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mosssideblue said:
So either pep has no knowledge of this pending transfer or he is going to deliberately compromise his standing in world football, is that what you are saying?
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It's pretty obvious. I'm saying Evans will be a disaster playing in a high line defence like ours (plenty of video evidence when WBA are caught on the counter), and if Pep wants him then his reputation as a great manager will be severely tarnished if we get him.
I can only pray that WBA stick to their guns in wanting £30m+ to save Pep from himself.
Of course Pep may want to totally change the way we defend, doing away with the high line and any attempt to catch the opposition offside. In which case it may work out.
 
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BillyShears said:
I'd have loved Mbappe as you know, and was critical when I felt that the club weren't prepared to pay the transfer fee. Feel completely different now I've seen the wage package he's on at PSG. 300k a week net is ... well it's mental. I'm not surprised we didn't get involved in that.
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So what's that, about 500k gross a week?

Good luck to the lad, that's a gilded cage he hasn't had the advice or foresight to see past.

He's pissed off Madrid and City won't be back either.

Mbappe has consigned the rest of his career to Paris, as no other club could ever come close to topping the present numbers, regardless of inflation and craziness in the market.

Same goes for Neymar. There's nowhere else to go rid themselves of the tag that they are only tearing it up in the French league.

For Qatar it's all about the Champions League but what happens if that doesn't materialise?

They have wasted their bullets.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
So what's that, about 500k gross a week?

Good luck to the lad, that's a gilded cage he hasn't had the advice or foresight to see past.

He's pissed off Madrid and City won't be back either.

Mbappe has consigned the rest of his career to Paris, as no other club could ever come close to topping the present numbers, regardless of inflation and craziness in the market.

Same goes for Neymar. There's nowhere else to go rid themselves of the tag that they are only tearing it up in the French league.

For Qatar it's all about the Champions League but what happens if that doesn't materialise?

They have wasted their bullets.
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Yep. The baffling thing is that they could've made statements but also filled holes in their squad. Matuidi has gone and they're still playing Thiago Motta. Wonder how that'll work out in the CL. Haha.

Honestly the most disappointing thing is the Russian rolled over for PSG when he should've simply refused to sell to them.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
So what's that, about 500k gross a week?

Good luck to the lad, that's a gilded cage he hasn't had the advice or foresight to see past.

He's pissed off Madrid and City won't be back either.

Mbappe has consigned the rest of his career to Paris, as no other club could ever come close to topping the present numbers, regardless of inflation and craziness in the market.

Same goes for Neymar. There's nowhere else to go rid themselves of the tag that they are only tearing it up in the French league.

For Qatar it's all about the Champions League but what happens if that doesn't materialise?

They have wasted their bullets.
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Not that I'm arsed about FFP but I don't see how they can make it work with the numbers quoted. Unless they have a huge cull of players but that will weaken the squad.
 
BillyShears said:
Yep. The baffling thing is that they could've made statements but also filled holes in their squad. Matuidi has gone and they're still playing Thiago Motta. Wonder how that'll work out in the CL. Haha.

Honestly the most disappointing thing is the Russian rolled over for PSG when he should've simply refused to sell to them.
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Probably trying to still claw back all the divorce settlement money.

It's a double-edged sword as Paris will now dominate the French league with impunity, which will only add to it becoming less attractive to other players and sponsors.

It's the collective strength of the Premier League which provides the perfect package.

There is no provision for the league in France to grow as such, so Paris have become the richer and better equivalent of Celtic.

No wonder Qatar are behind moves to create a European Super League.
 
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cookster said:
Not that I'm arsed about FFP but I don't see how they can make it work with the numbers quoted. Unless they have a huge cull of players but that will weaken the squad.
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Who cares, really? Their owners can afford it and that's all that matters.

Ours are also constrained by Premier League rules that you can't increase wages by more than £4m a season on the precious figure?

Isn't there also something about not being able to spend the TV money on transfers?
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
So what's that, about 500k gross a week?

Good luck to the lad, that's a gilded cage he hasn't had the advice or foresight to see past.

He's pissed off Madrid and City won't be back either.

Mbappe has consigned the rest of his career to Paris, as no other club could ever come close to topping the present numbers, regardless of inflation and craziness in the market.

Same goes for Neymar. There's nowhere else to go rid themselves of the tag that they are only tearing it up in the French league.

For Qatar it's all about the Champions League but what happens if that doesn't materialise?

They have wasted their bullets.
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It's about £525,000 per week. That would have kept going up, unless City pay wages in Pounds not Euros, given the way the currency is performing. The vote last June will have a marked impact on wages. Last June his reported Euro wages would have been over £100k less per week. Let's hope we're not paying any of them in Euros!!
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Probably trying to still claw back all the divorce settlement money.

It's a double-edged sword as Paris will now dominate the French league with impunity, which will only add to it becoming less attractive to other players and sponsors.

It's is the collective strength of the Premier League which provides the perfect package.

There is no provision for the league in France to grow as such, so Paris have become the richer and better equivalent of Celtic.

No wonder Qatar are behind moves to create a European Super League.
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It also creates the opposite problem that we have, where we have tough league games and cups to fit in, every game for PSG life will be so easy raising their game to a level needed to win the champions league will be very difficult.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Who cares, really? Their owners can afford it and that's all that matters.

Ours are also constrained by Premier League rules that you can't increase wages by more than £4m a season on the precious figure?

Isn't there also something about not being able to spend the TV money on transfers?
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Going to be interesting watching this play out. Barca and the like will be pushing hard for retribution, I'm glad we're on the sidelines looking in for a change.
 
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