Not many have choices like RVP do. We are already offering him twice or thrice as much as Arsenal did. City could have easily matched that but maybe they were worried about FFP? I don't know.
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Not many have choices like RVP do. We are already offering him twice or thrice as much as Arsenal did. City could have easily matched that but maybe they were worried about FFP? I don't know.
Stop being purposely ridiculous. Obviously a football choosing a new club is not the same as a regular worker choosing a new company.
Footballers think about honours, stadia, legacy etc, and on occasions as RVP said, some even think of that "little boy inside".
I'm pretty sure the price of London is more or less completely irrelevant when you're earning £2m a year. You've also continued to ignore the fact that London is a far, far nicer to placer live for anyone nevermind a foreign national than Newcastle.
As I said, he'll get about 1.5m a year a Newcastle, about 2m at QPR. Both set him up pretty fecking well.
Who ignored that? It hasn't been mentioned by anyone.
My sole point was that I have no respect for footballers that base a career move solely off who will give them more money. You can have your opinion, I have mine and I have much more respect for those who base their decisions on what is best for their career.
He has a relegation release clause, so might be putting himself on the shop window.
Also, tbf even though Newcastle are a obviously bigger club QPR are spending money now, and only 4 places beneath them with a better manager in charge.
Ben Arfa has already said he might leave Newcastle due to lack of ambition, and Collocini wants a move too.
Also, tbf even though Newcastle are a obviously bigger club QPR are spending money now, and only 4 places beneath them with a better manager in charge.
Ben Arfa has already said he might leave Newcastle due to lack of ambition, and Collocini wants a move too.
I did mention the release clause in my original post. If he gets one of those then I definitely understand his decision more.
I'm not being "purposely ridiculous". Anyone presented with multiple employment offers has many things to consider, footballers included. Maybe it's about "being the best you can be" in your opinion, but not all players feel that way. Zamora, Assou-Ekotto, Batty, Batistuta are a few on record according to a quick google search and there are likely many more.
£2m (the overall difference on both at four year contracts) is a hell of a lot of money. We're talking about a figure that can see you living in luxury for over a decade. It's a big deal.
It's always been about my opinion Eboue, others are entitled to theirs.
That's fine then. My point was that for some footballers, it is the same thing as the rest of us with normal jobs.
Well had you just written "It is to some footballers", I wouldn't have even entered a debate with you.
So it goes.
It's a very good point. But I just see £6 million quid as enough and would prefer to follow in Alan Shearer's footsteps. I also think Newcastle is a much better stepping stone to a bigger club and bigger contract.
Just read this on skysports before I went to bed, how the mighty have fallen! Being linked to Chelsea/Tottenham in the summer and now he's looking likely to going to QPR over Newcastle! 
Just read this on skysports before I went to bed, how the mighty have fallen! Being linked to Chelsea/Tottenham in the summer and now he's looking likely to going to QPR over Newcastle!
I don't think he was mighty to begin with. He has pace and was a little overrated. Chelsea don't need him at all. Spurs maybe.
I actually think he's perfect for the Premier League. I think he'll be one of those players that was nothing special in a lesser league, but flourishes here, a bit like Demba Ba.
I thought Ba was extremely highly rated in Germany?
You're talking as if he wouldn't have been set for life if he either stayed at Marseille or went to another club than QPR.A difference of £15-20m will not alter the quality of his futur life.
It's a weird argument people come up to justify player's stupid career choices.
You're exagerrating things ridiculously IMHO, a difference from £2m will not install that changes in his current and futur life.It's got nothing to do with being set up for life, it's just another fecking greedy bastard who just wants to spend his money now and not in X years.
The guy was one being one of Lyon's brightest talents, a league winner, to participatant of the CL and a french international.What a joke he went from that to signing to QPR
He's a big liar, all these talks about lovin' Newcastle, its football culture, its fans and its stadium
.What a joke, I hope (I shouldn't even need to tbh) he has a miserable career in England.
