Kylian Mbappé | Real Madrid Player (pg620)

[not my fault!]

World club champions…. Imagine the meltdown lol.

 

[fulabeer]

Not sure about all the fuss.
It's outrageous headline grabbing figures. It's all in the name of getting the Saudi league exposure.

China did it and to some extent the US. Sign a few big names on unrealistic wages, in the hope it legitimises other players deciding to go there. Eventually the bills have to be paid, and the big money starts to wain.
The teams in these leagues tend to have one or two big names and the rest are mediocre.
Football is always evolving. We have just lost the first 1m pound player. Outrageous money at the time.
Comments were made of "Utter madness".

The Saudi league will never be a threat. If the best talent wants to go there, then good luck to them. They are not money grabbing mercenaries. It's their job, i and i cannot blame them with the money being offered.
You could argue that serious players want the established trophy's like the Champions and Premier league. But even the best players sometimes never win any of these. Harry Kane being a typical example.

So just get the popcorn out and enjoy the current spectacle!

 

[Cobwebcat]

Not sure about all the fuss.
It's all outrageous headline grabbing figures. It's all in the name of getting the Saudi league exposure.

China did it and to some extent the US. Sign a few big names on unrealistic wages, in the hope it legitimises other players deciding to go there. Eventually the bills have to be paid, and the big money starts to wain.
The teams in these leagues tend to have one or two big names and the rest are mediocre.
Football is always evolving. We have just lost the first 1m pound player. Outrageous money at the time.
Comments were made of "Utter madness".

The Saudi league will never be a threat. If the best talent wants to go there, then good luck to them. They are not money grabbing mercenaries. It's their job, i and i cannot blame them with the money being offered.
You could argue that serious players want the established trophy's like the Champions and Premier league. But even the best players sometimes never win any of these. Harry Cane being a typical example.

So just get the popcorn out and enjoy the current spectacle!

I think it might turn out to be a bigger threat than China by the looks of things but time will tell.

 

[YatesA]

Seems a bit odd how all these saudi teams lowballed on offers for various players but are now going to overpay for a player who is out of contract next season, is on the transfer list and absolutely no way would psg reject a bid over £150M. Why they are offering £259M is beyond me.

 

[Blue_Rossy]

Seems a bit odd how all these saudi teams lowballed on offers for various players but are now going to overpay for a player who is out of contract next season, is on the transfer list and absolutely no way would psg reject a bid over £150M. Why they are offering £259M is beyond me.

Think its more of an advertising thing, £259M and the world will be talking about it and the saudi league etc. Plus its a drop in the ocean £259m for them.

 

[Centurions]

Seems a bit odd how all these saudi teams lowballed on offers for various players but are now going to overpay for a player who is out of contract next season, is on the transfer list and absolutely no way would psg reject a bid over £150M. Why they are offering £259M is beyond me.

I've been wondering if the Saudi's have their own version of April the 1st but on August the 1st instead?

 

[not my fault!]

Think its more of an advertising thing, £259M and the world will be talking about it and the saudi league etc. Plus its a drop in the ocean £259m for them.

I get excited when I find £2.50, to them €250m is the same, just pocket change. The country has more wealth than it knows what to do with and couldn’t spend it all if it tried.

 

[BeerIsTheBest]

Think its more of an advertising thing, £259M and the world will be talking about it and the saudi league etc. Plus its a drop in the ocean £259m for them.

On the basis he has said he would stay with PSG for a year and exit on a free the figure probably comprises the fee, his ‘lost’ loyalty bonus for failing to fulfil his contract and lost sponsorship monies to PSG.And maybe other things.
Every individual element of his PSG package will be humongous.

 

[HumbledGooner]

I get excited when I find £2.50, to them €250m is the same, just pocket change. The country has more wealth than it knows what to do with and couldn’t spend it all if it tried.

Do they? Then why is the UK economy three times the size of the Saudi economy?

The country itself is average and mediocre, infact its less than a average.

Do not think Saudi Arabia a rich country just because its owner uses the public purse to indulge in vanity items.

If Rishi Sunak used the public purse to buy himself a 2 billion Island only he can live on, doesnt mean Great Britain is a rich country, would only mean it has a knob for an leader who is squandering public wealth.

 

[skillman]

He’s refused to meet the Saudi delegates who have travelled to Paris for talks.

