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The football guys will have something resembling a long-term plan, with contracts, ages etc taken into account and some thought as to cost of replacements. We never really had access to that (and to be honest it would probably change 100 times during each window) but we would have a sense from a finance perspective of what we needed to do to stay in the rules. We'd do a rolling 5-year forecast which would consider compliance with FFP etc and highlight any pinch points.
Will be interesting to see what happens to Salah this summer. There is talk about the Saudis preparing huge offers for several players this summer, and Salah being one of them. Thats 20 mill + off the wage bill and maybe a large transfer fee coming our way if he moves.
We don’t even have anyone left to sell. We used to get some decent money for the kids but now we don’t even use them to put them in the shop window.
Salah won’t be going anywhere. All the Saudi talk went quiet ages ago.
The Saudi talk is still on. Was linked last week given one of the clubs there was given the green light for some massive spending.
I suspect we won't get much of a fee for Mo. The Saudis don't mind spending on wages, transfer fees not so much.
It'll be more a case of getting his wages off the books (but losing his commercial value) and removing someone who kicks up a stink when he gets dropped for being shit. With the attitude he seems to have at the moment, I don't see him turning his form around so there's no footballing reason to keep him.
It'll be more a case of getting his wages off the books (but losing his commercial value) and removing someone who kicks up a stink when he gets dropped for being shit. With the attitude he seems to have at the moment, I don't see him turning his form around so there's no footballing reason to keep him.
yup 40 if we’re lucky
.. whole year of massive exposure and sports washing. They'll pay
The other thing is that they are really good at putting out stories that they've paid big money for players, but the transfers involving us (Fabinho and Henderson) netted at most £37m (this is the sale proceeds implied from the reported figures in the accounts) but they were reported at a combined £52m. The difference could be add-ons but I suspect not. It's not uncommon that inflated numbers get out in the public domain and are never contradicted.
Not sure re the exposure. Ronaldo has been there for what, 4 years now? I couldn't tell you for certain who he plays for or what their kit looks like, and this is a guy who's in the conversation for the GOAT. I don't keep an eye on how Mane and Fabinho are doing, and I have more time for them than I do for Mo.
Sure, having an Arab superstar will be huge for the league domestically, and possibly across the region and North Africa, but those aren't the territories talking about human rights abuses.
And I also think there is a chance Mo won't be too impressed about that either. Whatever my reservations about his ego, he's always seemed pretty decent to me and he takes his faith seriously - he wasn't willing to get involved in any commercial deals that went against his religious values (I remember us having to kick a potential financial tie-in into touch because it wasn't sharia compliant, for example).
You need to get to speed with the financial thread. We are skint.
We're not.
I think that just shows English fans are a bit out of touch. At my kids football club the two dominating kits in every age bracket at Messi and Ronaldo with Salah and Haaland not far behind. They have global reach especially to the younger fans outside of the tribalism of England.
You just got told we are ok for 3 years. Not ok to spend more just ok to thread water.
If the Saudis want to use Mo to sports wash (which was the original point), I'm not sure it really matters that much to them what kids think, it's adults they need to convince. And most adults give zero fucks about their league and its players.
And I'd expect a lot of those kids wearing Ronaldo or Messi shirts are wearing their national ones, rather than club.
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It would for me.
Are they wearing Inter Miami and Al-Nassr kits though?
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Most Ronaldo and messi shirts I see aren't for their current clubs.
Most Ronaldo and messi shirts I see aren't for their current clubs.
His press conference today was very passive aggressive. Implying that he may not wanted to have sold the players he sold, or might not agree with the business this summer. This of course was always going to be the end game, and in an argument as to why we´ve failed this season, the people in upper management will always win and ouster him rather than shouldering blame.
Both of course are to blame.
If he´s getting these excuses in though, they don´t benefit him.
He also once again trotted out the 2 leagues in 30 years.
He once again referenced PSG.
He also implied that maybe he thinks things are acceptable in general, but we don´t know because he wouldn´t share his opinion?
He looked to me to be under significant pressure. Written on his face.
Both of course are to blame.
If he´s getting these excuses in though, they don´t benefit him.
He also once again trotted out the 2 leagues in 30 years.
He once again referenced PSG.
He also implied that maybe he thinks things are acceptable in general, but we don´t know because he wouldn´t share his opinion?
He looked to me to be under significant pressure. Written on his face.
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