Alexis Sanchez

[johnmc]

Because it would mean there's less of a gap between the basic salaries of our lowest paid senior players & our highest paid senior players, rather than our lower paid seniors being paid peanuts for basic plus loads of performance add ons.

We'll also naturally pay more given our well publicised financial status, so any players that turn out to be poor signings will be hard to shift as they're known publicly as an expensive failure.

Mate we can't give them away half the time because of the salaries. We end up loaning them and paying a chunk of their wages. I don't doubt we have performance related pay. Most clubs will. I don't doubt that ours may be structured so basic wages are a bit lower than you may expect but there is no way Aguero or Silva is taking home £100k basic a week. Players would prefer a guaranteed salary over a performance one.

 

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[SWP's back]

i think all the performance based contracts/bonus things are pure bollocks. If it's the case when why we consistently failed to sell fringe players...? High salary.

We haven't had fringe players renew their contracts unlike Silva, Toure, Aguero et al.

Also , if we paid every well over the top, how come there were three or four clubs with higher salary spends?

 

[basokla]

It's 5 o'clock somewhere.

 

[BlueDejong]

Txiki, come on...do it !!

 

[blueinsa]

Although I'm not a regular poster, I do have a connection with someone within City Group which I can't disclose (for obvious reasons). I'm as giddy as all of you, so decided to post it. Not particularly fussed if anyone thinks it's nonsense - it's just what I've been told. Whether it happens or not is a different story. Happy for the ban if it doesn't!

Fair enough and hopefully you have it spot on.

 

[Bob the Baker]

£65m deal - £320k a week - 4 year contract. To be announced at around 10pm GMT tonight apparently. Ban me if I'm wrong.

But what time is that in Nairobi?

 

[SWP's back]

People on Twitter saying bein sport are saying it's a done deal.

Can't investigate further. On a new phone and still working it out.

Doubt they'd know. They're based in Qatar and have lost all Abu Dhabi GCC scoops.

They're probably just betting on what will be a very likely outcome.

 

[johnmc]

We haven't had fringe players renew their contracts unlike Silva, Toure, Aguero et al.

Also , if we paid every well over the top, how come there were three or four clubs with higher salary spends?

Last figures I saw had us 3rd behind the rags and Barca. After not really winning much in the last two years.

 

[Leech]