You could get a David Bentley cheap but his wages are something else.Platinii - 14/1/2013 22:09
'how many Bentley's can I buy?'
He is on loan in Russia but contracted to Spurs til 2014.
You could get a David Bentley cheap but his wages are something else.Platinii - 14/1/2013 22:09
'how many Bentley's can I buy?'
Toon_NoMatterWot - 14/1/2013 22:10
Another point in all this is that we supposedly got £5 million for Demba Ba.
We supposedly offered £8.2 million for Remy. A difference of £3.2 million.
This equates to around £60k a week. Even taking into account of tax and any other costs, just say for arguments sake that it's £50 k a week. that's just EXTRA to what Ba was supposedly getting in wages off us as Remy's wages would have balanced his out.
That extra 50 grand a week we were gonna splash out could have been used partly to renegotiate Ba's contract. Even offering him the 80 grand he's on at Chelsea would have been cheaper.
We could have obliged and been in the pocket to the tune of 500k - £1 million.
Mcnamee67 - 14/1/2013 22:23
Excellent post Plats
Toon_NoMatterWot - 14/1/2013 22:10
Another point in all this is that we supposedly got £5 million for Demba Ba.
We supposedly offered £8.2 million for Remy. A difference of £3.2 million.
This equates to around £60k a week. Even taking into account of tax and any other costs, just say for arguments sake that it's £50 k a week. that's just EXTRA to what Ba was supposedly getting in wages off us as Remy's wages would have balanced his out.
That extra 50 grand a week we were gonna splash out could have been used partly to renegotiate Ba's contract. Even offering him the 80 grand he's on at Chelsea would have been cheaper.
We could have obliged and been in the pocket to the tune of 500k - £1 million.
Platinii - 14/1/2013 22:29
Toon_NoMatterWot - 14/1/2013 22:10
Another point in all this is that we supposedly got £5 million for Demba Ba.
We supposedly offered £8.2 million for Remy. A difference of £3.2 million.
This equates to around £60k a week. Even taking into account of tax and any other costs, just say for arguments sake that it's £50 k a week. that's just EXTRA to what Ba was supposedly getting in wages off us as Remy's wages would have balanced his out.
That extra 50 grand a week we were gonna splash out could have been used partly to renegotiate Ba's contract. Even offering him the 80 grand he's on at Chelsea would have been cheaper.
We could have obliged and been in the pocket to the tune of 500k - £1 million.
That's 60k a week for one season only though, plus all the shit that goes with paying one man so much more than the rest.
And Ba is not a saleable asset. Once we gave him this big contract that would have been it, whereas Remy has value in him. We could get rid and bring in money if need be.
And what if Ba's tin knees go? 90k a week for 3 years is £13.5million in wages alone.
Ridiculous wage contracts is what strangled us before.
Have you forgotten that retaining Xisco is like signing another player? Who knows, by the end of the season Xosco could be soring a hat trick in training against Tomkins.Officemonkey - 14/1/2013 22:40
Are we looking at a replacement for Best yet?
Chief_Brody - 14/1/2013 21:22
We seem more interested in the club finances than staying up on here.......we are in the shit and this transfer window seems to be following the usual bullshit pattern.........tick tock
Rexn - 14/1/2013 23:04
We have the ability to compete financially. Do we have the desire to compete financially?
Toon_NoMatterWot - 14/1/2013 22:50
As I said before, there's gonna be more than a touch of irony if he does actually join us after all.
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