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Post by riochforthereebok on Jan 19, 2018 13:53:33 GMT
I’m just simply lost for words I really am.... We all remember Trevor Francis being the first million pound transfer (circa 1979) 39 years later and a footballer will be earning half that amount PER WEEK, how long before we witness a million pound per week player?? It will happen probably by 2025 So, crunching them numbers down, Alexis Sanchez can breathe easy knowing he will soon be earning £0.82 per second £49.20 per minute £2,952 per hour £70,848 per day £495,936 per week £25,788.672 per year Oh and hasn’t he got an £18m tax free signing on fee and his agent gets £5m fee😬🙄 And little old Bolton hit with FFP, embargo’s, administration threats, HMRC Yes, one mans salary could keep the life of the whole of the teams in League 1 and 2 afloat, that’s ow obscene football has gotten, the rich getting richer and the poor beggars scratting around for scraps. When will it end? Where will it end??
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Post by OohMac on Jan 19, 2018 14:42:44 GMT
Eye watering numbers there. But football is a commercial game now and they will probably recoup a lot of this from extra shirt sales, rights and sponsorship and why should the players not get a main piece and lets face it if Man Utd came out and said season ticket prices are going up £100 next season they would still get 70,000 takers. (£7M extra without breaking sweat)
Why should the players do all the work for a fat cat in a board room too? No one is paying to support Malcolm Glazer.
I think we've now gone too far to start reigning it in. I don't know what FFP has ever done. They've targeted clubs like Bolton, Blackburn and Forest but when it comes to fit and proper owner checks they turn a blind eye.
There was a lot about the embargo that did not make sense at all. I.e. not loaning U23's out and not allowing us to field the development squad. That should be promoted at all costs but I think the squad restrictions(outside youth players) made a lot of sense. I think the salary cap was a good idea but I would go further and say that the parachute payments should not be handed over but should be sanctioned. That money should be to help clubs adapt not to start gambling to get back in the big time.
Whats a bigger shock is that I read the other day that Jack Rodwell, a player I tipped for being a possible loan player for us, was collecting £70,000 a week and has two years to run. Bloody hell Pratley, won't slag you off anymore.
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Post by one2many on Jan 19, 2018 16:37:09 GMT
Good post Rioch. I hate to see the figures being bandied around. I think it morally wrong that sportsmen earn those figures while nearly 1 billion people are close to starvation in the world. When will it end? When enough people say " I don't want to contribute to that" and stop going to games, paying tv subscriptions, buying merchandise etc. Not likely to happen soon.... I perhaps could put up with the ridiculous figures if the quality of football on display was improving, but don't think it is. Outside the top clubs Barca, Madrid, Bayern, Juve etc, the standard of football I see is poor and boring.
On a related matter, I saw that Chelseas's longest serving player is leaving the club after 7 years. He never played a first team game for them! What a waste of money for Chelsea and a waste of time for the player. Like buying a nice steak from the supermarket because you might get hungry and throwing it away when the expiry date is reached. Only a club awash with cash could do that.
Like the housing boom, it will all probably implode one day.
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Post by wots on Jan 19, 2018 18:21:05 GMT
Won't implode any time soon. Check out Messi earnings, which Barcelona paid to stop him going to Man City, or PSG. Apparently, he turned down 850 quid a week at City.
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Post by whitesince63 on Jan 20, 2018 9:03:42 GMT
It's not just football that's lost its senses around money, it's all around us. Look at Carrillion and the obscene wages and bonuses taken by management despite increasing debt levels. Look at the NHS where I understand that around 25% of the total spend is now used to pay compensation, or that low life Richard Branson sueing them for £85M for building a new hospital near his private one. Sadly, the whole world is becoming populated by avaricious, grasping individuals at all levels. It's our overly commercial world I'm afraid and however bad we think it is now, do we really think it will improve? Oh my trains late, compensation, I tripped and hurt myself, compensation, PPI, compensation. It's not just footballers, bankers and business, it's all around us and we're being conditioned to cheat and lie like everyone else. What a sad world. So yes rftr, we will see the first £1M a week player and probably sooner than we all think.
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Post by joanna on Jan 20, 2018 11:16:21 GMT
Blimey! I find myself agreeing with WS63 twice in a matter of minutes! It's a first!
And this time his innate pessimism is well justified! We are being set terrible examples across the globe.
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Post by whitesince63 on Jan 20, 2018 17:09:11 GMT
I'm getting worried too Joanna!! Is it me that's changing or you that's mellowing? Either way, let's hope we keep agreeing and Wanderers keep performing in 2018. 🤗
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Post by OohMac on Jan 20, 2018 22:36:20 GMT
I’m just simply lost for words I really am.... We all remember Trevor Francis being the first million pound transfer (circa 1979) 39 years later and a footballer will be earning half that amount PER WEEK, how long before we witness a million pound per week player?? It will happen probably by 2025 So, crunching them numbers down, Alexis Sanchez can breathe easy knowing he will soon be earning £0.82 per second £49.20 per minute £2,952 per hour £70,848 per day £495,936 per week £25,788.672 per year Oh and hasn’t he got an £18m tax free signing on fee and his agent gets £5m fee😬🙄 And little old Bolton hit with FFP, embargo’s, administration threats, HMRC Yes, one mans salary could keep the life of the whole of the teams in League 1 and 2 afloat, that’s ow obscene football has gotten, the rich getting richer and the poor beggars scratting around for scraps. When will it end? Where will it end?? To be honest the thing I didn't think about with this because I did get focused in the obscenity if it all but really a lot of this will be off set by Mhkitatians exit. Firstly Sanchez I believe would cost £35M and only that due to contract running low. So by offering HM they are getting a player for cheap due to the fact that they got a player for free. If you think that HM was bundesliga player of the year before Old Trafford, so assume he is on £150k a week. They now don't have to pay that. So Man Utd have been able to buy a world class player from a rival for what £10M and £350k a week(for 3 years) Which means the deal by my reckoning is £56M all in. Phillip Coutinho just went for £140M without taking into consideration wages and for me Sanchez is more proven and a better player. Can probably play at the top level for another 5 years at least and for everyone outside Armenia is a more global superstar. Even if it fails Man Utd can probably sell to PSG or a Chinese club for £80m at the end and be quids in! Bargain.
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