Sergio, David and Yaya £86M

[Rorz88]

Definitely overpaid according to Brian Reade at the Mirror. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/opinion/football-opinion/brian-reade-column-millions-squandered-3353824" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.mirror.co.uk/opinion/footbal ... ed-3353824</a>

But no tale has scared me as much as the one I read in a sniffy broadsheet, last Sunday, which could have come from the business pages:

“Manchester City’s new £24m signing from Barcelona, Yaya Toure, is being paid £220,000-a-week. His initial wage of £185,000 will rise to £221,000 when the 50% tax rate comes in next April. He is due to receive £4.1m a year after tax, an image rights payment of £1.65m a year and a bonus of £823,000 each time City qualify for the Champions League and £412,000 if they win the competition. He will also get bonuses if the club win the Premier League and the FA Cup. The deal including his transfer fee, wages and bonuses, totals £79.6m.”

Holy. Mother. Of. Jesus. Where will that leave the price of everyone’s season ticket in five years time?

Even more frightening was what that report didn’t say. Toure is not actually that great. He’s not a creative genius who will get backsides off seats but a defensive midfielder who stops players who can.

He wasn’t even a regular at Barcelona, having lost his place to Sergi Busquets. He may not even get a game for City, who already have four highly-rated players to fill that role – Patrick Vieira, Gareth Barry, Nigel de Jong and Vincent Kompany.

I particularly enjoy the bolded bits

Hahahahahahaha!!! that is brilliant, I bet he looks at that now and thinks 'what an idiot'. Would be interesting to know if he has done anything since then on yaya ?

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

Overpaid for Yaya, £24M? Fucking hell pal, I assume you are being ironic?

Not at all. at the time we bought him he was in and out at barca and being used as a stand in centre half .so £24 m was a big gamble IMHO .its paid off in spades but he could of been another rocky,

looking at the post below your's, you are not Brian Reade are you?

Blimey I'd actually forgotten how well we were stocked in the role we bought him for.
He's been worth every penny and the credit must go to the coach's who turned a workman like player into a world class .one.who's resale value is still on a par with what we paid for him with 5 ? Years service out of him.

 

[Deleted member 58678]

You could say that they'd be worth around £150m if they were sold now.

If you say Kun's worth £80m in the current trend of fees
Silva must be a £40m player, he's get in every single team going, he's that good
and Yaya, factoring in age, would be at least £30m

 

[TCIB]

Silva i reckon is worth 60, as soon as he is back he will remind us why i dare say also :-D

 

[jimharri]

Not trying to piss on anyone's parade, but spending this money probably meant us missing out on Phil jones?

Well; you can't always get all of your targets. In that case, you have to prioritise. Not sure we made disastrous decisions with those lads, to be honest. Anyway, with our new ''compliant'' financial situation, we can put in a cheeky bid for Phil the face next summer.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Not at all. at the time we bought him he was in and out at barca and being used as a stand in centre half .so £24 m was a big gamble IMHO .its paid off in spades but he could of been another rocky,

looking at the post below your's, you are not Brian Reade are you?

Blimey I'd actually forgotten how well we were stocked in the role we bought him for.
He's been worth every penny and the credit must go to the coach's who turned a workman like player into a world class .one.who's resale value is still on a par with what we paid for him with 5 ? Years service out of him.

I think most people who watch a lot of football would have realised at the time how good a player we were getting at the time; had he been a Catalan, or at least come through their academy, he would never have been allowed to leave Barcelona. Well worth £24M at the time, and as things have turned out an absolute snip

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

looking at the post below your's, you are not Brian Reade are you?

Blimey I'd actually forgotten how well we were stocked in the role we bought him for.
He's been worth every penny and the credit must go to the coach's who turned a workman like player into a world class .one.who's resale value is still on a par with what we paid for him with 5 ? Years service out of him.

I think most people who watch a lot of football would have realised at the time how good a player we were getting at the time; had he been a Catalan, or at least come through their academy, he would never have been allowed to leave Barcelona. Well worth £24M at the time, and as things have turned out an absolute snip

Yes he has turned out to be a snip .what were Chelsea paying for ready made super stars at this point ? Ballack essien types more or less.?

 

[malg]

Silva i reckon is worth 60, as soon as he is back he will remind us why i dare say also :-D

We'd get nothing like that for Silva.

 

[moggymoz]

Silva i reckon is worth 60, as soon as he is back he will remind us why i dare say also :-D

We'd get nothing like that for Silva.

Good... Cos he's not for sale.

 

[Worst Case Ontario]

Silva i reckon is worth 60, as soon as he is back he will remind us why i dare say also :-D

We'd get nothing like that for Silva.

Exactly, hes priceless