Kylian Mbappé | Real Madrid Player (pg620)

[LangleyBlue1970]

The transfer market has finally lost the plot, how is the good for football around the world. Plus he’s a sulky fucker.

Finally?! That came long ago.

 

[not my fault!]

“It’s not fair” “how can they get away with it” “someone has to stop them” “they are ruining the game”

all sound familiar? It’s how every fan and every club talk about us! We now sound like them regarding Saudi Arabia lol. It’s all what if’s at present, if he joins their league then so what, it’s their money they can do what they like with it and I doubt they care there’s any outrage. If it’s not them it’ll be someone else, it’s a never ending story (without David Bowie) and as much as we may not like it there’s not really much that can be done.
Nobody can really stop them, they’ve done it with the golf and football is clearly next on their agenda. They clearly want to control it all and probably will.
However… Until he signs for anyone over there, it’s all just paper talk and to be honest I think a con to get Real to cough up some money now and probably force the players hand here too. PSG have said several times, they will not let Mbappe leave for free in 12 months time.

 

[pee dubya]

Why didn't they just bid £150 million? PSG would have bitten their hand off.

I reckon there's some devious scheme going on. Trying to flush Madrid out and simultaneously increase the fee they can ask for.

 

[not my fault!]

Why didn't they just bid £150 million? PSG would have bitten their hand off.

I reckon there's some devious scheme going on. Trying to flush Madrid out and simultaneously increase the fee they can ask for.

While I agree (see my post above yours) there’s no way Real are paying €150m let alone €250m. They are financially fucked at present.

 

[Tevez City]

His Mom has sealed the deal

 

[decmancity]

Why didn't they just bid £150 million? PSG would have bitten their hand off.

I reckon there's some devious scheme going on. Trying to flush Madrid out and simultaneously increase the fee they can ask for.

Why would PSG accept 150m when they know Saudi have an unlimited budget and PSG are also in a bit of a hole financially, they need to bring in some money to try and balance things. The signings of Messi and Ramos etc cost them a fortune for fuck all return.

 

[JewelZee]

I think he is cubt and hate the fact that I'm having to defend him at all. I genuinely feel dirty, but I kinda despise PSG more and I think they are actually wrong here. So I'm too happy to crucify them. :)

I get it. We're in lock step on that. : )

 

[pee dubya]

Why would PSG accept 150m when they know Saudi have an unlimited budget and PSG are also in a bit of a hole financially, they need to bring in some money to try and balance things. The signings of Messi and Ramos etc cost them a fortune for fuck all return.

Because otherwise they get nothing at all.

 

[decmancity]

Because otherwise they get nothing at all.

If Saudi offer 150m or 300m, its irrelvant really. Mbappe gets to make the choice, does he want to leave his so called boyhood team with a nice chunk of cash or completely fuck them over and sit on a free. I reckon his ego would enjoy being the record transfer fee holder also. 150m is less than what PSG signed him for and hes won several titles since then.

I think PSG have resigned themselves to losing him for nothing, if someone can convince him to move now then its an unexpected bonus for them. I think we all know by now the 300m fee was deliberate, it makes no difference to Saudi what they pay, they want the headlines and 300m gives them that.

 

[TonyM]

If he goes to SA I'd commend his courage. At least he'd be ignoring the countless hypocrites.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

“It’s not fair” “how can they get away with it” “someone has to stop them” “they are ruining the game”

all sound familiar? It’s how every fan and every club talk about us! We now sound like them regarding Saudi Arabia lol. It’s all what if’s at present, if he joins their league then so what, it’s their money they can do what they like with it and I doubt they care there’s any outrage. If it’s not them it’ll be someone else, it’s a never ending story (without David Bowie) and as much as we may not like it there’s not really much that can be done.
Nobody can really stop them, they’ve done it with the golf and football is clearly next on their agenda. They clearly want to control it all and probably will.
However… Until he signs for anyone over there, it’s all just paper talk and to be honest I think a con to get Real to cough up some money now and probably force the players hand here too. PSG have said several times, they will not let Mbappe leave for free in 12 months time.

All very true. Knowing our owners they will probably see opportunity rather than a challenge. Things change and unless we adapt we'll be holding our cocks in a cold wind talking about our great historical treble in 20 years time.

