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Summer '24 transfer window

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by Scout73, Mar 7, 2024.

  1. Disco down under

    Disco down under Well-Known Member

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    Yeah the rules are just utterly ridiculous. They don't work and they're not fair.

    Sick of hearing about them to be honest.
     
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  2. safcfansofaraway

    safcfansofaraway Well-Known Member

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    Just wondering, how do the wage bills compare between the top clubs?
     
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  3. Brainy Dose

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    Agree completely. The Premier League is in real danger of killing its' golden goose. If they're not very careful, things will start to unravel.
     
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    Disco down under Well-Known Member

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    I just don't understand who the rules in their current form serve other than Man United when they inevitably get their **** together.

    Same with parachute parachute payments, another absolutely stupid idea that has a really harmful effect on the game.
     
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  6. Maccasafc

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  7. Disco down under

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    Yeah I wouldn’t twist at the return of Sanderson, as long as it was a low fee.
     
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    See the Toon have pulled their support for City in this spending court case and gone ‘neutral’ on it.

    Through gritted teeth credit to the for ‘reading the room’
     
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  11. LD19SAFC

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    Interesting. 44 teams listed there and we’ve got the most ‘players’
     
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  12. Maccasafc

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    Martha has been playing LB, is he really what we need? Cirkin, Alese, Hjelde… I know Speakman doesn’t really care about what is required and looks for value so this could have legs.
     
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    Still not a bad life playing for Plymouth earning £250.000 a year<laugh>
     
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  16. safcfansofaraway

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    Obscene remuneration at the top end, average of nearly £11m per year? People say footballers careers are short and they need to earn as much as they can whilst they can but with an average UK wage earner, it would take 50 years (at the current rate), an entire working life for most, to earn what the 'average' Man City player earns in 2 months.
    I don't begrudge these players earning a hefty salary but when De Bruyne talks about going to Saudi, and says that he can earn more there in 3 years than he has made so far in his playing career, and bear in mind he will be well above the average of £11m per year an Man City, that is frankly obscene.
    If wages were capped at £1m per year (joke) the players would still earn more than 99% of the UK population.
    Grumpy old git's rant over. Just to say, it's not jealousy on my part, I'm comfortable.
     
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  17. Nads

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    Agreed, but they do pay 60% tax and a fortune in NI, and I think the Saudi thing is ‘setup my entire bloodline for all eternity’

    The way I look at it is I’ve moved jobs and industries a few times for better pay.
     
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    Been saying for months, we need to sell a few before we bring in a couple.
     
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  19. Nads

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    That was before the retained list aye?
     
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  20. LD19SAFC

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    Definitely. Big squad with most under 25 :emoticon-0138-think
     
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