LoveCity said:If we could offload Tevez, Adebayor (for the cut-price we've allegedly offered Spurs if they take him in January), and Bridge in January that'd be something like 500k/week off the wage load, that's before minor sales like Onuoha (must be on around 40k/week). That'd free some space on the pay roll for De Rossi but I admire the club refusing to instantly give in to monster wage demands now, no one else will pay De Rossi those wages except a club I don't think he'd want to go to (Anzhi) so he has to choose, accept whatever Roma are offering or ask for a reasonable wage and come to Manchester.
he wants to come and we want him but Roma are very reluctant to sell.tolmie's hairdoo said:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AFkXRcWCZM[/youtube]
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bluemoondays said:If you say he would cost us £25m but we are getting him for £5m that leaves (duh) £20m.
£20m over 4 years is (roughly) £100k/week. if we assume he would get £150k/week anyway his wage is costing us £10m over 4 years instead of £30m (£150k/week).
Total cost of ownership (assuming he would cost £25m) over 4 years
Full price = £25m fee + £30m wages @£150k/week = £55m
Jan Sale = £5m + £40m wages @£200k/week = £45m
More Realistic = £5m + £30m wages = £35m
Summer (free) + realistic wages = £0 + £30m = £30m
for a 28 year old italian international with 70 caps. We'd be looking at paying near that £30m fee without wages if his contract wasn't about to run out.
Strangely enough even on £200k/week it makes sense, anything less we pay in wages is just gravy and makes it more cost-effective for a class DM/CM. I've no idea how much he earns at Roma but if we can get him for £125/week we can knock another £5m off. He'd be a bargain, strangely enough, on £150k/week.