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RayCTID said:
I doubt Neymar will take a paycut. Paqueta isn't going to be a cheap signing either seeing West Ham has had a £42m bid rejected
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I don't think it's relevant here and I don't think he's coming, however, I genuinely don't think the club would be bothered by Neymar's wages.

They have a wage structure, yes, but Neymar is a global superstar on a level a lot of posters don't seem to quite comprehend. Haaland is our biggest superstar and has 17m instagram followers. Neymar has 177m.

He has a bigger media presence than the entire squad and club combined. You've got 200 million people and the 9th biggest economy in the world who would instantly become Manchester City 'fans'...or more importantly customers.

He's one of 3 players in the world to have his own boot range, because when you're Neymar, Ronaldo, Messi famous you print money for the companies you're associated with.

The serious french papers have him on £600k/week. It's a ton of money, but I think any club looking to buy him would treat it like Messi or Ronaldo...they earn the difference between their salaries and a normal players salary off the pitch.
 
domalino said:
I don't think it's relevant here and I don't think he's coming, however, I genuinely don't think the club would be bothered by Neymar's wages.

They have a wage structure, yes, but Neymar is a global superstar on a level a lot of posters don't seem to quite comprehend. Haaland is our biggest superstar and has 17m instagram followers. Neymar has 177m.

He has a bigger media presence than the entire squad and club combined. You've got 200 million people and the 9th biggest economy in the world who would instantly become Manchester City 'fans'...or more importantly customers.

He's one of 3 players in the world to have his own boot range, because when you're Neymar, Ronaldo, Messi famous you print money for the companies you're associated with.

The serious french papers have him on £600k/week. It's a ton of money, but I think any club looking to buy him would treat it like Messi or Ronaldo...they earn the difference between their salaries and a normal players salary off the pitch.
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The club still has a tight control on the wage budget. £600k p/w is still too much for us.
 
RayCTID said:
The club still has a tight control on the wage budget.
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It's always the same...

I guarantee you were posting "We don't spend £100m on transfers" until we spent £100m on Grealish. And then "We don't pay €40m agents fees" and "we're not paying a 21 year old £400k/week" until we did it for Haaland.

When we tried to sign Messi in 2020, do you think he was going to take a 70% paycut? No, they would have paid him the £1m+ a week he commands.

The wage structure exists until it doesn't because the club decides someone's worth it, just like all the other imaginary barriers fans construct around the club's business.
 
No chance City would want Neymar imo, absolutely offers nothing and ticks no boxes for a player we’d even go for.
 
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