City pay structure to use Barca Model

[I'm no cynic but...]

might cost us short term but benefit us long term

wish these issues were kept in-house though

True enough, but agents soon enough circulate their 'clients' details if only to feather their own nests. As we found with Tevez, and as we are finding with Yaya, some agents think they actually own their clients and they are quick to seek out new employers for them. There's little money to be made from players who prefer to be one-club men for their entire careers, and by constantly regurgitating players through the system, these mercenaries pick up a fortune without themselves ever having to kick a ball.