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

All very true. Knowing our owners they will probably see opportunity rather than a challenge. Things change and unless we adapt we'll be holding our cocks in a cold wind talking about our great historical treble in 20 years time.

All true apart from the bit about David Bowie.

Neverending Story was by Limahl

 

[jrtplaya21]

His Mom has sealed the deal

Fake page by the way.

 

[SanPellegrini]

I’d take it in his position, so don’t blame him if he does. On the plus side, Haaland a shoe in for the ballon d’or next year?

 

[I'm With Stupid]

What if they end up with say 70% of the worlds best players, in their prime and in their league?

I mean they won't, because the best players want to win the big prizes and playing in Saudi won't offer them that chance. And if there was an existential threat to European dominance, then there would be no chance that the European leagues would allow them to join a UEFA competition. There's already hostility to them and all they've done so far is take a few aging superstars and middling top league players. Not to mention that the vast majority of young men have little desire to spend the prime of their careers living in one of the strictest theocracies on the planet. I mean I know they're liberalizing a bit on the surface (although the highest number of executions in 30 years says otherwise), but it's from a low starting point.

In about 5-10 years they will clean up in Africa and Asian markets especially those countries with majority Muslim populations. They will also probably host the 2030 World Cup.

The times they are a changing!

What makes you think they'd do better in those markets than the Premier League does already? And the Premier League gets 5 billion from all overseas rights in total. That's what I'm saying. Every model for the Saudi league being this all-powerful take-all-the-best-players league (which to be fair, the Saudis themselves don't claim - their stated aim is to be a top 10 league) relies on them somehow not only becoming more successful commercially than the Premier League, but more commercially successful than all of the top four European leagues put together. The majority of African and Asian markets can't afford the sort of fees that European and North American broadcasters are able to charge. The Premier League is popular in North America, Europe, Japan, Korea, Australia, and all of the countries that you think the Saudi league will clean up in. And all of those countries put together are only worth the same as the domestic rights.

The reality is that it will always be a niche product in overseas markets for no other reason than time zones. The Premier League is popular here in Malaysia, but I'd question how many people are staying up until 5am or 6am on a work night every time there's a Champions League game on. Arguably one of the reasons for the Premier League's success in Asia is the earlier kick offs, meaning that they become evening kick offs over here. If you want to watch La Liga over here, again, you're looking at 3am kick offs. All of this limits the amount of money you can charge for it. Would I pay 50 quid a month for something I can only watch live occasionally? Probably not.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Why didn't they just bid £150 million? PSG would have bitten their hand off.

There is an argument that the hype and publicity around a world record fee would be worth it. But yeah, it seems a bit weird, and if I was Mbappe, I'd be wondering why that wasn't money that was ending up in my pocket instead.

 

[Tevez City]

Fake page by the way.

How about the video & translation ?

 

[117 M34]

There is an argument that the hype and publicity around a world record fee would be worth it. But yeah, it seems a bit weird, and if I was Mbappe, I'd be wondering why that wasn't money that was ending up in my pocket instead.

I suppose the publicity that comes with a world record bid would be even more worthwhile if they knew he was going to reject the move anyway.

 

[doobyedoobye]

I suppose the publicity that comes with a world record bid would be even more worthwhile if they knew he was going to reject the move anyway.

Exactly, they want the world they have serious ambitions for the league and this a low cost way of illustrating that..

 

[BamberBridgeBlue]

What if they end up with say 70% of the worlds best players, in their prime and in their league? In about 5-10 years they will clean up in Africa and Asian markets especially those countries with majority Muslim populations. They will also probably host the 2030 World Cup.

The times they are a changing!

This situation is fascinating but I think you are oversimplifying it. You mentioned players not clubs. I agree there are fans of players as we all know but most fans in Europe are fans of clubs. Leagues have been at the top, Premier League, La Liga and back in the 80’s Serie A. It’s difficult to build up a league from its boots up. Plus you have colliding cultures. The antics that footballers get away with here could result in life in prison in Saudi. Whilst you may indeed be correct about Africa and the Muslim countries it’s no foregone conclusion. I’ll be amazed if I see some clown wandering about in an Al Aahly shirt in this country.