SWP's back said:I just wish we weren't paying his wages.Wretched Vengeance said:For me the important thing is he's gone and 2 years worth of excessive wages off the pay roll.
Bob didn't want him and we finally got rid.....good riddance!
Marvin said:The Daily Mail article says
A few weeks ago, Manchester City made a fair, reasonable and considerate offer to Emmanuel Adebayor.
In a magnanimous gesture, they were prepared to pay up the difference between the offer on the table from Tottenham and his £170,000-a-week wages. With two years left on his contract, City were prepared to commit £10million to a player....Adebayor should consider himself fortunate that City have the inclination to pay up the vast majority of the remaining £17.6m left on his contract.
Read more: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2188285/Emmanuel-Adebayors-money-problems--Neil-Ashton-column.html#ixzz24JYijZ7q" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... z24JYijZ7q</a>
So according to that we've either paid the shortfall in his wages up in one go, or more likely we're continuing to pay him until his contract expires....just as Leeds paid Fowler.
It's still a good deal as I can't see anyone else taking him for 175k
Fuck it. Nothing I can do about people that want to see what they want to see. The article was leaked to Ashton to put pressure on Ade and show him for the money grabbing whore he was. He was also told that he would rot in the stiffs and that City would not entertain another loan deal. That is what got the deal through. Ade blinked first. City only "paid up" in the sense that they allowed a low fee to enable Spurs to pay a big signing on fee.Rammy Blue said:Marvin said:The Daily Mail article says
A few weeks ago, Manchester City made a fair, reasonable and considerate offer to Emmanuel Adebayor.
In a magnanimous gesture, they were prepared to pay up the difference between the offer on the table from Tottenham and his £170,000-a-week wages. With two years left on his contract, City were prepared to commit £10million to a player....Adebayor should consider himself fortunate that City have the inclination to pay up the vast majority of the remaining £17.6m left on his contract.
Read more: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2188285/Emmanuel-Adebayors-money-problems--Neil-Ashton-column.html#ixzz24JYijZ7q" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... z24JYijZ7q</a>
So according to that we've either paid the shortfall in his wages up in one go, or more likely we're continuing to pay him until his contract expires....just as Leeds paid Fowler.
It's still a good deal as I can't see anyone else taking him for 175k
*whistles for swp*
He sounds very handsome. I would like to meet him.lloydie said:SWP's back said:I just wish we weren't paying his wages.Wretched Vengeance said:For me the important thing is he's gone and 2 years worth of excessive wages off the pay roll.
Bob didn't want him and we finally got rid.....good riddance!
Pretty sure we aren't, guy on here reckons he's ITK on this. Seems a bit up himself but generally of reasonably good character ;)
oakiecokie said:Marvin said:The Daily Mail article says
A few weeks ago, Manchester City made a fair, reasonable and considerate offer to Emmanuel Adebayor.
In a magnanimous gesture, they were prepared to pay up the difference between the offer on the table from Tottenham and his £170,000-a-week wages. With two years left on his contract, City were prepared to commit £10million to a player....Adebayor should consider himself fortunate that City have the inclination to pay up the vast majority of the remaining £17.6m left on his contract.
Read more: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2188285/Emmanuel-Adebayors-money-problems--Neil-Ashton-column.html#ixzz24JYijZ7q" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... z24JYijZ7q</a>
So according to that we've either paid the shortfall in his wages up in one go, or more likely we're continuing to pay him until his contract expires....just as Leeds paid Fowler.
It's still a good deal as I can't see anyone else taking him for 175k
I don`t fucking believe it !!
Wretched Vengeance said:oakiecokie said:Marvin said:The Daily Mail article says
So according to that we've either paid the shortfall in his wages up in one go, or more likely we're continuing to pay him until his contract expires....just as Leeds paid Fowler.
It's still a good deal as I can't see anyone else taking him for 175k
I don`t fucking believe it !!
Ding ding.....round eleventeen....