Pretty obvious he’s already agreed terms with somebody else (Madrid) - that’s PSG’s ace gone, what next? They need to sell really.

 

[waspish]

He’s refused to meet the Saudi delegates who have travelled to Paris for talks.

Pretty obvious he’s already agreed terms with somebody else (Madrid) - that’s PSG’s ace gone, what next? They need to sell really.

Well if Mbappe is happy to sit in the stands all season psg cant do much more! Maybe madrid offer 50m with one day to go in the window and psg might except it because they'll save 52n on wages plus in august Mbappe is due a bonus of 60m apparently!

 

[skillman]

Well if Mbappe is happy to sit in the stands all season psg cant do much more! Maybe madrid offer 50m with one day to go in the window and psg might except it because they'll save 52n on wages plus in august Mbappe is due a bonus of 60m apparently!

Exactly. 1st August apparently he’s due a loyalty(!) bonus of £60m. PSG have proper had their pants pulled down, really amateurish.

Madrid will be laughing their cocks off

 

[not my fault!]

Do they? Then why is the UK economy three times the size of the Saudi economy?

The country itself is average and mediocre, infact its less than a average.

Do not think Saudi Arabia a rich country just because its owner uses the public purse to indulge in vanity items.

If Rishi Sunak used the public purse to buy himself a 2 billion Island only he can live on, doesnt mean Great Britain is a rich country, would only mean it has a knob for an leader who is squandering public wealth.

I never said the country was rich, I said the money men behind this are… The fact they treat their citizens like shit has no point to this discussion about football. It’s taking it to another level and making it political for the sake of an argument. We have enough issues here for me to worry about how another country conducts its business, who are we in the West to dictate how another country runs itself? We don’t do it through genuine concern, we do it to manipulate their system to benefit us in regards to oil. Don’t kid yourself we are the white knights in all this.
Regardless and back on track, they have more money than they can spend, so my point is valid. If that’s right or wrong is a discussion for off topic.

Edit: I did say the country… however my intention was “the country” as in those in power not the country as a whole.

 

[I'm Blue]

Now he’s turned down Saudi I’d imagine we’ll be hearing PSG have failed ffp in the near future.
I’m convinced the needlessly high bid was dodgy in some way.

 

[Summerbuzz]

Blergh. A boring soap opera. Dallas, to be exact.

A sports icon for the twitter age, no real competitive drive (that can't wait a few years).

 

[Blue Coop]

Do they? Then why is the UK economy three times the size of the Saudi economy?

The country itself is average and mediocre, infact its less than a average.

Do not think Saudi Arabia a rich country just because its owner uses the public purse to indulge in vanity items.

If Rishi Sunak used the public purse to buy himself a 2 billion Island only he can live on, doesnt mean Great Britain is a rich country, would only mean it has a knob for an leader who is squandering public wealth.

There’s no such thing as a public purse in KSA. Nobody pays tax here. Saudi is an extremely rich country because it sits on trillions of dollars worth of oil reserves. Even today Aramco is the largest company that exists today by market cap, and is essentially a funding stream for the state. The Saudi system & the UK system aren’t comparable.

 

[Damanino]

This Saudi money rain, almost wish we still had Bony and Mangala like flops so we could transfer them and rake in 30/35m easy...
unreal if we really cannot shift Cancelo to them while Pool can get 50m+ in total for deadwood Henderson and washed up over his peak Fabinho...

 

[Bluemoon2393]

Mbappe has always been football mad and there's no way he is motivated by money (Yes he gets paid a lot) but motivated to win trophies. He was never going to go to Saudi Arabia because he will get bored very quickly and realise it's not competitive League like the top 5 Leagues in Europe.

He craves for the Champions League as he's already won the the World Cup. He will want to go to Real Madrid because its a club that do win Champions League titles and it's the dream moved he probably always wanted.

I would love to have him at City but with Haaland and the potential issue with FFP. We simply can't have him.

 

[RayCTID]

Fair fucks for Mbappe in turning down a lucrative move in order to get his "dream" move. I still geniunely will not want him at City.

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

Now he’s turned down Saudi I’d imagine we’ll be hearing PSG have failed ffp in the near future.
I’m convinced the needlessly high bid was dodgy in some way.

Don't underestimate the Qatari's.. they can be quite vindictive..

Mbappe better watch his back or he might end up in the Seine long before he gets to the Bernabeu.