Haaland alleged wage


Yeah but you're suggesting city can afford haaland due to the riches of the PL. That's not true. Liverpool couldn't even remotely come close to affording those kind of wages and they have a far greater world wide appeal than city do. City can afford haaland because they are owned by the UAE. PSG can afford mbappe, Messi, and neymar because they are owned by Qatar.

State owned clubs are a problem and they are inflating wages in football.
If Man City didn't pay Haaland that much they'd just keep the money themselves. Currently there's £400k s week going into the system in income tax. If the figures are true iof course.
 
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If Man City didn't pay Haaland that much they'd just keep the money themselves. Currently there's £400k s week going into the system in income tax. If the figures are true iof course.
Ah thats alright then. State owned clubs are great. Doesn't matter if they're blatantly breaking the rules and causing hyper inflation in football which will screw many a club. And brilliant all that saudi cash being spent on the mags too.
 
Yeah but you're suggesting city can afford haaland due to the riches of the PL. That's not true. Liverpool couldn't even remotely come close to affording those kind of wages and they have a far greater world wide appeal than city do. City can afford haaland because they are owned by the UAE. PSG can afford mbappe, Messi, and neymar because they are owned by Qatar.

State owned clubs are a problem and they are inflating wages in football.
I think that it isnt necessarily about Gulf state ownership. There are private individuals and corporate entities who could/would bankroll this sort of spend because of the the potential rewards or vanity The sort of money we are talking about here is run of the mill in US sports and the owners aren't from the Middle East. The TV deals for those leagues are on a par with the PL. Hence the US investors in the PL.

Liverpool will change hands at some point. Look at the feeding frenzy over Chelsea.

In short, if it wasn't the UAE, it would be someone from California.
 
Ah thats alright then. State owned clubs are great. Doesn't matter if they're blatantly breaking the rules and causing hyper inflation in football which will screw many a club. And brilliant all that saudi cash being spent on the mags too.
Didn't say that, that's a different argument.
As they do own them I'd rather they put a shit load of money into the British economy via their employees paying income tax. If Abu Dhabi didn't sign Haaland they'd still own Man City.
 
I think that it isnt necessarily about Gulf state ownership. There are private individuals and corporate entities who could/would bankroll this sort of spend because of the the potential rewards or vanity The sort of money we are talking about here is run of the mill in US sports and the owners aren't from the Middle East. The TV deals for those leagues are on a par with the PL. Hence the US investors in the PL.

Liverpool will change hands at some point. Look at the feeding frenzy over Chelsea.

In short, if it wasn't the UAE, it would be someone from California.
How many US sports teams have taken a billion pound to assemble? The wage bills of NFL and NBA teams are nowhere near as large as city's.

And individuals from California can't match the wealth of rich gulf states.
Gulf states have unequal wealth and damage football as fair competition.
Didn't say that, that's a different argument.
As they do own them I'd rather they put a shit load of money into the British economy via their employees paying income tax. If Abu Dhabi didn't sign Haaland they'd still own Man City.
The point is the UAE shouldn't be allowed to own man city. Qatar shouldn't be able to own PSG. And the hideous saudi state shouldn't be able to own our neighbours. Even leaving their disgusting human rights records to one side they have wealth that destroys football as a fair competition.
 
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There is a super tax rate, it’s 45%

You think it should be more? 45% of 900k a week is 21m quid a year in taxes for the country.
 
US NFL wages are easily comparable, the top five QBs get about $50M per year.

Some of the ‘guarantees’ are quite good these days .. Deshaun Watson guaranteed $230M over 5 years etc..
 
Worth every penny, if he continues to score at the same rate. The kid has talent rather than a city speculator or banker who will make more than that for having no talent and doing fuck all other than screwing other people.
 
How many US sports teams have taken a billion pound to assemble? The wage bills of NFL and NBA teams are nowhere near as large as city's.

And individuals from California can't match the wealth of rich gulf states.
Gulf states have unequal wealth and damage football as fair competition.

The point is the UAE shouldn't be allowed to own man city. Qatar shouldn't be able to own PSG. And the hideous saudi state shouldn't be able to own our neighbours. Even leaving their disgusting human rights records to one side they have wealth that destroys football as a fair competition.
-The fan ownership couldn’t compete with the local millionaire
-The local millionaire couldn’t compete with the multi millionaire, who couldn’t compete with the billionaire
-The billionaire couldn’t compete with the oil state.

At which point did it become unfair or not right?

The game is fucked, not the owners.

If you want change and fair play, then it’s the FA and their rules.
 
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