The cost of our starting line-up compared to United's.

MCFC BOB

Well-Known Member
Joined
2 May 2009
Messages
23,364
Location
Fred's Patio on me: "Mr. Self Appointed Lord of Wh
For ammo.

Hart - £600,000
Richards - Free
Kompany - £8m
Lescott - £22m
Clichy - £7m
de Jong - £17m
Yaya - £24m
Barry - £12m
Silva - £24m
Johnson - £7m
Dzeko - £27m

--

De Gea - £19m
Smalling - £10m
Ferdinand - £28m
Vidic - £7m
Fabio - Free
Young - £18m
Cleverly - Free
Anderson - 30m Euros according to Porto, which equals out to around £26m.
Nani - 25.5m Euros, which equals out to around £22m
Wayne Rooney - £26m
Welbeck - Free
 
I get that to:

City = 148,250

Utd = 156,000 + whatever Fabio cost.

But don't forget that Rooney, and even more so Ferdinand, were signed a long time ago. Index linked to show the cost at today's prices their price tag would be much higher.
 
more lazy than useless said:
I get that to:

City = 148,250

Utd = 156,000 + whatever Fabio cost.

But don't forget that Rooney, and even more so Ferdinand, were signed a long time ago. Index linked to show the cost at today's prices their price tag would be much higher.


I took the op to mean it was for ammo when it's a 'look at all the money you've spent and where you are versus the pitiful amounts we've spent' argument- you're trying to buy your way to success etc etc. Think he was showing that it's swings and roundabouts. Add the subs on and you've got the nucleus of most teams either of us are going to put out, possibly with the exception of Tevez and Kolo Toure for us, but you've got to have some limit in any argument and I think Bob's saying a reply to their moaning about buying success is to say take the first game of the season, you paid more for your starting 11 than we did?

Is that the crux of it Bob or am I reading it wrong?
 
Carver said:
more lazy than useless said:
I get that to:

City = 148,250

Utd = 156,000 + whatever Fabio cost.

But don't forget that Rooney, and even more so Ferdinand, were signed a long time ago. Index linked to show the cost at today's prices their price tag would be much higher.


I took the op to mean it was for ammo when it's a 'look at all the money you've spent and where you are versus the pitiful amounts we've spent' argument- you're trying to buy your way to success etc etc. Think he was showing that it's swings and roundabouts. Add the subs on and you've got the nucleus of most teams either of us are going to put out, possibly with the exception of Tevez and Kolo Toure for us, but you've got to have some limit in any argument and I think Bob's saying a reply to their moaning about buying success is to say take the first game of the season, you paid more for your starting 11 than we did?

Is that the crux of it Bob or am I reading it wrong?
You're right.

I wasn't trying to prove that our first 11 cost less than United's, I was trying to prove that we've spent a similar amount of money.
 
liamctid said:
At the time, Anderson and Nani were both about £17-19. Hargreaves was bought at the same time for around the same.

And unless United paid everything up front (which they wouldn't have) or Portuguese clubs accept pound sterling (which they won't), they would have cost significantly more than that
 

Don't have an account? Register now and see fewer ads!

SIGN UP
Back
Top