JamDav1982
Senior Member
The players that gained in value and have been a success would have no reason to get sold really.
Barcelona could sell plenty of players for profit if they wanted to.
David Villa
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The players that gained in value and have been a success would have no reason to get sold really.
Barcelona could sell plenty of players for profit if they wanted to.
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Learo
Guest
Would they be willing to demolish their wage structure? Probably not. Villa was earning almost 3 times as much as he should have been on, and that severely reduces the transfer fee (in addition to his contract having only 9 months left of course).
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Learo
Guest
He makes a good point though. Alba and possibly Pique are the only two players out of the 25 players or so we have bought in the last few years I can think of that have actually improved during their stay with us. We tend to buy players with their best years behind them.
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Learo
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One of the main reasons we usually give away our players for free or dirt cheap, see Botia (free), Romeu (a couple of millions and a bag of snacks) and dozens more, is because of the sky high wages we offer our players compared to other clubs. It dramatically reduces any transfer fee we are likely to get. Thats why Bojan will be loaned for 4 years until his contract is up while we will continue to pay most of his wages. No buyers available. We have a tendency to offer any player that has a good season with us an improved contract. Its been a regular occurance for many, many years. And if that player has a poor season, the contract of course remains the same.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
The flip side of that is that there are many players at Barcelona that could earn a lot more elsewhere.
I dont think the wages the likes of Botia and Bojan are on would/will be big at all.
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Learo
Guest
Why is that a flip side?
It has been explicitly stated by many approaching clubs that wages is a huge obstacle for any transfers that we are looking to make. If Bojan had gone to Betis, we would probably have paid around 90% of his wages. Barca demanded that the loaning club paid at least 50% of his wages. Of course, we wanted to sell, but thats impossible with no club willing to pay what he is on.
Well he is a good player but surely not world class anymore since his injury.But the fee is ridiculous,should the club be sensivite for a player that asks to somewhere for so low fee? Not for me cause actually first you think of yourself and then for the other,it may look egoistic but when its about business there shouldnt be any emotions
JamDav1982
Senior Member
Sorry?
Villa is getting everything he wants out of this deal!
He is staying in Spain at a CL club and getting a massive wage for a club like Atletico to pay a 32 year old.
DonAndres
Wild Man of Borneo
Atletico would be fools to give up a star like Oliver for Villa when they could easily have gone for a different striker.
Its a goddamn terrible deal for the club,so give him to where he wants and get so few money?
Ghost
New member
I think that would require Rosell and Zubi to actually have, you know, a brain.
Newsflash: They don't.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
Dont understand what that means.
It means that Villa asked to go to Atletico and the club accepted a deal with 5 million with is ridiculous fee.They could of think selling him for more thats what i think
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