They'll be adding a player to their squad. Unless he turns up with explosives strapped to his spindly little body he's not going to make them weaker.
Sterling Deal Complete: 49 million (44 + 5)
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They'll be adding a player to their squad. Unless he turns up with explosives strapped to his spindly little body he's not going to make them weaker.
What exactly are the add-ons you think we'd be offered? 'X amount more if he should score 25 goals in his first season'? 'X amount more should he win the Ballon d'Or in his first season'?? 'X amount more if he should help us win the treble'??
Add-ons have a good-ish chance of actually kicking in if, say, the deal for a 15 year old promises more cash if he goes on to play for the first team, wins an international cap, etc. You're buying potential, gambling a little, and the add-ons are a reward to the selling club if the potential is realised.
You don't actually get 99% of add-ons when you're selling an established first team player. The buying club just takes the piss by promising extra for targets they are either pretty sure won't happen (e.g. Sterling suddenly scoring masses of goals) or can be avoided (e.g. first team starts - clubs are very adept of 'resting' players precisely to avoid such targets). Forget about add-ons!!!!!
I've got an idea for an add-on.
Dear City,
1 x R Sterling = 50 million
+VAT = 60 million.
Thank you for your custom.
Absolutely no credit.
Dear City,
1 x R Sterling = 50 million
+VAT = 60 million.
Thank you for your custom.
Absolutely no credit.
Yeah but the real alternative is Sterling or whoever else they buy for £50m.
We can't change them spending a fortune this summer - we might be able to help them waste some of it, though.
Serious add-ons are pretty easy, they don't even have to be directly Sterling related .... if City win the PL, win a cup, make the Cl ¼ , ½, final, win it etc. etc. and don't even have to tie it to number of Sterling appearances, the fact he's playing for them is enough.
I'm not even sure those would be legitimate in a player's contract. I'm pretty sure they have to be tied to the individual's participation, e,g. 'So much more if we win the title and Sterling starts x number of games'. I don't think the lawyers would put up with anything that commits the club to paying another if they win a trophy even if the player gets crocked on the first day of the season, or gets a Suarez-style suspension, etc etc.
He's a LFC fan, apparently. It could happen.
No it couldn't.
Or they are in Brown envelopes from Dodgy Lithuanians
Fine. We'll leave him out the payroll then.
And people think this can all be resolved amicably. Fuck the little scrote.
I know. Hardly Suarez. What a little shit.
You made me a quiffer! How dare you!
He should receive a simple answer. "You still play for us. You're still contracted to play for us. You're coming with us & you will play for us if I say you will"
Little twat.
Little twat.
The odious little prick is so fucking thick. This suggests he still thinks he has the whip hand. What a fucking tool - we made Suarez train on his own so why would we start pandering to his ridiculous demands. He's going to be vilified everywhere next season. Ward needs to start thinking about the decline in his commercial value thanks to his "advice".
Isn't this just the nail on the head.
And, what?
Suarez actually did an exclusive interview begging us to let him go to arsenal. Worra prick.
The irony being..... Manchester City are in Australia at the same time as Liverpool.
Is the compensation not supposed to be for "training" and not linked to a players market value that much.
I might be wrong, but i think the record fee authorised by a tribunal is the £6m Chelsea paid for Sturridge - we'll probably set a new record with Ings, but realistically, I don't think we'll get more than about £10m for sterling at tribunal.
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