coco1247
Banned
It's something I will keep repeating over and over until this deal becomes official because I have good reason to dislike this transfer. Once it's official, Bale will have my full support because he'll be a RM player and I wish only the best for each of our players. Especially the ones we pay 100 mil for.
I get we have money. I get we can afford it. But it's about our image here imo. Paying that much money for him? Surely you see the ridiculousness of that transfer even if we had 100 mil to spend every year. Now, I'm not gonna go into the what-ifs (if he fails, if it backfires financially,...), no need for that. We can only wait and pray for the best.
As for your assessment of his price, that's just where we differ. Initially I said 60 mil, changed it to 70, because fuck it, that's the market right now. That's still 30 mil too much. That's a lot of money.
Why I would rather invest in someone else, someone we perhaps need? I don't know, common sense I guess, I'd rather we develop our game in a different direction than what we'll do with Bale. You have guaranteed counter-attacking football with him and Ronaldo. We went through that, it was awesome for a while, winning the league with 100 points and so on, but at some point it's just boring. What we have right now is really nice football. Needs improvement, definitely, but I like it.
I'm hoping Carlo finds a way to accommodate Bale in his plan and to play spectacular football as he calls it. If not...counters, here we come.
And to your remark about Martino, I agree, it would have been more prudent if he hadn't said anything, no need for him to get involved, but I agree with him. Just because you have the money, doesn't mean you have to spend it like a lunatic. Nothing to do with how European football works. You don't see deals like this every year in Europe. Ronaldo was the last and it should have stayed the last until someone better appears on the scene who's actually worth that money.
I get we have money. I get we can afford it. But it's about our image here imo. Paying that much money for him? Surely you see the ridiculousness of that transfer even if we had 100 mil to spend every year. Now, I'm not gonna go into the what-ifs (if he fails, if it backfires financially,...), no need for that. We can only wait and pray for the best.
As for your assessment of his price, that's just where we differ. Initially I said 60 mil, changed it to 70, because fuck it, that's the market right now. That's still 30 mil too much. That's a lot of money.
Why I would rather invest in someone else, someone we perhaps need? I don't know, common sense I guess, I'd rather we develop our game in a different direction than what we'll do with Bale. You have guaranteed counter-attacking football with him and Ronaldo. We went through that, it was awesome for a while, winning the league with 100 points and so on, but at some point it's just boring. What we have right now is really nice football. Needs improvement, definitely, but I like it.
I'm hoping Carlo finds a way to accommodate Bale in his plan and to play spectacular football as he calls it. If not...counters, here we come.
And to your remark about Martino, I agree, it would have been more prudent if he hadn't said anything, no need for him to get involved, but I agree with him. Just because you have the money, doesn't mean you have to spend it like a lunatic. Nothing to do with how European football works. You don't see deals like this every year in Europe. Ronaldo was the last and it should have stayed the last until someone better appears on the scene who's actually worth that money.
