CityCTID said:
thenabster said:
So we are buying a 19 year old with just one full season in Italy who plays at Fiorentina, a team that was 13th last year, for 15m euros +5 m in bonus plus Savic valued at 9m.
A total of 29 m euros !!!
Are you kidding me ? That's like 20 m pounds with that money we could buy Diego Godin + Yanga Mbiwa and Mateo Mussacchio and parked the bus till the end of the season.
Seriously, that's why this transfer window has been super frustrating. Either we are keeping it cool for ffp or not. Now we are panic buying in the last 3 days of the window and spalshing shit cash like Liverpool buying Carroll.
*disclaimer
As every city fan if we do buy Nastasic, I will be his #1 fan and will hope he turns out to be better than Vidic.
Unbelievable isn't it. We could've easily sign a world class in Thiago Silva with that kinda of money!!! But hey, the Mawrood happy clappers gangs will tell yea a good story as to why we opt not to sign him or any other [insert name] players for that matter..... Meh!
Ok, the devils advocate position.
Nastasic = 20m GBP + approx. 18.2m GBP (70k pw over 5 years) - Savic's wages (approx 9.1m GBP (35k pw over 5 years) = 29.1m GBP
Thiago Silva = 35m GBP + approx. 52m GBP (200k pw over 5 years) - Savic's wages (approx 9.1m GBP (35k pw over 5 years) = 57.9m GBP
Difference = 28.8m GBP
Also taking into account the sell-on value of a 23 year old 32 year old (should they decide not to renew going into the final year of their contract) and the difficulty of getting someone to take a player on 200k per week (as we have seen with Ade, Bridge & RSC) and (even if we don't take into account PSG's ridiculously average start to the season) the targeting of Nastasic begins to make more sense.