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The sooner the football bubble pops the better. Clubs should not be able to run at a debt or be owned by slave states. I hope City and the Chavs crash back down to the second division where they belong and fuck off for a long long time.
It has become a case of the inmates running the asylum. The sooner power in negotiations and fees goes away from the agents and back to the clubs the better.
Lol, Neoliberalism has absolutely nothing to do with City + Chavs. Woolwich, sure. Man U, sure. Liverpool, sure. But not City or Chavs.
Oh, I agree wholeheartedly. However, Martinez has already said there are “contractual issues” so it’s clear that the club & player are at loggerheads.
Hmmm i'm not sure, neoliberal president Reagan tripled the Gross Federal Debt, from $900 billion to $2.7 trillion. Debt seems to go hand in hand with that economic policy if history is anything to go by.
... and yet we're talking about the operations of a private company, which is a very different animal. Levy's stewardship of Spurs has arguably been the most traditionally managed of Prem sports teams, besides Woolwich.
Honestly I can't be bothered to shit this thread up with a big old economic argument no one wants to read about so i'll just say .......yeah alright.
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Your sums are slightly off as 1 year and leave and get 200k/. Because that's what his agent will be telling him he will get for the best cb in the league for £25m, remember all the rich clubs were after evans... taxi for evans.He was happy enough to sign for us in the first place & he was a top defender then.
He still has 2 years left on that deal.
Now, I’m all for rewarding performance, and we have repeatedly improved contracts for players who have performed.
All the suggestions are that he will sign for us, but wants to treble his wages.
My point is...if we are offering him £110k a week then he is missing out on a very healthy pay rise.
He could earn that now for the next 3-4 years.
Or he can stay on his £50,000 a week & try his luck for his big payday when he has run his contract down. He still has to play well to keep himself in the shop window. By which time, Sanchez & Foyth will be well established. It’s not as though we are not going to use Toby exclusively for those 2 years he has left on his contract.
Assuming my maths is correct here;
If he signed for 3 years at £110,000 he makes £17 million.
If he stays for 2 years on £50,000 he makes £5.2 million
He has to bag himself a mega deal to make back “lost earnings” over the next 2 years by not signing a new deal.
If we have to take £25 million for his release clause in 15 months time, then we have to do that. But he is still needing a huge deal on the table to make it worth his while?
I’m sure his agent has pointed this out to him though
I think both sides are being reasonable but also somewhat intractable with their demands. We all knew when we signed Toby that we were getting him below-market, and that argument works both ways. Personally, I wouldn't envy anyone's chances in asking Daniel Levy to triple their wages, allegedly.
Same argument can be applied in the summer if he gets double his money and signs for city
Its recognised that TA is a very good player for us and its suggested that ' big name clubs' want him. Ive even heard Woolwich suggested. Whether hes good enough to play for another team we will have to see. Sometimes players find that mojo at a club but cant find it else where. He will end up at Chelsea, high earnings seeing his career spiral down.
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