Maybe SWP will be more than happy to explain it aaaaaagain?
SWP's back said:Fuck it. Nothing I can do about people that want to see what they want to see. The article was leaked to Ashton to put pressure on Ade and show him for the money grabbing whore he was. He was also told that he would rot in the stiffs and that City would not entertain another loan deal. That is what got the deal through. Ade blinked first. City only "paid up" in the sense that they allowed a low fee to enable Spurs to pay a big signing on fee.Rammy Blue said:Marvin said:The Daily Mail article says
So according to that we've either paid the shortfall in his wages up in one go, or more likely we're continuing to pay him until his contract expires....just as Leeds paid Fowler.
It's still a good deal as I can't see anyone else taking him for 175k
*whistles for swp*
I think I am going to cry now.
-- Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:09 pm --
He sounds very handsome. I would like to meet him.lloydie said:SWP's back said:I just wish we weren't paying his wages.
Pretty sure we aren't, guy on here reckons he's ITK on this. Seems a bit up himself but generally of reasonably good character ;)
oakiecokie said:Wretched Vengeance said:oakiecokie said:I don`t fucking believe it !!
Ding ding.....round eleventeen....
Maybe SWP will be more than happy to explain it aaaaaagain?
Is this a Clarkie ??
The Daily Mail article is quite clear. Whether it's right is another matter. it supports what the BBC said ie. Adebayor to receive his City contract of £170k pw over the next two years. Not clear, according to the Daily Mail, City paid the difference between what Spurs are going to pay him up front or over the course of the next 2 years.oakiecokie said:Wretched Vengeance said:oakiecokie said:I don`t fucking believe it !!
Ding ding.....round eleventeen....
Maybe SWP will be more than happy to explain it aaaaaagain?
Is this a Clarkie ??
SWP's back said:One last time I shall post this:
Ok, I shall walk you through it one last time. And it is in the public domain, on the whole, so long as you ignore the bollocks in most papers. But this is info from the inside, those that know me, know my source on this one and I'm happy to stand up and say it.
We wanted £10-12m for him. Spurs said they couldn't afford that AND his wages. We tried to flog him to everyone for the last 12 months without success to we decided to take a view.
We then accepted a £5m bid from spurs, allowing spurs to pay him a huge signing on fee. This in effect means we have subsidised his wages for the next two years of his contract (the difference between his new £80k wage and his old £175,000 wage, less NI and image rights).
Now, we had already written off his book value in last seasons accounts. What todays deal does is end his amortisation cost and frees up £23m (£5m fee plus saving of £175,000 x 104 weeks (2 years left of his contract)) over the next two years.
Now that money was dead money, we received no player, no goals, no assists, nothing from him being on the books. We now have a place free in the squad and some additional money to play with.
If you cannot see that as a good thing or a saving then more fool you. We have now received, from Spurs, £9m in total (£5m fee plus £4m loan fee). He was signed for £25m over a 5 year period. His amortisation is £5m per year making his notional book value £10m at this point. So in effect, we have lost £1m on the deal, but in accounting terms it will actually be a profit as we wrote off his £15m book value last September under "exceptional items" in our books (along with nearly £20m on Santa Cruz and £5m on Wayne Bride).
<a class="postlink" href="http://swissramble.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/manchester-city-masterplan.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://swissramble.blogspot.co.uk/2011/ ... rplan.html</a> (for the exceptional items)
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2188285/Emmanuel-Adebayors-money-problems--Neil-Ashton-column.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... olumn.html</a>
(the above article is a City leak directly from Marwood to Ashton last Tuesday to help push the deal through)
If you need any more sources then sorry, as I say, those that know me well on here know who I occasionally get info from, though rarely ahead of transfers in.
As for my abrasive style, foe me if you don't like it, I've more than enough friends on here to last me a lifetime and I don't need to post in a way that pleases you.
People should really focus on Ashton's piece in the Mail as that was directly briefed by City. Much like the Mirror, Mail and Telegraph were yesterday afternoon.