Media bias against City

[shemnel]

For anyone who does not believe there is an agenda, how can you possibly explain the way that our transfers are valued as opposed to other clubs? It's clear as day and there is no other explanation as to how the same media source can print Sterling at £49m and Roberts at £11m, but only put Martial at £36m. You're either including add ons in the price or you aren't. Picking and choosing is clearly just a deliberate attempt to sway perception about how much money the two teams have spent.

there was a Q&A on the guardian at lunch with one of their footy 'reporters' and i tried to get the qu across about reporting of fees being different for different players/clubs, but it didnt get answered unfortunately. There has to be some justification otherwise i'll continue to take it as out and out bias.

 

[Bobby Taylor's Pub Team]

Sky continue to claim Martial has cost £36M despite the lad himself saying he doesn't know if he is worth the 80M Euros its cost them to sign him in the same article!

BBC the same:

Manchester United's new £36m signing Anthony Martial tells a news conference at France's training camp in Clairefontaine he was not concerned about the cost of the transfer.

"My family were definitely a bit nervous because of my high price but I'm going to stay focused on my work," he says.

"I'm not sure I'm worth 80m euros. I left for the football side. It's quite crazy for a player of my age but that's how the market works.

 

[Blue Haze]

Noticed on the Guardian...

Memphis reported as 25m - Full cost 31m
Schneiderlin reported as 24m - Full cost 27m
Darmian reported as 12.7m - Full cost 14.7m
Martial reported as 36m - Full cost 58.8m

Sterling initial 44m - Reported as 49m
Otamendi initial 28.5m - Reported as 32m
Roberts initial 5m - Reported as 11m

and that's just this window

Think about how soul-destroying this window has been for them.

Arsenal didn't bother to compete. Chelsea made panic buys and failed on Stones so no Mourinho worship. And the rags are a calamity.

We, on the other hand, are leaving them behind on the pitch without even using Otamendi or De Bruyne. Bigger stadium, best academy in the country.

Their sole hope is that we keep getting nightmare draws in Europe, so they can pretend we flopped (nevermind that no other English club is beating these super clubs)

It's over and these petty delusions are all they have left.

 

[meltonblue]

There's been quite a lot of articles in the papers about how much Martial could cost to be fair.

Perhaps it's more that they see Sterling is more likely to cost his full price considering it is reliant on us winning things, whereas with Martial it is more likely to stay at 36m for the same reason...;)

 

[Wilf Wild 1937]

There's been quite a lot of articles in the papers about how much Martial could cost to be fair.

Perhaps it's more that they see Sterling is more likely to cost his full price considering it is reliant on us winning things, whereas with Martial it is more likely to stay at 36m for the same reason...;)

I could buy that even allowing for the fact that City winning the CL is one of the add ons but to see Roberts quoted as £12m everywhere proves the disparity.

If we'd signed Martial and they'd signed De Bruyne then Martial would have been reported as the biggest deal of the Summer. The French media all seem to be quoting 80m euros and comparing his fee to that of Zidane.

 

[@BluePhil8]

BBC the same:

I'd laugh if it wasn't so bad.

 

[adeinchessy]

Think I just saw on Sky that the price City paid for Sterling is now £44m. Looks like they've realised the discrepancy.

 

[Blue Mooner]

I could buy that even allowing for the fact that City winning the CL is one of the add ons but to see Roberts quoted as £12m everywhere proves the disparity.

If we'd signed Martial and they'd signed De Bruyne then Martial would have been reported as the biggest deal of the Summer. The French media all seem to be quoting 80m euros and comparing his fee to that of Zidane.

L'Equipe quite clearly state his fee as being 80m euros http://m.lequipe.fr/Medias/Actualit...-erreur-en-signant-a-manchester-united/586884

 

[buckshot]

ESPN gave City a 10/10 for the transfer window but Merson only rated them as a B-. To be fair, he also rated the scum at a B- but how could you rate them as high as City when you consider their behavior regarding the De Gea fiasco?

 

[Metalartin]

Has anyone commented on this yet?

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...remier-league-transfer-window-net-spend-table

They don't even try and hide their bias anymore.