Confirmed: Neymar to PSG for £200m

[glacierSpurs]

4 Neymars probably equal to the cost of our new stadium.. How ridiculous is that?

 

[TaoistMonkey]

 

[ravenspurs]

Yet it's the biggest markets (Dallas, San Francisco, Boston) that often have the cash to hire the clever people and have a lot of championships between them compared to everyone else

And Green Bay, Pittsburgh, Baltimore? San Francisco had a huge run in the 80's when they had one of the greatest QB's & coaches of all time. Their franchise has not always but mostly been pretty poor both before and since. Boston is a bad example. The Patriots are basically the NFL version of Chelsea. The franchise was horrible and mostly irrelevant up until they hired the greatest coach of all time in 2000. Since then they've cheated their way to 5 titles in the past 17 years.

Don't the worst teams from the previous season get the best/first draft call to level the playing field?

Yes. And a salary cap too. It's always a level playing field. Los Angeles has mostly always been an NFL also ran despite multiple franchises playing in the second biggest market in the US.

Anyways, fuck Barca. I'm glad they got screwed over by PSG. I think it's hilarious that they are now preying on the biggest clubs in the world and all they can do is throw a tantrum and cry about it. I can only hope PSG starts using their oil money to start preying on the big Premier League clubs. Sanchez and Hazard would look fantastic in their colors.

 

[teok]

The NFL has no competition though they can do what they like.



On a side note if you want to read about one of trump's previous adventures, this is pretty funny in context of what is happening today.



How Donald Trump Destroyed a Football League

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a41135/donald-trump-usfl/

 

[Trix]

I do wonder just how likely it will be now for the big clubs go include release clauses in the contracts of their star players.

 

[CrazyConrad]

I think you might be the only one. However good he is, he's not twice as good as everyone else, yet they have paid twice as much. Barca now have to spend big in order to appease their fans, and that means one of coutinho, M'bappe or Dele(although a different type and a year too early imo). Which ever one they go for though, it will be far in excess of 100 mil because of what Neymar just went for.

Griezman?

 

[theShiznit]

I do wonder just how likely it will be now for the big clubs go include release clauses in the contracts of their star players.

The top Spanish clubs always have them in as a sort of insurance policy, they are so high against the current transfer market that they will not be met, but on a few occasions they have been.

They'll probably just bump up the clauses on top players to £300m+ although struggling to see any players of that grade with enough years left in them to be worth it.

 

[theShiznit]

4 Neymars probably equal to the cost of our new stadium.. How ridiculous is that?

Never mind that, you could get 6 and 2/3 Sissoko's for that... cheap at twice the price


(DL will even throw in the cloning machine...)

 

[mpickard2087]

Immense pressure on him now, he's got to put in some incredibly consistent performances to justify that fee.

 

[Indacupfortottenham]

I think this is good news for us. It sets a precedent for when Real next try and come shopping.

Yep, would say our front four are worth conservatively £400 mil.

 

[Phil-spur99]

I just hope they don't look at Eriksen...

 

[Donki]

Press conference is live on periscope.

 

[Donki]

PSG President just said he expects Naymar to be worth £400M in 2 years. What ever way this is cut Ligue One is a massive step down from La Liga.

 

[Trix]

PSG President just said he expects Naymar to be worth £400M in 2 years. What ever way this is cut Ligue One is a massive step down from La Liga.

To who? I know prices at inflating fast but that is ridiculous, IMO he is just trying to justify paying double the previous world record fee.

 

[Donki]

To who? I know prices at inflating fast but that is ridiculous, IMO he is just trying to justify paying double the previous world record fee.

Oh I agree, he came across as a right smug git.

 

[King of Otters]

It is absurd, but football jumped the shark a long time ago. The idea of paying a million pound for a guy to kick a football about is ridiculous, let alone paying him tens of thousands of pounds a week for the privelage of doing so.

After that it's just a matter of degrees. In a world where someone as mediocre as Jesse Lingard is getting paid millions of pounds a year to be mediocre, is it really so outlandish that a genuinely great footballer is commanding a fee close to £200mill?

 

[Dillspur]

Immense pressure on him now, he's got to put in some incredibly consistent performances to justify that fee.

Shouldn't be too hard in the French leauge

 

[theShiznit]

countdown to first billion pound player...

You could buy a billion Trevor Francis' for that...

 

[King of Otters]

countdown to first billion pound player...

You could buy a billion Trevor Francis' for that...

Famously the first £1 player of course.

 

[theShiznit]

Famously the first £1 player of course.

in old money.

fun fact, a British billion used to be 1 million x 1 million, but they decided it was too many numbers so changed it to the US version of 1000 million, coincidentally around the time of Trevor Francis (the late 17th century )