Balotelli.

[mancityscot]

It's quite clear this guy is desperate for a move here. So why the fuck would he ask for 180,000 a week? No chance this is tbe problem. Just the media saying this to explain the delay. When quite frankly I think the deal is done

 

[Tripletta.]

It's quite clear this guy is desperate for a move here. So why the fuck would he ask for 180,000 a week? No chance this is tbe problem. Just the media saying this to explain the delay. When quite frankly I think the deal is done

Balotelli is a little bit greedy, by the way.
He was going to the "Cantera" (Barça) some years ago, but the deal failed because his parents wanted too much for "cantera standards"

 

[deano ou812]

It's quite clear this guy is desperate for a move here. So why the fuck would he ask for 180,000 a week? No chance this is tbe problem. Just the media saying this to explain the delay. When quite frankly I think the deal is done

but then again the horse has bolted,if he signs the press will be all over us saying he's getting 180k and we look like nobheads,giving young players obscene amounts of money...

 

[SalfordCityBlue]

Same thing happened just before we signed Kolarov - there was silence from all parties, so they made up a story about Juve stealing in and nicking him from us... Then he signed without media outlets getting a sniff of it.

Funny how this particular 'source close to the deal' claims £180k then is quoted as saying 'if it's true he's demanding that much'...

Not that fucking close to the deal then are you!

If it was off, or even in trouble, Mario's agent would be gobbing off. Absolutely no way he is demanding that much - not in a million years. We would have left this deal alone a long time ago. Stop slagging the player off on the basis of pure speculation ffs.

While he stays silent I am happy there is no major drama going on with this. All the signs, except this one frankly nonsensical story, suggest a deal is close, if not done - most notably the fact that Mario's whereabouts are currently unknown when he should be with his team!

 

[Ticket For Schalke]

It's quite clear this guy is desperate for a move here. So why the fuck would he ask for 180,000 a week? No chance this is tbe problem. Just the media saying this to explain the delay. When quite frankly I think the deal is done

Balotelli is a little bit greedy, by the way.
He was going to the "Cantera" (Barça) some years ago, but the deal failed because his parents wanted too much for "cantera standards"

Cant blame parents, im sure they wanted a little more for reassurance, not easy to just up and leave a country.

 

[*singingtheblues*]

The quoted £180,000 per week demands may be inaccurate, but regardless of what you all might like to think there's clearly some very serious haggling going on.

And this is what you have to expect when you make the likes of Wayne Bridge one of the highest paid fullbacks in Europe on £100,000 a week. Giving players like Lescott, RSC, and Adebayor £100,000 , £80,000, and £150,000 a week respectively is counterproductive.

Thanks to the greatest Welsh football manager in the history of the sport our wage structure has become a complete and utter shambles, and will remain that way for the foreseeable future after the precedent we've set over the past 2 years.

We don't have a leg to stand on when negotiating wage demands, footballers are only human and will take note of other players' earnings. Potential recruits will see lesser players on ridiculous wages and at the very least seek parity.Without a wage structure we'll create a breeding ground for greed, and unrest within the squad will follow. It needs to be ad<br /><br />-- Wed Aug 04, 2010 7:14 pm --<br /><br />dressed.

 

[Keith Moon]

His agent is Mr Greed himself and it doesn’t help the negotiating process that we have offered another client of his a pot of gold with diamonds on top to join the blue revolution. He will fight for every penny.

 

[bluemoon32]

The quoted £180,000 per week demands may be inaccurate, but regardless of what you all might like to think there's clearly some very serious haggling going on.

And this is what you have to expect when you make the likes of Wayne Bridge one of the highest paid fullbacks in Europe on £100,000 a week. Giving players like Lescott, RSC, and Adebayor £100,000 , £80,000, and £150,000 a week respectively is counterproductive.

Thanks to the greatest Welsh football manager in the history of the sport our wage structure has become a complete and utter shambles, and will remain that way for the foreseeable future after the precedent we've set over the past 2 years.

We don't have a leg to stand on when negotiating wage demands, footballers are only human and will take note of other players' earnings. Potential recruits will see lesser players on ridiculous wages and at the very least seek parity.Without a wage structure we'll create a breeding ground for greed, and unrest within the squad will follow. It needs to be ad

-- Wed Aug 04, 2010 7:14 pm --

dressed.

Can't blame Hughes for wages paid by the club, that's somebody elses baby

 

[richards30]

His agent is Mr Greed himself and it doesn’t help the negotiating process that we have offered another client of his a pot of gold with diamonds on top to join the blue revolution. He will fight for every penny.

would that be maicon keith??

 

[pudge]

His agent is Mr Greed himself and it doesn’t help the negotiating process that we have offered another client of his a pot of gold with diamonds on top to join the blue revolution. He will fight for every penny.

Spill....the....beans