(Non Bolton) transfer thread

[Worthy4England]

I think Insano, that you and Sheikh Mansoor might have differing views on "worth"

City have to work within FFP so whilst clearly its pocket change - to the club in the current rules its an absolutely huge investment.

As for other point - if you've spent 100M on Grealish then surely you do so believing he's a better bet than Messi on a free?

Well, there's the "ongoing" run costs to consider too....not all about the headline number - if Messi is anywhere near the reported numbers, then he costs more to run for two years than £100m quid.

[Worthy4England]

I think Insano, that you and Sheikh Mansoor might have differing views on "worth"

City have to work within FFP so whilst clearly its pocket change - to the club in the current rules its an absolutely huge investment.

As for other point - if you've spent 100M on Grealish then surely you do so believing he's a better bet than Messi on a free?

Well, there's the "ongoing" run costs to consider too....not all about the headline number - if Messi is anywhere near the reported numbers, then he costs more to run for two years than £100m quid.

Mind, there's lots of different number floating around....and I guess he makes a shed load on image rights too..

[BWFC_Insane]

I think Insano, that you and Sheikh Mansoor might have differing views on "worth"

City have to work within FFP so whilst clearly its pocket change - to the club in the current rules its an absolutely huge investment.

As for other point - if you've spent 100M on Grealish then surely you do so believing he's a better bet than Messi on a free?

Well, there's the "ongoing" run costs to consider too....not all about the headline number - if Messi is anywhere near the reported numbers, then he costs more to run for two years than £100m quid.

Numbers I've seen reported put Messi on ~£28M per year for 2 years.

Grealish cost £100M plus reported ~£10M wages per year for 6....

I'd say the cost of the two is obviously reflective of age but I'll be amazed if Grealish ever gets close to Messi's levels.

[Bruce Rioja]

As for other point - if you've spent 100M on Grealish then surely you do so believing he's a better bet than Messi on a free?

Taking into account wages and the amortisation of Grealish's £100m fee over the length of his contract, how much is each player costing PA?

[BWFC_Insane]

As for other point - if you've spent 100M on Grealish then surely you do so believing he's a better bet than Messi on a free?

Taking into account wages and the amortisation of Grealish's £100m fee over the length of his contract, how much is each player costing PA?

Probably about the same - we obviously aren't dealing with exact figures. But what's in the public domain would suggest about the same.

The difference being that obviously you're entering into a much longer and therefore potentially costlier agreement for JG than LM.

[Bruce Rioja]

Emerson Royal - Moves from Real Betty's Tea Room to Barcelona for £5m, yet in the same window is signed by Tottingham for £25m.

I'd fecking hate to support Spurs, what a misguided joke they are. Their claims to be a 'big club' are hilarious. They deserve all the failure they get.