and in the process do himself out of millions, you've really got someone loyal to the cause on your hands.
I was expecting him to break the £300k barrier for the league as I'm sure he could get that elsewhere and just demand City match it or he's off. £200k basic, post-summer window madness, is very low for a potential ballon d'Or winner who is about to enter the peak years of his career, unless the plan is to re-negotiate next summer or something.
Another thing, to sign for so low before the World Cup just seems like an odd thing to do. A star performance in that, and he'd have even more earning potential.
pft, we should let his agent know we'd double that offer and let city figure it out from there. That contract's almost an insult given his quality and what player in his range are making...
True. In fact, he's been class for at least four years running now!
He's been world class since even before city bought him. This season he is unreal, a level above world class.
Yep.
It's a pittance relative to what players in his bracket are earning. Very surprised if it's true.
Bale did you lot over something special!
€10m signing on fee - is this normal for an existing player signing a new deal within current contract?
Think it's pretty common these days.
Agree with all that. As I said, hard to know when you're comparing eggs with eggs - is pogba on 300k per week and if so, before or after bonuses and how much are those bonuses. That's the problem - we all 'know' what players earn, but what do we really know ?
Was it Martial (I might be getting confused) where the total transfer fee figure was twice the base figure but the add-ons were close to guaranteed ? That I guess suited buying club & selling club, who could each focus on the more impressive figure
So with KDB, if the recent post about a 10M signing on fee is correct, that's perhaps a way of keeping the headline base figure down, to avoid issues with other high earners at the club
What I guess we can definitely see & agree on, is that utterly fecking outrageous though it is, 200-300k is actually, far from daft for KDB in today's market and a more aggressive player/agent would be holding out for more given that he is signing a 6 year contract at the peak of his power given his current form.
Incidentally, that's a total contract value of v approx £50m +/- 10M. You'd like to think he's just said he's happy where he is and he's now guaranteed to earn enough for him, his family and the next 3 generations of family to never have to worry about money again. It's just that not many footballers seem to see it that way. Especially those with overbearing agents, large entourages, less intelligence, etc
City do this a lot with various plays (see new deal for Jesus also). It's so they can shift the amount of money they pay in wages off the books slightly. One is a weekly expenditure and one is annual/one-time. Who knows how much City spend on players, signing on fees and wages. It's all neatly hidden by the global UAE City Football Group structure.
Clearly they get paid under the table in UAE.
Agree about city’s system and man marking. Good point.
Agree that the Bayern game was a very good game by KdB, but must disagree about ‘legendary’ or claim that it proves him superior to Salah (which I nonetheless think he is, so moot point ....). The Bayern defense was a shambles on the night, no doubt a result of complacency and a tactical success more than an individual super-performance. The assist is well done, nothing extra. The first goal is awareness and a cold fnish, but expected at this level. The second goal is a deflection. All three are in acres of space with little pressure. KdB has a part of the merit in that with clver runs, but it’s certainly nothing in that game that ie Salah hasn’t done several times.
True, playing at ballon d'or class.
He's been world class since even before city bought him. This season he is unreal, a level above world class.
All told that's less than what Kroos and Iniesta get
Should sack his agent
Should sack his agent
What is the level above World class? Galaxy class? He'd be good enough to grace the Milky Way eleven?
He's been world class since even before city bought him. This season he is unreal, a level above world class.
You said it.
Already a terrific player under Pellegrini as well as Hecking yet somehow marginalized by Mourinho. Last season many were rubbishing his play not understanding the role he was initially asked to play due to needs at the time but clearly coaching does make an impact as he's in remarkable form atm
Any reason as to why his skin is a glowing shade of pink? Or do I need a new tv
I don’t want to speculate but I think he might have a broken leg. Hopefully it’s just a small fracture, would hate to see a player as brilliant as him not perform in the CL
Just been stretchered off in injury time at Palace. Don't know how bad it is.
Such a reckless challenge by Puncheon. I never like seeing top players get injured like that.
Oh no.
He’ll be fine, he’s always fine.
Same, the guy deserves to finish his season. Might be the best player in Europe this season
He's been targeted all season to be fair. The leg breaker from Alli comes to mind.