United thread 2018/19

[Mr.Feeny]

Think this is 100% spot on

I think the Sanchez team made a ridiculous sum up thinking that if they ever paid it then it would be worth it because he would be set for life but didn't really think they would say yes.

United then agreed and that is why we see the player we do now. Heart not in it just taking in £2m a month. Nearly £100m over the life of the contract

Agreed. Was talking about this on another thread. The only way he was going to join a failing team and play for a dull manager rather than get a guaranteed winners Medal while playing offensive football was if the discprenacy bwgeen wages offered was huge.

They were desperate. And it backfired. Their team's moral is low because everyone saw a 30 year old come in an immediately make much more than any of them make.

 

[dickie davies]

Moreover, the spine of their 90s teams wasn't expensive.

And in that case, the spine of our current isn't

Ederson 35M - Goalies are now £70m+
Stones 50M - Centre halves are £75M+
KDB 55M - Midfielders are £89M +
Aguero 35M- Forwards are £200M +

 

[mancityvstoke]

Their local team Salford, although he was officially on City's books at one point. He still hasn't taken his the Giggs name then.

How do you know all this shit?

He was at Citys school of excellence and was poached by Ferguson and a steward. I had to google that though.

 

[Tanzeylee]

Riiiighht. Everyone who isn't a complete fanboy is someone who's pretending to be a fan. Can't argue with that.

Sniff sniff

There’s a strange ‘whiff’ coming from you

 

[the talisman]

Ferguson was absolutely a chequebook manager, the squad he brought to Maine Road in ‘89 cost a fortune.
Also, no-one else was spending big then. Nowadays there are 4 teams spending a lot, back then it was just him.

 

[sir baconface]

Because anyone who produces a reasoned argument instead of shouting “scum” must be a rag.

 

[Mr.Feeny]

And in that case, the spine of our current isn't

Ederson 35M - Goalies are now £70m+
Stones 50M - Centre halves are £75M+
KDB 55M - Midfielders are £89M +
Aguero 35M- Forwards are £200M +

Who said it was? It isn't. And that is why the whinging and crying about us on redcafe is pathetic and sad. And it's the exact same things some of our fans do when talking about their former teams and the exact same reason I don't do that. Bitterness is bitterness, regardless of who does it.

Gabriel Jesus cost 27m which is a third of what Lukaku cost (after add-ons).
Sane wasn't exactly mindbogglingly expensive.
Anderson was relatively cheap.
Even De bryune is relatively cheap compared to those of the same calibre.

Completely agree with everything here. In fact, that a precisely what I'm trying to say.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Cut out the rag jibes please.If you have an issue,then report it.

Thank you

 

[Henkeman]

Yeah spending exceeded turnover for 5 seasons. Quite a considerable amount for the time. It would be the equivalent of us spending £200m per season MORE than we have done for the last 3 seasons.
Back then it was only averaged about £7.5m a season and the debt vanished pretty quickly once the Premier League TV money gravy train began.

I've never been able to find info on what their turnover was back then.

Transfer fees are irrelevant in terms of the number, it's a function of the amount money in the game. That's why those who don't see that connection to now where turnovers are vastly higher are idiots.

You can't compare £2m for Pallister to £75m for VVD except through that proportion. I suspect Liverpool actually paid far less in real terms of those two.

 

[citymad]

Because anyone who produces a reasoned argument instead of shouting “scum” must be a rag.

Rules are rules mate. No room for niceties when the rags and dippers are being discussed.