Is that one of those fake thingy's
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Is that one of those fake thingy's
I can't help but feel we're already spending the Bale money....
ONE more signing, and we go over £60m for the Summer..... (unless we pick up Gary Doherty for £500k and declare our business over!!!)
Does anyone seriously think Uncle Joe has suddenly decided to bankroll us to THIS level, of all the Summers?????
Do you think that if Spains economy keeps spinning down the toilet that Madrid will stay the force they are now? I reckon in the next 10-20 years there will be some real changes in the power structure of football, and we are poised in a great position being financially sound to benefit. The astronomical spending just can't go on while the rest of the world suffers economical meltdown.
I don't understand why some people are assuming we have to sell Bale to cover our summer spending.
If we look at the clubs income the summer transfer figures don't become quite so massive.
I stole these from someone much more ITK than me (no circles):
Link: http://www.sportingintelligence.com...ng-where-the-money-goes-and-what-next-190601/
The money form 2012-2013 is the same as 2011-2012 according to the article hence why there is no 2012-2013 data.
So, based on the least optimistic scenario we have an extra £30m burning a whole in our pockets and possibly as much as £50m more.
Out net spend over the last 3 years before this transfer window has been minus £11.8m.
Link: http://www.transferleague.co.uk/premiership-transfers/tottenham-hotspur-transfers.html
Add that to the conservative extra £30m we're gonna earn this year and we have £41.8m
So, as we stand today Uncle Joe would have to stump up a maximum of £16.2m and that's assuming the club don't make that in profit elsewhere.
So, in conclusion, do we need the Bale money to pay for our spending this year? No.
Do we need a massive cash injection from Joe? Maybe, but probably not.
I think Bale is on his way but I don't think our spending can only be fulled by him going.
Disclaimer: I don't have a fucking clue about any of this and just stole all of it from the internet
Football is removed from the economics fluctuations that effect the rest of us. RM are big enough to attract a Russian ollgarchs or an American billionaire or an Arab family with spare cash. They will always be at the top - 10/20 years time they will be in Europe's super league playing sell outs every week against the elite and reaping in the the world media TV monies. Tottenham need to be there when it happens, hopefully get going with Bale.
Football is removed from the economics fluctuations that effect the rest of us. RM are big enough to attract a Russian ollgarchs or an American billionaire or an Arab family with spare cash. They will always be at the top - 10/20 years time they will be in Europe's super league playing sell outs every week against the elite and reaping in the the world media TV monies. Tottenham need to be there when it happens, hopefully get going with Bale.
I would rather have Di Maria instead of Coentrao if the option was there.I would personally not object to 75m + Morata + Coentrao if that's on the table
Pretty incredible deal that.I would personally not object to 75m + Morata + Coentrao if that's on the table
Both Madrid and Barcelona pride themselves on being owned by the supporters, I highly doubt that will ever change. At some point in their economy's current decline, those same supporters will either become incapable of supporting them to the degree they have or they take it further and demand change.
I would rather have Di Maria instead of Coentrao if the option was there.
Madrid have a history of getting bailed out by the government too who are currently broke as feck.
They're all trying to spend, players just want to come to us.
Or Levy & Baldini have some serious blackmail skillz.
Most premier league clubs have spent the new tv money several times over, the reason we are spending freely now is we genuinely have the money.
Supporters and TV money. This is where a super league will come in. Who would have believed the CL format as we know it today, 30 years ago! It will change again to enhance even more revenue for clubs like RM.Both Madrid and Barcelona pride themselves on being owned by the supporters, I highly doubt that will ever change. At some point in their economy's current decline, those same supporters will either become incapable of supporting them to the degree they have or they take it further and demand change.
How can football , RM justify to the general public, e100,000 when they are all skint, club and government .Madrid have a history of getting bailed out by the government too who are currently broke as feck.
Supporters and TV money. This is where a super league will come in. Who would have believed the CL format as we know it today, 30 years ago! It will change again to enhance even more revenue for clubs like RM.
It was 90% sarcasm and 10% genuine, mate