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How much of his wages are you paying? Romano saying you're taking the "main part" of them.
He's on something like 400k eur a week isn't he? Even taking half of those, it must be uprooting whatever wage structure Villa have? The many Villa fans at work seem to get rather defensive when pointing out how much they spend.
I think it'll be one of those situations where there will be no middle ground. He'll even do absolutely fantastic, or sink
Admittedly, a little jealous as a Wolves fan
He's on something like 400k eur a week isn't he? Even taking half of those, it must be uprooting whatever wage structure Villa have? The many Villa fans at work seem to get rather defensive when pointing out how much they spend.
I think it'll be one of those situations where there will be no middle ground. He'll even do absolutely fantastic, or sink
Admittedly, a little jealous as a Wolves fan
Edited by Sycamore on Friday 7th January 09:59
Sycamore said:
How much of his wages are you paying? Romano saying you're taking the "main part" of them.
He's on something like 400k eur a week isn't he? Even taking half of those, it must be uprooting whatever wage structure Villa have? The many Villa fans at work seem to get rather defensive when pointing out how much they spend.
I think it'll be one of those situations where there will be no middle ground. He'll even do absolutely fantastic, or sink
Admittedly, a little jealous as a Wolves fan
As its a loan I dont think it will be an issue. The challenge comes at the end of the loan with the option to buy and what do Villa offer him in terms of contract. While he can be a fantastic player he has been shocking for Barca, failed at Bayern and only so long you can hang on to the fact you where great for Liverpool. He's on something like 400k eur a week isn't he? Even taking half of those, it must be uprooting whatever wage structure Villa have? The many Villa fans at work seem to get rather defensive when pointing out how much they spend.
I think it'll be one of those situations where there will be no middle ground. He'll even do absolutely fantastic, or sink
Admittedly, a little jealous as a Wolves fan
Edited by Sycamore on Friday 7th January 09:59
Must admit I didn't see that much of him at Liverpool as we were in the Championship for some of that tenure and I couldn't really bear watching PL games whilst we weren't in it, so looking forward to see what we've got.
The Brum Mail is saying he's on £380K/week at Barca and we'll be paying £247k/week of that.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/tr...
That's a lot of money for what we are currently, a mid-ranking Prem team trying to re-establish itself back towards the top of the table.
Big gamble by the owners if you ask me. Surely it will torpedo our FFP position?
The Brum Mail is saying he's on £380K/week at Barca and we'll be paying £247k/week of that.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/tr...
That's a lot of money for what we are currently, a mid-ranking Prem team trying to re-establish itself back towards the top of the table.
Big gamble by the owners if you ask me. Surely it will torpedo our FFP position?
Challo said:
PurpleTurtle said:
Big gamble by the owners if you ask me. Surely it will torpedo our FFP position?
I dont think it does as its only about 6 million for the loan and you can send him back. If you had paid a transfer fee + silly wages that will impact your FFP. But yes, agree, if it's just a season long loan, that's OK. Problem is we've not effectively replaced Grealish, so if he comes in and does a good job, it will be hard to not make this a permanent move, which is where the overspend may come more of a problem.
PurpleTurtle said:
Challo said:
PurpleTurtle said:
Big gamble by the owners if you ask me. Surely it will torpedo our FFP position?
I dont think it does as its only about 6 million for the loan and you can send him back. If you had paid a transfer fee + silly wages that will impact your FFP. But yes, agree, if it's just a season long loan, that's OK. Problem is we've not effectively replaced Grealish, so if he comes in and does a good job, it will be hard to not make this a permanent move, which is where the overspend may come more of a problem.
PurpleTurtle said:
Challo said:
PurpleTurtle said:
Big gamble by the owners if you ask me. Surely it will torpedo our FFP position?
I dont think it does as its only about 6 million for the loan and you can send him back. If you had paid a transfer fee + silly wages that will impact your FFP. But yes, agree, if it's just a season long loan, that's OK. Problem is we've not effectively replaced Grealish, so if he comes in and does a good job, it will be hard to not make this a permanent move, which is where the overspend may come more of a problem.
I'd expect Coutinho to be in the starting line-up against Everton.
I saw some Twitter nonsense linking us with Luis Suarez in the week, although the club have apparently dismissed this.
He's someone I could not cheer for in a Villa shirt.
I spent all his time at Liverpool calling him a cheat so couldn't suddenly warm to him.
Yes, he's a great player, but the cheating element to his game - specifically biting opponents like an angry 4yo - isn't something I want to see, regardless of whatever else he would bring.
He's 34 in any case, so it's probably just paper-talk or his agent flying a kite.
I saw some Twitter nonsense linking us with Luis Suarez in the week, although the club have apparently dismissed this.
He's someone I could not cheer for in a Villa shirt.
I spent all his time at Liverpool calling him a cheat so couldn't suddenly warm to him.
Yes, he's a great player, but the cheating element to his game - specifically biting opponents like an angry 4yo - isn't something I want to see, regardless of whatever else he would bring.
He's 34 in any case, so it's probably just paper-talk or his agent flying a kite.
PurpleTurtle said:
I'd expect Coutinho to be in the starting line-up against Everton.
I saw some Twitter nonsense linking us with Luis Suarez in the week, although the club have apparently dismissed this.
He's someone I could not cheer for in a Villa shirt.
I spent all his time at Liverpool calling him a cheat so couldn't suddenly warm to him.
Yes, he's a great player, but the cheating element to his game - specifically biting opponents like an angry 4yo - isn't something I want to see, regardless of whatever else he would bring.
He's 34 in any case, so it's probably just paper-talk or his agent flying a kite.
Suarez on a free is the sort of catalyst that can propel the sort of signings we actually want. It’s a bit like Robinho at Man City. It may not be perfect at the time, but it’s what that can bring after that counts.I saw some Twitter nonsense linking us with Luis Suarez in the week, although the club have apparently dismissed this.
He's someone I could not cheer for in a Villa shirt.
I spent all his time at Liverpool calling him a cheat so couldn't suddenly warm to him.
Yes, he's a great player, but the cheating element to his game - specifically biting opponents like an angry 4yo - isn't something I want to see, regardless of whatever else he would bring.
He's 34 in any case, so it's probably just paper-talk or his agent flying a kite.
My heart still says no to Suarez. I like the project we’ve been working on, the progress is there to see, the money is obviously available but too much too soon could end in disaster.
Mings is so casual at times, I put him making big mistakes in each of the Leeds goals last night. The second goals was awkward but he was shoulder to shoulder with someone he has 7 inches on and barely attempted to play tot he ball.
Defence as a whole was having a mad one, Konsa randomly elbows Meslier and gets a red card too. I’ve been a defender of Mings for ages and let his mistakes go, but he really needs to step it up as captain now.
Defence as a whole was having a mad one, Konsa randomly elbows Meslier and gets a red card too. I’ve been a defender of Mings for ages and let his mistakes go, but he really needs to step it up as captain now.
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