They will sell some to recoup some or all of the fee, this will also free up most or all of the wages and then the added sponsorship he brings will probably put them in profit over 5 years.
He used to post stats on everything? Edit: just seen a post from him on the GC board as recent as this morning
If you're to believe reports, we could actually be close to signing not one but two players. Giovanni Simeone - Diego's son - a striker from Genoa. Hit 12 goals in 35 Serie A games. Don't watch Serie A so know absolutely sod all what he's like barring a 3 minute YouTube video I watched last night. From that he seems a bit of a penalty box predator. Must admit I do quite enjoy the unknown signings that come from nowhere, I harbour the hope it could become another Dier or Alli. AND Now here's the whopper... Paulo Gazzaniga, the Soton back up, back up, who will join us as our back up, back up. Never really understood the need for a third choice keeper if truth be told, it's extremely rare for two keepers to be out simultaneously but I suppose if he's cheap then it's a nice little insurance policy should the catastrophic happen. Though something to look forward too should he join, we can hashtag #WelcomeGazza
I remember earning 56p an hour. On the Tesco cheese counter in 1977. (Cries of "you were lucky" in a northern accent.)
When I was 15, I worked ****ing hard for a neighbour, labouring for £5 a day. Mind you, it was £1 to get into Spurs and The Clash, so everything's relative. Mourinho'e being almost intelligent about the Neymar transfer. He says that the problem is not Neymar but the consequences of Neymar and ordinary players costing £80m or £100m. That's what UEFA bottling Financial Fair Play has resulted in. Yes, the Oil Sheikhs can front up the money but down the line, we the fans pay for it. Gylfi Sigurdsson is worth £50m this summer, what's be worth next summer? Ultimately, the fans will pay for the extravaganza. Citeh may be able to spend £50m on full backs but their ticket prices mean that, yet again, they're advertising on talkSPORT for all their fixtures. Yes, Citeh are cheap by London standards but by Citeh standards it's ****ing expensive. I expect our prices in the new stadium to make even strong men weep. Even the richest of owners want their money back at some stage. You don't get rich without knowing the value of a buck.
On the Toljan front, I note that Hoffenheim are in the CL final qualifying round. That may be influencing their potential dealings with us (they could potentially be in the group stages like Spurs) .
I dunno - you can talk about how they'll raise money from sales etc all you want. The bottom line is that their income is 400m (and is it *really* going to increase a great deal with extra sponsorship now they have Neymar? Sponsorship that lil' ole PSG wouldn't otherwise have got?!) and they are spending ONE FIFTH of that on one player. Sorry - but I just can't see how that is sustainable. ONE PLAYER's fee and wages accounting for ONE FIFTH of the income (not profit - income!). Either PSG were being run in a way that makes Levy look like a lottery-winner guzzling champagne on a quad-bike for the last few years (and hence they can take this GIGANTIC increase and stay within the rules) or the rules are absolutely ineffective. Or maybe none of their ground staff, coaching staff, admin etc are getting paid any more, the beers at games will cost 100 euros a pop and every other player is gonna take a 30% pay cut... (I'm taking as gospel LDL's figures here and coming with basically zero memory of the actual FFP rules but let's not let that get in the way!)
And this is without the small matter of €198m fee up front (is it € or £?). Finding it before the supposed benefits of image rights etc must technically break the club.
http://www.financialfairplay.co.uk/financial-fair-play-explained.php Have fun doing the sums on Neymar.
You're assuming that the club's paying it. Neymar can pay it himself. Where will he get the money from? Qatar could pay him to promote their World Cup. Then he'll be out of contract and free to sign for whoever he wants. That will just happen to be PSG.
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is set to make Argentine goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga, 25, his first summer signing from Southampton in a £2m deal. (Rupert Murdoch's hate comic) Brace yourselves, it's about to get holier than thou in here!!!
Don't rate him at all, to be honest. If Pochettino wants him as a cheap option at 3rd choice, then that's up to him, I guess. Signed for Southampton from Gillingham with Gareth Bale makeweight Tommy Forecast going the other way. Strange how connected football is, at times.
