Gazzetta: Sneijder completes €36m move to City (continued)

[okstate99]

You also stated a while back that aguero was not coming ....

Desperate Rag methinks.

Im just trying to accept the facts here. Sneijder is one of the best paid players in the world and he would simply be up there with Aguero, Tevez and Yaya. With the FFP rules, you can't have too much of those huge earners.

Do you believe this Gazzette article? I mean...Sneijder is sold to City and then after 10+ hours later everything suggest that there is no deal.

So a deal is clearly not "imminent".

You would have to think Tevez would be going the other way, if we wanted to sign Wesley. So that would be a swap on our wage or even less on our books.

 

[richball_PF55]

The Rags will get him, Fuck him anyway.
Nasri is a better buy.

 

[dillbi95]

If we get Sniejder does that mean no Nasri?! :'(

 

[SilvaLining]

The entire wording of that article is painting the picture of Sneijder as a complete mercenary, more interested in his bank balance than anything else. Words like extravagant and substantial etc. If City do end up signing him, the media have their angle, started by this piece:

-Rags tried all they could with the different finance packages but Sneijder was being too greedy even after the rags put in ALL that effort

-We have a pay structure that can accommodate Tevez' 'hefty salary' whereas the rags have a 'carefully controlled wage structure' (of course no mention of Rooney's wage or alleged match highest earner clause), so if we do get him, we're ruining football whereas the rags are the bastions of prudence and financial responsibiity.

- All of which will result in the obvious, 'Sneijder cares more about money than playing for a team with 'history'

IMO, this article is really rather biased in favour of the rags, so aside from the whisperings from Zin, Damo and others, I would be inclined to take it with a very large shovel of salt.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I've just bumped into Noel Gallagher in the Chinese takeaway and asked him if Sneijder was one of the names on the napkin. He said "Definitely maybe".

 

[Bluemoon115]

If we get Sniejder does that mean no Nasri?! :'(

No.

It means they have to share a locker ;-)

 

[blueinsa]

The entire wording of that article is painting the picture of Sneijder as a complete mercenary, more interested in his bank balance than anything else. Words like extravagant and substantial etc. If City do end up signing him, the media have their angle, started by this piece:

-Rags tried all they could with the different finance packages but Sneijder was being too greedy even after the rags put in ALL that effort

-We have a pay structure that can accommodate Tevez' 'hefty salary' whereas the rags have a 'carefully controlled wage structure' (of course no mention of Rooney's wage or alleged match highest earner clause), so if we do get him, we're ruining football whereas the rags are the bastions of prudence and financial responsibiity.

- All of which will result in the obvious, 'Sneijder cares more about money than playing for a team with 'history'

IMO, this article is really rather biased in favour of the rags, so aside from the whisperings from Zin, Damo and others, I would be inclined to take it with a very large shovel of salt.

Bang on mate.

Desperate rag journalism at its very worst.

 

[bobmcfc]

reaction to duncans "exclusive"

 

[dillbi95]

If we get Sniejder does that mean no Nasri?! :'(

No.

It means they have to share a locker ;-)

I hope your right ;-)
Would rather have Nasri than Sniejder if we only get one of them.

 

[Cheadle Blue]

The entire wording of that article is painting the picture of Sneijder as a complete mercenary, more interested in his bank balance than anything else. Words like extravagant and substantial etc. If City do end up signing him, the media have their angle, started by this piece:

-Rags tried all they could with the different finance packages but Sneijder was being too greedy even after the rags put in ALL that effort

-We have a pay structure that can accommodate Tevez' 'hefty salary' whereas the rags have a 'carefully controlled wage structure' (of course no mention of Rooney's wage or alleged match highest earner clause), so if we do get him, we're ruining football whereas the rags are the bastions of prudence and financial responsibiity.

- All of which will result in the obvious, 'Sneijder cares more about money than playing for a team with 'history'

IMO, this article is really rather biased in favour of the rags, so aside from the whisperings from Zin, Damo and others, I would be inclined to take it with a very large shovel of salt.

Bang on mate.

Desperate rag journalism at its very worst.

Agreed, same happened with tevez (when he left the rags), the minute he was off, the journo's turned the tables. i think this is a positive article for us