Wilfried Bony

[without a dream]

He's everything Dzeko should be. He'll give us Dzeko's goals but actually improve everyone's game around him too. Great signing.

What's that then? I'm sure Dzeko wouldn't do a straight swap for Bony's medal collection.

He'll be a good signing. I think £30m is steep, but it's not my money so fuck all to do with me. I see the press have stated with the outrageous wages as well, saying he's asking for £200k a week.

He can actually hold a ball up and bully defenders, I've seen him win a long ball. Which you'd think 6' 3'' brick shithouse Edin Dzeko should do but he doesn't. Dzeko's goals have been vital, I think Bony will match his numbers and get more goals out of the rest of the side.

Goal.com who are normally pretty spot on about City news are reporting £75k a week plus bonuses.

 

[aguero93:20]

Goal.com are reporting him to of agreed "a cut price deal of £75k a week".

Probably with lower basic + very high bonuses as with our other players.

How do we get around FFP using this method ? Anyone explain if this is workable regarding low wages high bonuses

Our bonuses are excluded from FFP calculations (part of our settlement) as we 'hedge' against them, so that the club doesn't pay the cost for a successful season.

 

[aguero93:20]

Not Cup tied from FA Cup

But the ACON is an issue. By the time he returns, we hopefully will have all our 3 strikers back.

And then what happens? Back to rotating 4 strikers? Or one goes in the Summer. Hopefully they all react positively.

I wonder whether Chelsea will react in the transfer market. I wouldn't have thought so.

I didn't think we'd do this deal in January with the CL limits, FFP, ACON and Aguero's suggested recovery schedule but maybe he has been a long term target that we have been tracking since Negredo left.

This deal should improve our chances of a trophy this season - a significant risk were the injuries up front. We've done brilliantly without Aguero but there have been signs recently that we have started to struggle

Look, there's nothing for it, we're going to have to put one of them down.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

Goal.com are reporting him to of agreed "a cut price deal of £75k a week".

Probably with lower basic + very high bonuses as with our other players.

How do we get around FFP using this method ? Anyone explain if this is workable regarding low wages high bonuses

According to goal.com,they could only offer him the same wages as the outgoing nastacic,due to us agreeing not to increase the wage bill.

 

[oakiecokie]

Thought Bony was replacement for Negredo.

He is.Unfortunately the Rags on here simply can`t understand it nor want to believe it.

 

[MeatHunterrr]

Goal.com are reporting him to of agreed "a cut price deal of £75k a week".

Probably with lower basic + very high bonuses as with our other players.

How do we get around FFP using this method ? Anyone explain if this is workable regarding low wages high bonuses

Bonuses do not count in FFP calculations. So what only counts is the lower basic salary, so as a result we have a lower wage bill.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

Is he overpriced = Yes
Is he better than current options = Yes
Will he score goals = Yes
If City win the league will his addition and price tag be worth it = Yes

Fucking hell, I was just about to say I don't think he is particularly overpriced in the current market. All players are arguably overpriced but 30 million for a proven Premier League goal scorer isn't ridiculous. But SSN have just said that we are close to agreeing a 50 million quid fee with Swansea. Wow, if that's true then that is overpriced.

 

[raymondkl92]

Thought Bony was replacement for Negredo.

He is. But ultimately might have to replace someone in this season's CL squad.

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Goal.com are reporting him to of agreed "a cut price deal of £75k a week".

Probably with lower basic + very high bonuses as with our other players.

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The interesting bit of the article

'Under the terms of their Financial Fair Play restrictions City have agreed with Uefa not to increase their wage bill this season and are therefore only able to offer Bony the same salary as the outgoing Matija Nastasic, who has been in advanced talks with Schalke.'

Nasty was on £75,000 a week?!?!?!

Our owners and board know what they have to work with so im sure we won't be breaking any ffp rules! Great signing this takes a lot of the workload of sergio now knowing we can put someone in who will score goals when we decide to rest sergio!

 

[IanBishopsHaircut]

Is he overpriced = Yes
Is he better than current options = Yes
Will he score goals = Yes
If City win the league will his addition and price tag be worth it = Yes

Fucking hell, I was just about to say I don't think he is particularly overpriced in the current market. All players are arguably overpriced but 30 million for a proven Premier League goal scorer isn't ridiculous. But SSN have just said that we are close to agreeing a 50 million quid fee with Swansea. Wow, if that's true then that is overpriced.

You should know by now that SS include everything when it comes to us...wages, christmas presents...easter eggs...everything...didn't we pay twentyethgazzilion quid for Tevez?