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It's Quiet the £250m return
- Thread starter tolmie's hairdoo
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What?I imagine that £5m will be given to walker to make up for the lower wage.
Still a saving for us though
Burnley will pay him less than we are.What?
He will need a sweetener to make up all/some of the difference.
The sweetener will be less than we would have paid him if he stayed so city save money.
Why would we pay him to leave? On an agreed transfer.Burnley will pay him less than we are.
He will need a sweetener to make up all/some of the difference.
The sweetener will be less than we would have paid him if he stayed so city save money.
Centurions
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We see some strange mental gymnastics on here :(Why would we pay him to leave? On an agreed transfer.
How is it strange mental gymnastics ? He could stay for a year on more money and then go on a free and get more money it’s not impossible that we are paying him something to moveWe see some strange mental gymnastics on here :(
I am sure it happens
TonyColemansbagofapples
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On a two year deal he could be on half the wage to earn the same. Add in the tax he would pay plus the signing on fee and he would be in profit.
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According to Romano they need to stay up with Kyle playing 70% of games to pay the full £5m. I'd imagine the base fee is probably £2m max.
Over here yesTurnover is vanity, profit is sanity!!! I think!!!
tolmie's hairdoo
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Happens in every move where a player needs to go.How is it strange mental gymnastics ? He could stay for a year on more money and then go on a free and get more money it’s not impossible that we are paying him something to move
I am sure it happens
Same reason United couldn't shift Maguire last year because he was holding out for the remainder of his deal being paid up, about £25m.
Most parties usually agree to a compromise figure.
In this instance, Kyle is on £200k a week at City.
That £5m fee will effectively go in to Kyle's pocket from City.
The remainder will be made up from a signing fee and wages of about £90k a week.
He won't have gone short by much and City will have saved themselves £5m in wages over the next 12 months.
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Happens in every move where a player needs to go.
Same reason United couldn't shift Maguire last year because he was holding out for the remainder of his deal being paid up, about £25m.
Most parties usually agree to a compromise figure.
In this instance, Kyle is on £200k a week at City.
That £5m fee will effectively go in to Kyle's pocket from City.
The remainder will be made up from a signing fee and wages of about £90k a week.
He won't have gone short by much and City will have saved themselves £5m in wages over the next 12 months.
Hey tolmie which 4 foreign players do you see leaving? (since we're at 21 and can only have 17 max)
Ortega/ Akanji/ Kovacic and Gundo the most likely??
Because if we don't, he won't move and we end up paying him £10m over the next year. Chuck him £4m now to go and we are £6m up.Why would we pay him to leave? On an agreed transfer.
yep, he is being paid off on his salary, but good to get rid at least.
Grealish will be harder to move, there is 30m we owe him at least. and his next club deffo not offering this salary to him. whatever fee we get there will be going straight to Grealish.
Grealish will be harder to move, there is 30m we owe him at least. and his next club deffo not offering this salary to him. whatever fee we get there will be going straight to Grealish.
Fordyboy46
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Just Grealish, Phillip's, Stones, Ake, Mcatee plus a couple of others to go now. Surely Leeds can stump up 15m for Phillip's can't they?
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Hopefully we can find a buyer for Grealish. His 300k a week wages need to come off the wage bill. I'd look at possibly offloading Akanji too with him being on 180k a week. Stones also, 250k a week and never fit, Kalvin Phillips, 150k a week. More wastage than the NHS at City! Could build a whole new squad with those wages off the wage bill.
Centurions
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"That £5m fee will effectively go in to Kyle's pocket from City", how do you mean 'effectively'?Happens in every move where a player needs to go.
Same reason United couldn't shift Maguire last year because he was holding out for the remainder of his deal being paid up, about £25m.
Most parties usually agree to a compromise figure.
In this instance, Kyle is on £200k a week at City.
That £5m fee will effectively go in to Kyle's pocket from City.
The remainder will be made up from a signing fee and wages of about £90k a week.
He won't have gone short by much and City will have saved themselves £5m in wages over the next 12 months.
Centurions
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Maybe, but that would be him retired as we wouldn't be playing him, a year out and a year older won't make a new club eager to sign him, free or not.Because if we don't, he won't move and we end up paying him £10m over the next year. Chuck him £4m now to go and we are £6m up.
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Hopefully we can find a buyer for Grealish. His 300k a week wages need to come off the wage bill. I'd look at possibly offloading Akanji too with him being on 180k a week. Stones also, 250k a week and never fit, Kalvin Phillips, 150k a week. More wastage than the NHS at City! Could build a whole new squad with those wages off the wage bill.
No chance of that happening, nobody is going to relieve us and pay his wages or even stump up enough that's even if Jack agrees to leave.
City will probably receive a small fee from Burnley for the transfer."That £5m fee will effectively go in to Kyle's pocket from City", how do you mean 'effectively'?
There will probably be some kind of settlement/incentive payment from City to Walker in respect of the last year of his contract, and the drop in wages he'll be taking, which will be considerably less than what City would pay him in wages if he sticks around for another year.
The payment City make to Walker probably won't be too dissimilar to the transfer fee we receive from Burnley.