A £500k difference over a year comes as £5m+ over career and about £2m over a contract length - it's a lot of money, on top of a considerable difference in signing on fees that both teams can offer right now (I imagine it could be a seven-digit number). Besides he knows that if QPR go down he'll be on the move once again, with a big signing on fee to collect.
Seriously, in footballing terms Newcastle are hardly that far ahead of QPR.
Plus the fact that it is not exactly Manchester United that he has turned down. Newcastle have been pretty cack this season.
What are QPR doing offering that much money to someone when there's a very good chance they might get relegated in a few months?
You're talking as if he wouldn't have been set for life if he either stayed at Marseille or went to another club than QPR.A difference of £15-20m will not alter the quality of his futur life.
It's a weird argument people come up to justify player's stupid career choices.
You're exagerrating things ridiculously IMHO, a difference from £2m will not install that changes in his current and futur life.It's got nothing to do with being set up for life, it's just another fecking greedy bastard who just wants to spend his money now and not in X years.The guy was one being one of Lyon's brightest talents, a league winner, to participatant of the CL and a french international.What a joke he went from that to signing to QPR
He's a big liar, all these talks about lovin' Newcastle, its football culture, its fans and its stadium
What a joke, I hope (I shouldn't even need to tbh) he has a miserable career in England.
How do you know what he will do with his money? He might lose it at the casino or he may invest it to secure his long term financial future.
I have no objection to players chasing the big pay day...they'd be daft not to.
They are trying to save themselves from relegation ?
If they get relegated, they know that Remy will move anyway and they should recoup most of what they are paying.
Not the sort of salary the league's bottom club should be offering. It's exactly the sort of thing that gets clubs into financial trouble once they go down.
QPR won't be in financial trouble though; unlike Pompey and Leeds, who spent more than they could afford, QPR are one of the richest clubs in the league. Fernandes is loaded. He runs an F1 team too ffs!
Anyway. Remy has been extremely poor this season. I have never been overly convinced by him, to be honest.
Moreover, in 2 to 3 years QPR will probably be well ahead of them.
It's odd that despite QPR's wealth they are still crap.
QPR have the financial backing to keep throwing money at players.
Newcastle are slowly losing their best players; Ba is gone, Coloccini looks to be off, Ben Arfa is flirting with PSG, Cabaye will surely leave at some point - beyond that, they have very average players.
People need to stop thinking as fans.
Money might not be that big a factor had it been a club the player supported or wanted to play for.
Redknapp is probably a better manager to work with than Pardew.
London would be a more attractive place to live in than Newcastle.
More money is always great.
Its not like Newcastle are high flying and near the top of the league. Ba gone, their best defender wanting out and Ben Arfa keen on a move to PSG.
I have no problem with players going for the money... especially if it doesnt concern my club.
Money might not be that big a factor had it been a club the player supported or wanted to play for.
Redknapp is probably a better manager to work with than Pardew.
London would be a more attractive place to live in than Newcastle.
More money is always great.
Its not like Newcastle are high flying and near the top of the league. Ba gone, their best defender wanting out and Ben Arfa keen on a move to PSG.
I have no problem with players going for the money... especially if it doesnt concern my club.
And gave an 8 year contract to Pardiola.
That was utter insanity.
They have some pretty average players on big wages. They're not likely to be able to shift too many of them either.
Oh come on Marching, the principle of these forums is 80% perception and 20% facts.I admit I have no basis on that, just a reasonable guess seeing as most footballers are generally not that bright and money grabbing whores.
I have no pb with players chasing the big pay day, I totally get that but I laugh at the idea that a player would be set up for life with a bigger wage when he was already earning an extravagant amount of money already.
You gotta laugh at the idea of going from being a french international player and regularly starting for his country to playing for QPR.
Wasn't Redknapp recently moaning about players being on a high wage?
Facking cant.
Facking cant.
His personal wealth isn't that impressive at all, not in Premier League terms, $400m is cock all my friend.