I suppose for a secure club like Tottenham who always run a tight ship but don't have huge wads of cash to throw about in one go it makes a lot of sense.
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Football Thread 2013-14 |OT2| Caravanning all the way to France
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I suppose for a secure club like Tottenham who always run a tight ship but don't have huge wads of cash to throw about in one go it makes a lot of sense.
Vivalaraza
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Not even close. Probably not even 50%.
Maintain working capital.
The_Hitcher89
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Good point.
Where exactly is their money going though if that's the case?
No stadium to pay off, no debt to pay off, big money coming in from transfers, relatively small wage bill, wage limit, big enough crowds, high enough league positions, players coming through self-sustaining (I assume) academy
The_Hitcher89
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Meier's opinion of Bale baffles me. Ronaldo was/is an icon for the sport. Bale is an icon for the Premier League
Its good, not amazing. I quite enjoy it but see why others might not feel it.
Mangoverboard
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Gotta agree with Wilbz, Bale hasn't done nearly enough to warrant all this. He's had 1 amazing season and 1 or 2 good seasons? Madrid are crazy.
Shake Appeal
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Well they're raising £400 million for their new stadium at the moment and though their wage bill isn't massive, it's still probably the 5th or 6th highest in the league.
what is this from?
Juventus have certainly got their moneys worth out of Pirolo, that 0.00 they invested in him has really paid off.
The_Hitcher89
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Forgot they were after a new stadium after all the Olympic Stadium nonsense. Is an expansion to WHL out of the question?
Vivalaraza
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It's a technical financial decision.
Businesses need liquidity, especially football clubs, they like to ensure they have money to hand. Paying transfer in instalments means they can hold more cash, they use that cash to pay their staff, pay for unforeseen costs and to grow the business in general.
Valencia will get their money eventually, Spurs will have marked out the outstanding amount they owe on the balance sheet. But by holding on to an extra 18 over the next few months (then 12m for the next year and so on) they can help their business in ways they otherwise wouldn't be able to.
It sort of would be an expansion but at the same time it'll be completely new. This diagram kind of explains it:
I'm loving this FM style summer transfer muppetry that's going on. All we need is someone to do the '£0m up front, £30m over 48 months deal.'
...isnt that what milan did when they got ibra from farsa but 21-28m in 3-4 years?
How the hell does Allegri still have a job after letting pirlo go/not in his plans?
According to the Milan fans here, Pirlo was not doing well at milan torwards the end and this current upswing only happened when he left.
Yeah, you guys are right. Ronaldo was certainly farther along in his career but he's become immensely more popular since the move. The Ronaldo v Messi battle has only helped him in that regard.
But every year, worldwide recognition is easier to attain due to changing media landscapes.
Vivalaraza
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Bale is getting there, no doubt, the TImes Sq. poster is an example.
But Ronaldo was the biggest football star at the time. Bale might not even get to that stage in his entire career, simply because there are at least 2 bigger stars than him already in La Liga.
In terms of increasing his stardom, staying in the PL would be smarter for him. Obviously that is totally secondary in his mind, rightly so.
If Bale moves there, I think we'll start to see talk of Bale vs Neymar. He'll start to get recognition.
The main focus will still be on Ronaldo vs Messi.
Also, the world record fee will also mean he'll have that extra attention from people. Expect to see him getting criticised if he doesn't have a strong start.
Kondogbia is no Pogba 2. He is a physical dm/b2b mid. in any case, as far as I am aware. We reportedly had a pre-agreement with him already. I will update on this when I bother to check.
Also on Cadena ser radio, Benitez has confirmed Napoli interest in Coentrao and Arbeloa.
He's the most exciting Everton prospect since Tony Hibbert.
:lol so awesome, the music makes it.
The_Hitcher89
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He was a bit of a victim to early hype. He was in the Everton team for a while when he was like 17 years old and the media built him up too much, then completely forgot about him when he was back in the reserves, as though he'd failed. Should be back in the Everton team on a regular basis next season, seems very good technically but a bit raw and understandably reluctant to impose himself on games, sometimes leaving him on the periphary.
Bulletstorm is pretty good
Vivalaraza
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elsk wants Pep raus
Relaxed Muscle
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He didn't pay anything, he just presented a guarantee or endorsement (aval in spanish) basically saying "I can pay 53 million euros if the clubs needs it because I have the money to do so". You think that if people keep paying €50 million euros Madrid would have any problem in money...
If he had no competition this year is because he made some nasty changes to the requirements to present this guarantee.
FootballFan
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....no one is.
I hope this is on purpose as I am dying from laughing here.
I was just looking for an olivia wilde gif and I seen a game of thrones spoiler
I didn't even use the gif.Can Crusher
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Is madrid waiting to buy Falcao in january or something? What's up with them being more preoccupied in spending 100 mill on another winger, instead of buying a striker?
Can Crusher
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So sad to see this happen. When football business works this way, it's hard for powers to ever change hands. Clubs like Tottenham have little chance, when they can't hold on to their stars and then can't buy top talent.
Because that's what will happen, Tottenham won't be able to compensate because they simply won't attract the quality needed. Who can they buy? Suarez?
Doesn't make any sense. Di Maria would be awesome for Tottenham, and would better replace Bale. Morata is out of nowhere, they are buying Soldado for 30.
I can't wait. I thought it was a lost cause.
Awesome.
Willkiller
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No shit
Speaking of MLS, it's looking more and more like Orlando City will be announced soon. Team is meeting with the City Council and some Tourism Development Board next week to get the necessary chunk of funding from the City to build the stadium that's required to become a franchise.
Relaxed Muscle
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Speaking of MLS, it's looking more and more like Orlando City will be announced soon. Team is meeting with the City Council and some Tourism Development Board next week to get the necessary chunk of funding from the City to build the stadium that's required to become a franchise.
Another front for Abu Dhabi to launder their reputation.
I browse various football forums, and there came a topic in a particular forum about Nigerians/congo/etc (or so it was titled) peeps commenting in goal.com articles related to nerman. and this one particular person who commented about neymar barely commented readable english. the way his english was so funny/broken as hell and the best part was him calling neymar "nerman" and that forum was sent reeling in laughter. Ever since, I have called neymar, "Nerman". If you check my previous posts, you can see anytime I mention neymar, I always call him "Nerman".
You and I share the same sentiments.
That's NYC FC or some shit like that.
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