VillaChris Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Sagna can fill in at LB and also centre half so that might help them get round the 21 man squad thing in the CL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Zabaleta can play on the left as well. I'd think they can get away with leaving off one of clichy or kolarov now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Dont rate Sagna think Arsenal better of with a more attacking full back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Why would they do that? Well, they wouldn't would they. I'd just like it if they did! Might make Toure realise he's being a cock. He comes from a country where the average salary is less than £1k per year. He earns circa £220k a week! He should wake up every morning thanking the Lord that he happens to be very good at kicking a ball around a bit of grass. He's been afforded opportunities that most people in the world couldn't dream of. Then he acts like a complete tool like he is now. That's modern football though.. some players are losing a grasp on reality thinking they are far more important than they are. The only thing is, it's not like he's been afforded those opportunities off total luck. He's been afforded those opportunities, and makes that salary, because he's one of the best in the world at a very competitive job. I never said he was lucky. I've acknowledged he is a very good footballer. His ability as a player is not in question. His sense of self entitlement and attitude is. I'll ask you direct: Do you think Toure's attitude in kicking off over not getting a birthday call / handshake is acceptable for a senior player earning that much money? I just think its bad form and shows him up as a idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Why would they do that? Well, they wouldn't would they. I'd just like it if they did! Might make Toure realise he's being a cock. He comes from a country where the average salary is less than £1k per year. He earns circa £220k a week! He should wake up every morning thanking the Lord that he happens to be very good at kicking a ball around a bit of grass. He's been afforded opportunities that most people in the world couldn't dream of. Then he acts like a complete tool like he is now. That's modern football though.. some players are losing a grasp on reality thinking they are far more important than they are. The only thing is, it's not like he's been afforded those opportunities off total luck. He's been afforded those opportunities, and makes that salary, because he's one of the best in the world at a very competitive job. I never said he was lucky. I've acknowledged he is a very good footballer. His ability as a player is not in question. His sense of self entitlement and attitude is. I'll ask you direct: Do you think Toure's attitude in kicking off over not getting a birthday call / handshake is acceptable for a senior player earning that much money? I just think its bad form and shows him up as a idiot. But then again look at Totti's birthday cake.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Sagna can fill in at LB and also centre half so that might help them get round the 21 man squad thing in the CL. Still also means that their back up RB / squad player will probably be on double what our best player is on, if he's going to city it will be for >£80k a week Ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Sagna can fill in at LB and also centre half so that might help them get round the 21 man squad thing in the CL. Still also means that their back up RB / squad player will probably be on double what our best player is on, if he's going to city it will be for >£80k a week Ridiculous He's going to get 150k a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwpzxjor1 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 £160,000 per week. That's a bit crazy. Zabaletta is by far the better player, so he really will be a backup player, like when they bring Clichy on to offer a bit more pace from a full back. Could mean Clichy is off, but I doubt it. Good options to have, but shows why we can't compete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 It's just modern football sadly. I hate it but what can you do? Fifteen years ago there was a huge outcry when Roy Keane was given a new deal at Man. United on 50k a week, he was the captain of the team that had just won the treble. Now you get completely mediocre players earning that, we've paid a fair few of them over the last few years. In 15 years time they'll be players earning 1m a week. The bubble isn't bursting anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 In 15 years time they'll be players earning 1m a week. The bubble isn't bursting anytime soon. Surely it can't go on increasing like it has been. There has to be a bursting point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 I blame the abolition of the maximum wage in 1961 £20 a week was enough for any footballer. Johnny Haynes being paid £100 a week where will it end... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrinityRoadSteps Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 They used to arrive at the ground on match day on the bus don't you know. Now it's all Ferrari this, Lamborghini that. Pffffft. Bloody mercenaries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismail-villa Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 In 15 years time they'll be players earning 1m a week. The bubble isn't bursting anytime soon. Surely it can't go on increasing like it has been. There has to be a bursting point If the money going into football keeps increasing, then after a few decades it could be a possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 messi is on £310k a week, plus bonuses, which if we were to guess at £10k a win and £10k a goal (its likely to be more money than that and then more bonuses such as money per cap, money per trophy etc) so on average thats an extra £20 - 50k a week on top, then add in adidas, turkish airlines and gillette amongst other endorsements, forbes lists him as earning just as much in endorsements as he does from wages so as a rough guess a think that Messi is earns around £650k a week now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 messi is on £310k a week, plus bonuses, which if we were to guess at £10k a win and £10k a goal (its likely to be more money than that and then more bonuses such as money per cap, money per trophy etc) so on average thats an extra £20 - 50k a week on top, then add in adidas, turkish airlines and gillette amongst other endorsements, forbes lists him as earning just as much in endorsements as he does from wages so as a rough guess a think that Messi is earns around £650k a week now... Not a bad wage for the alleged tax evader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 The Messi wage is also crazy, but to a degree, it is justified as he is one of the 2 best players in the world and has had a direct impact on the incredible worldwide success and exposure at Barcelona in recent times. Sagna earning £8m a year on the otherhand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 The problem is, when someone who is 20 who is the next prodigy, who will score more goals than an ageing messi and ronaldo, he will expect to top their wages. Then 5 years after, he expects to top that players wages.. ad inifinitum. I don't think the first £1m a week footballer is far away. 10 years I reckon, 2024. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 The problem is, when someone who is 20 who is the next prodigy, who will score more goals than an ageing messi and ronaldo, he will expect to top their wages. Then 5 years after, he expects to top that players wages.. ad inifinitum. I don't think the first £1m a week footballer is far away. 10 years I reckon, 2024. Thinking about it, Zidane, Carlos, Beckham, Totti were the last generation of superkids (5-10 years ago) and they were the ones to receive the first £100,000 a week contracts. So if Messi, Ronaldo, Rooney & Zlatan are on 300k+ now, you'd expect the next generation to be picking up 600k in the next 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Derrick Boyata signed a new two year deal at City....this is clearly to fufil the homegrown quota as the lad barely plays, of his 6 appearences last season, 4 came in the Carling cup. It does raise a possibility of a Demiechels-Boyata combo in the champions league next season if Kompany picks up an injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I will always remember Fabrizio Ravenelli arriving at Boro on £42k a week and it was completley inconceivable at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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