Real Madrid are always getting bailed out by the govt aren't they? Think it's disgusting that the country is about to go down the toilet yet somehow they can fund those 2 clubs.
Agree I think the whole occupy movement is a pile of toss. But an investment banker has as much right to earn his relative pittance as does a Spanish footballer.
And it's disgusting. Even just by taxing the players, simple maths:
$100,000 per week x 22 players x 52 weeks x 2 clubs @ 30% = $68M a year in revenue for the country. How much do they need for the bale out?
Firstly, there is absolutely nothing wrong with making a profit if it has been earned.
Secondly, I'm sorry if I sound like a stuck record but no..........they don't both have the same ending. The examples given couldn't be more different.
Liverpool FC are some ?ú200 million worse off as a consequence of their association with Hicks and Gillette. That's just in terms of the money which Hicks and Gillette leeched off the club. In terms of the ground that Liverpool has lost as a consequence, the figure is far higher. Maybe double. Maybe more than that, even.
Man Utd are some ?ú400 million worse off as a result of Glazer's association with the club.
Quite the opposite for Spurs. ENIC have taken no money out of the club. They have put money into the club. They have turned around a club that limped from season to season in perennial mid table mediocrity (barring the occasional flirtation with relegation) and have had it challenging in the upper echelons of the Premier League table for most of the past seven years.
They have added huge value to the club. That is what good management does.
So, if and when they sell, they will have earned the right to make a handsome profit.
Does Joe Lewis just have ?ú400m lying about?
c'mon peeps, this is Levy we are talking about. He will not sanction 170k a week, he will not allow a 4 mill signing on fee to be paid up front, we all know deep down that Ade will be on 90k a week basic, and something like a 5 mill signing on fee will be spread over the 3 or 4 years of his contract, and Emirates Marketing Project will contribute to some of Ade's wages in the same way Middlesboro contributed to Woodgate's wages whilst he was with us
relax and breathe
We give him a 4 mill signing on fee then a year down the line he kicks up a fuss and say he wants out? It's a no from me
Few points
- He isn't worth 170k/week, imv - that's insanity, completely unsustainable and he's nowhere near that good in the first place
- We cannot and will not pay even 100k/week
- My guess would be a golden handshake sign on fee and 70-80k/week take or leave it
- If we could pay massive wages, Modric would have 85% stayed