Why, oh why, did Chelsea sell Ba and keep Torres?.
Because nobody that wants Torres can afford his wages, like Nani.
And on Nani, it's being reported that Utd are paying all of Nani's wages taking the effective cost of Rojo to £21-22m.
I suspect we're hoping he does well at Sporting and then we can make that money back by selling him next summer.
I guess that's the ideal scenario but he's going to have to do incredibly well to persuade one of the few clubs in the world capable of paying him £100k+ per week to sign him.
Even next summer he'll have 3 years left of a very lucrative contract, he's going to be very hard to shift. I think this is the beginning of 2 or 3 seasons on loan or a huge payoff that'll cancel out any fee you'll get for him.
Besides, there isn't really anywhere we can play him if we stick to the current system. He's not particularly good at all.
5 league titles, a Champions League trophy and 3 Mickey Mouse cups during their time in charge. They're running your club as a business rather than a toy like City and Chelseas owners do so what incentive is there to spend more when you're winning something most seasons?Football Season Purchases Sales Net Spend
2005 2006 19,500,000 18,500,000 1,000,000
2006 2007 18,600,000 14,500,000 4,100,000
2007 2008 61,750,000 35,200,000 26,550,000
2008 2009 35,750,000 2,000,000 33,750,000
2009 2010 21,000,000 85,500,000 (64,500,000)
2010 2011 27,200,000 13,650,000 13,550,000
2011 2012 52,900,000 14,750,000 38,150,000
2012 2013 63,000,000 11,900,000 51,100,000
2013 2014 67,700,000 1,000,000 66,700,000
2014 2015 56,000,000 8,300,000 47,700,000
Total spent 218,100,000
22million invested per season by the Glazers on average. While taking out 1 Billion from debt repayments and share sales.
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5 league titles, a Champions League trophy and 3 Mickey Mouse cups during their time in charge. They're running your club as a business rather than a toy like City and Chelseas owners do so what incentive is there to spend more when you're winning something most seasons?
Versus his bargaining position at the time, where he could have just said fine and that he'd go on a Bosman if they wouldn't pay him a decent whack.
Manchester United still need to bring in more quality players though.