Media Thread - 2021/22

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fulabeer said:
With all this gross and net spend obsession with Grealish, the press seem to have conveniently forgotten to add prize money to the pot.
The success from the last ten years has produced a decent boost to our spending power. Getting to the champs league final produced a decent amount alone. Winning the Prem also boosted us.
But as always, don't let facts get in the way of a good story...
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Whether by bad faith or basic stupidity/incompetence, the issue of prize money is the biggest misunderstanding going when the media or uneducated rival fans talk about us being ‘backed by rich owners’.
We took in around £230m in prize money from the PL and Champions League last season alone. More than £2billion estimated since the 2008 takeover.
Not bad for a club bought for £200m or so.
The difference between City and our rivals being that our owners reinvest it all back into the club and don’t take it out.
I’ve suggested before that one of our more financially astute writers/podcasters could do a deep dive into the numbers over the years, it would be an interesting point to analyse.
 
roypaulknewmyfather said:
Good read and clearly put. Huge problem with it though. There are some big words in a long article so the knuckle draggers will either not understand it, fall asleep trying to read it or won't bother because it's in a "funny newspaper"
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Agreed, but I'll give it a go
 
glyncity said:
Peps spend since he came to City is £993 million , a massive amount , however he's got around £300 million back in transfers out I believe , so that's £693 , he's then won the league 4 times , pre covid figures , for tv share out, prize money etc comes in around £150 million per league title x4 that's £600 million , so we're down to £93 million , £80 million for getting us to the champions league final , £10 million for each Caraboa cup or FA cup final , £10 million for every champions league quarter final , that's another £100 million , so just on prize money alone Peps made the club over £100 million profit over and above his net spend , now take into account the bottom line value of the club now compared to the day he took over , and my guess is the club's value as risen by quite a margin .. and imo Grealish is exactly the type of player who can take us to the next level , commercially , City's "Beckham" and will pay for himself many times over , in my opinion..
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Also take away the spend that was on no first teamers.

We get youth prospects thrown in with the final tally while some others don't
 
LongsightM13 said:
You’re not ;) Standard media training/PR tactic. It also buys you some additional thinking time
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I think the media still underestimate Pep's intelligence and his ability to articulate in a language that is not his native tongue. His knowledge of how our club is run goes way beyond the "I'm just a football coach" level in my opinion (but he is quite happy to use that excuse when he wants to) and his understanding of how the media probe and manipulate is obviously a product of his experiences in Barcelona and Munich. The way he dealt with Harris after the Brighton game was pure class, no hysterics but the disdain and contempt he showed him just by the look on his face the no doubt as to how he felt. He is also clearly a man who does not forget those who disrespect him, his players or his club .... I like him a lot!!
 
Once again the Daily United, via the Athletic, reprint a bullsh*t and negative story to dampen a positive City story. The Daily United do it every time. You'd think they were constantly doing it on purpose on behalf of other PL clubs and their owners. Surely the Daily United wouldn't do that, regardless of the source?

As usual, no link.

Aston Villa 'opened talks with Real Madrid and Manchester United over Jack Grealish because they preferred not to sell to Manchester City' - before finally accepting the £100million man had set his heart on the Premier League champions.

But it has emerged that negotiations became increasingly fraught at the beginning of the week as Villa delayed the move as long as possible and even tried opened dialogue with other clubs.

They say that Villa, like many other Premier League clubs, are concerned about City's success - they have won three of the last four titles - and financial muscle, which is damaging the competition. (United under Ferguson must have killed the PL competition)

(Lol! City didn't know about the release clause)

The report adds that City didn't actually know about the release clause and this allowed Villa to stall as long as possible, while bringing in their own signings.
 
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The "drives slowly past schools and not because it's the law" is not a good look

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Athletic report Chelsea sign Lukaku for £105 million but express report it as £97 million. Whatever the fee, does anyone seriously believe Lukaku is worth anywhere near the money we paid for Grealish, and will Chelsea be accused of destroying the game?
 
mat said:


Pep: Hope you all had a good summer...Even you Simon.

Bwhahahahaha hes got the rag **** rumbled.
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Just shows how clueless Stones and other journo's are with comments like "where you going to play him, with all your attacking options" It's like they have never heard of "total football" and it's origins all the way back to Jimmy Hogan and the Austrian "Wunderteam". Clueless dinosaurs with their fixed postion players, probably still trying to work out why England got a shallacking against Hungary in 1953. Bellends the lot of them.
 
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Rochdale Blue said:
Athletic report Chelsea sign Lukaku for £105 million but express report it as £97 million. Whatever the fee, does anyone seriously believe Lukaku is worth anywhere near the money we paid for Grealish, and will Chelsea be accused of destroying the game?
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Now why do you think the Express reported the lower 97m figure rather than the 100m figure? Let’s make it up as long as it’s less than whatever figure City paid.. twats
 
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