It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[wolviedinho]

So Messi and Haaland exit stage left and we have Kane and Grealish. We've saved a stack on wages..

Which is not a bad thing considering the latest financial report.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Having 6 out of the 11 starters for England is going to confuse a lot of haters.

I recall City hold the record for England players on the same pitch during Mancini's time?

Think it was Switzerland away?

Hart
Lescott
Richards
Barry
Johnson
Milner

 

[TCM]

I have a distant memory of it being 7, including SWP. Could be wrong though.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I have a distant memory of it being 7, including SWP. Could be wrong though.

Yes, you are bang on.

I thought it was seven but couldn't recall Shaun.

Apologies SWP!!

 

[Gumzy97]

Might be great for England to have Pep coach Kane , Grealish and Foden

 

[bluedan]

I recall City hold the record for England players on the same pitch during Mancini's time?

Think it was Switzerland away?

Hart
Lescott
Richards
Barry
Johnson
Milner

Blue shorts too! Micah didn't play that game though but Swp did

 

[decmancity]

Might be great for England to have Pep coach Kane , Grealish and Foden

Until the dinosaur gets hold of them.

 

[OccupiedPalestineBlues]

Whatever it is, I very much doubt any of us would know how it got paid?

I'd go as far as to say Messi could defer a large proportion of both his wages and signing on fee, if it were to also include moving to NYCFC in two years time?

Perfectly legal

Would the MLS salary cap allow a huge wage and a huge signing in fee?

I’m not clued up on the MLS but iirc the salary cap is, in truth, a salary budget that includes an annualised portion of the purchase price, agents fees, signing on bonus et al. I think there’s some room for adjustment but I didn’t think it would be adjustable enough to factor in a commitment for tens of £millions deferred and then passed forward into the MLS on top of the Messi high salary, signing on bonus, agents (Dads) fees, etc?

I’m not saying it can’t be done, I just don’t understand how it can be achieved under the MLS system.

 

[Maly]

true, but remember it was put forward circa 2018, I even thought it got quite far with a year that it would come into effect which at the time seemed a distant future but now probably isnt as distant. I'd need to dig up old articles to remind myself. Perhaps it all got shifted around brexit.

I agree wholeheartedly about incorporsting club trained players as the best solution, both long term and now too, for CL lists.

Yeah, but how many club trained players can we have ;)

 

[Daz_Blue]

Have no idea how we get Grealish

City agree a price with Villa then we agree personal terms with the player, he signs and we submit his registration to the Premier League .....