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Yup, probably means we've been getting shit bids like "we'll pay you 500K and you pick up 75% of his total wages spread over the 4-year contract we're giving him", which means we'd be paying 7m over the next 4 years. We've most likely decided we'd rather pay him something like 5m up front right away, and he can leave as a free agent and reunite with his lovely beau in Napoli or back to his favourite Spanish club for free.
Hopefully this is the last of those silly christian what's his name contracts.
Purslow? To be fair, I think none of us foresaw Reina's decline happening so quickly.
I'd imagine it'd be far less than that because £5m is what we'd pay him in wages to just stay here this season. We were expecting a fee and to save his wages so about £8-10m. Letting him go for free and no wages only saves us £5m so I'm still not sure how this works out - probably it's BS because supposedly both Napoli & Milan are interested.
Well, we'd still save 5m, and also, Reina would be less likely to resist, as it means he could go elsewhere for free, pick up, say, 45K a week for these 2 years and still end up pocketing 10m in the end over the period, which would be what he'd have earned. For us, the 5m saved still helps.
We'd probably start with a "lowball" offer like 2m or 3m but there's no reason for Reina to accept that - basically unless he still harbours hopes of becoming Spain's number one keeper (very unlikely he'll make it with De Gea's improvement anyway) and is willing to earn less money over the next two seasons just to get the chance to play regularly, there's no motivation / obligation for him to help the club by making it easier for us.
Yeah but they played him in CM. He was excellent for Chile in the WC at centre back. I suppose the issue is that he's too short to play CB in the EPL (I think he's about 5'9" - 175cm)where there are lots of aerial challenges to be made. He'd probably get away with being a short-arse CB in the Italian league in much the same way Mascherano does in the Spanish League.
Cordoba!
Exactly, and as long as Medel has a Materazzi-type beside him he'll do well at CB in Italy.
I think a fellow Irishman might have something to say about that
Inter have signed Vidic. That could work.
Alan Bennett reacts stoically to the news that Pepe Reina has just moved his van into Bennett's driveway.
Sunderland also appear to be on the verge of signing Rodwell for around £10m - wonder how much they have in the pot!
Just when Lucas is starting to play well
That's very true and they'll want to splash some of it in the hope that they don't flirt quite so dangerously with relegation this year.
There will be a limit on a what a team at that end of the table will spend in wages and fees though and I fear they'll soon be pushing. They are likely to move on to cheaper alternatives unless Borini gets his arse in gear.
If you mean Sunderland, they may already have done so. It could be a way of putting pressure on to unblock the Borini deal, but someone was saying on the radio earlier this afternoon that they're supposedly looking at Eto'o.
How flattering for poor Lucas. That's like a woman saying, 'I'll move in with you if Quasimodo keeps playing hard to get'.
Swansea City are believed to be ready to talk terms on a potential deal forLiverpool FC target Wilried Bony, according to the Daily Mirror .
Bony thought to have a £19m release clause in his contract but the Swans are said to be ready to relax that clause in order for the Ivorian to leave the club.
It is reported that Bony has informed Swansea that he would like a move to a bigger club and the South Wales club have now resigned themselves to losing the 25-year-old.
Bony thought to have a £19m release clause in his contract but the Swans are said to be ready to relax that clause in order for the Ivorian to leave the club.
It is reported that Bony has informed Swansea that he would like a move to a bigger club and the South Wales club have now resigned themselves to losing the 25-year-old.
Fabio Borini 's potential move to Sunderland could be decided in the next 48 hours,reports the Northern Echo .
They report that the Italian is ready to inform the Black Cats of a decision either way.
They report that the Italian is ready to inform the Black Cats of a decision either way.
Liverpool target Alberto Moreno has lowered his wage demands in order to push through a move to Anfield, according to reports in the Spanish press .
Moreno is said to be so keen on a move to Merseyside that he has lowered wage demands that he had already agreed on with the Reds earlier this transfer window.
Moreno is said to be so keen on a move to Merseyside that he has lowered wage demands that he had already agreed on with the Reds earlier this transfer window.
Good to see Aspas' little pep talk about how shit Liverpool is worked on Moreno
I'd rather Bony didn't work that hard to join us, if I'm honest.
Reports in Spain claim that Villarreal have rejected Tottenham'sapproach for defender Mateo Musacchio. The offer on the table has been deemed unsuitable as Villarreal will receive just 35 per cent of any fee, with former employers River Plate due a larger slice of the transfer pie.
I feel the same way about Moreno TBH. That whole thing just seems a bit too much like a repeat of the Philipp Degen fiasco for my liking.- "Flash Harry" fullback who's happy to bomb forward but nowhere near as good defending, and one whose current fans are made up at the prospect of him leaving.
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