A quick Google search suggests Rabiot earns around £185k per week. We signed Ndombele on £200k a week.
Depends on how important a signing we see him as.I think the point's still valid though- it's very unlikely we'd pay that much for someone like Rabiot
True. I think he's too erratic for us to pin our hopes on (and such a large chunk of our wage budget). Levy will be wary not to let Parataci spaff huge salaries on average players like he did at Juve. Presuambly it was him who gave a 28 year old Aaron Ramsey £400k a week on a 4 year contract...Depends on how important a signing we see him as.
If we believed him to be a top target then recent history suggests we’d pay him the salary.
If we see him as a squad player or an opportunistic signing then we won’t.
It’s a fair point. For years we missed out on targets because our wage bill was not in line with the teams we were trying to compete with.True. I think he's too erratic for us to pin our hopes on (and such a large chunk of our wage budget). Levy will be wary not to let Parataci spaff huge salaries on average players like he did at Juve. Presuambly it was him who gave a 28 year old Aaron Ramsey £400k a week on a 4 year contract...
But he didn't pay anything for him, he was free which skews that a bit.True. I think he's too erratic for us to pin our hopes on (and such a large chunk of our wage budget). Levy will be wary not to let Parataci spaff huge salaries on average players like he did at Juve. Presuambly it was him who gave a 28 year old Aaron Ramsey £400k a week on a 4 year contract...
Seriously? He costs them £20m a year.But he didn't pay anything for him, he was free which skews that a bit.
When they bought him he'd have likely gone for £30-£40 million so you can half the wage count which is what you'd call skewed. I'm not arguing it was a great deal but the fact is top players, and he was one, always get an inflated salary if they arrive on a free so comparing his wages with someone who cost £40 million is apples and oranges.Seriously? He costs them £20m a year.
So far he has cost Juventus £40m and from what I can see he is not a guaranteed starter.
They can’t sell him as no one else will pay him such a stupid wage. He has 2 years left on his contract meaning he’ll have cost them £80m before losing him in a free.
You don’t need to skew anything to show that’s an expensive waste.
But there's one big glaring difference.When they bought him he'd have likely gone for £30-£40 million so you can half the wage count which is what you'd call skewed. I'm not arguing it was a great deal but the fact is top players, and he was one, always get an inflated salary if they arrive on a free so comparing his wages with someone who cost £40 million is apples and oranges.
But Ramsey was available on a free and it helps if the player maintains previous levels of performance after you signed him which Ramsey doesn't seem to have done.But there's one big glaring difference.
A player bought for £30-40m will be on a lower salary than a free transfer. This means he is easier to sell if he doesn't work out. Plus the club gets to recoup some of the money.
Paying Ramsay £20m a season for 4 seasons and losing him on a free is a bad and very expensive deal no matter what way you split it.
He wouldn't have been on that salary but it's still a stupid deal.But Ramsey was available on a free and it helps if the player maintains previous levels of performance after you signed him which Ramsey doesn't seem to have done.
As I said, I'm not arguing it was a great deal but the original post I replied to quoted the £400k which he wouldn't be on if he hadn't gone on a free, so it was skewed.
I get how they justified, but it was still a very stupid decision as mentioned above. It has other ramifications. It's almost impossible to get rid of him before his contract is up, and you can guarantee better players (of which they have many) will kick up a fuss when it comes to negotiating their own contracts.But he didn't pay anything for him, he was free which skews that a bit.
Seems so. He's a very good player who'd walk into our midfield.Has he not being pretty well of later, starting for both Juve and France?