owlinexile Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 2 hours ago, darra said: Heard on the radio the other day that the players live and train in London and travel for home and away games has been talked about again by Newcastle's Saudi owners. They're saying that it could be difficult to persuade top players to live in the Northeast. Remember it was being looked out as an option a few years ago can't remember by who though A proper final nail in the coffin for the idea that Premiership football clubs have anything to do with the community they grew out of. I mean from there, it's a short step to just moving the whole club to somewhere more lucrative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 4 hours ago, i used to be sc_owl said: It’s basically like starting a football manager game with Wednesday and then setting up another player as PSG, and then buying Windass as PSG for £50m and giving yourself MONEY Just need football.player sized brown envelopes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 It’s no skin off my nose if some decent players ******** off to Saudi But the idea that they’ll buy unwanted players for big money, therefore topping back up the bank accounts of the already dominant Prem clubs is sickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 On 25/07/2023 at 11:40, darra said: Heard on the radio the other day that the players live and train in London and travel for home and away games has been talked about again by Newcastle's Saudi owners. They're saying that it could be difficult to persuade top players to live in the Northeast. Remember it was being looked out as an option a few years ago can't remember by who though It's an old idea really, when Warnock was Scarborough manager they wanted to move the training base to Leeds. It makes sense to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 21 minutes ago, Ellis Rimmer said: It's an old idea really, when Warnock was Scarborough manager they wanted to move the training base to Leeds. It makes sense to me. Like I said it was talked about year's ago possibly was Newcastle then. Does kind of make sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 14 minutes ago, darra said: Like I said it was talked about year's ago possibly was Newcastle then. Does kind of make sense Anybody not in London would benefit I’d imagine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 No brainer for Newcastle if you think about it. Private plane from London upto Newcastle airport. 30 minute flight. Play the match then flight back 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 He's turning it down and not interested according to reports. Would rather sit on the bench all season and get his move to Madrid when his contract is up it seems. Good that he's not entertaining it but he must be mad. I'd be asking for a one year deal, stupid money and then get the move to Madrid. Not like he's on peanuts at PSG mind you. We're talking a footballer that is already one of the highest paid in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogers Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 He’ll move, his mother is his agent. He’ll pocket £700m and move to Real Madrid in a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 5 hours ago, Skyline said: He's turning it down and not interested according to reports. Would rather sit on the bench all season and get his move to Madrid when his contract is up it seems. Good that he's not entertaining it but he must be mad. I'd be asking for a one year deal, stupid money and then get the move to Madrid. Not like he's on peanuts at PSG mind you. We're talking a footballer that is already one of the highest paid in the world. Apparently he is due a £51m loyalty bonus from PSG according to sky sports news ,if he is still their player on 1st August (next Tuesday),so being the cynic I am ,I expect him to move to Saudi next Wednesday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MF TAZ Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Mbappe kind of a bewildering player now best player in the world but plays in a full league he’s already insanely wealthy… can’t he go to a premier league club and showcase his talents? Or at least Real or Barca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl_For_a_Lifetime Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 6 hours ago, S36 OWL said: Apparently he is due a £51m loyalty bonus from PSG according to sky sports news ,if he is still their player on 1st August (next Tuesday),so being the cynic I am ,I expect him to move to Saudi next Wednesday. Depressingly I think you're spot on, problem of PSG's making though, nobody forced them to offer the contract with those terms... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 13 hours ago, Rogers said: He’ll move, his mother is his agent. He’ll pocket £700m and move to Real Madrid in a year. 7 hours ago, S36 OWL said: Apparently he is due a £51m loyalty bonus from PSG according to sky sports news ,if he is still their player on 1st August (next Tuesday),so being the cynic I am , I expect him to move to Saudi next Wednesday. If he did move to Saudi and picked up his bonus by this time next year he'd be a billionaire? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only way is S6 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 This’ll be very interesting if PSG nick Manure’s main striker target and / or go for Kane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 I don't think Kane would go there if he had a decent alternative Which i'm sure he will have should he leave Spurs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Mbappe did himself no favours by signing that new contract with PSG recently And PSG didn’t help themselves by giving up power to him - power they now want back I’d hope that Kane would avoid PSG like the plague Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Yeah well i missed the PSG link to Kane I was talking about him not going to Saudi - even though i now realise nobody mentioned it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Sadio Mane and Marco Veratti the next to be linked to Saudi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Tough one this Do you go to an established league, win trophy’s and prove yourself as one of the best in the world or do you go to Saudi, trouser an obscene amount of money and waste your best years in an inferior league? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 So after all this... I see he's back playing for PSG. Now also talks he will stay at PSG and will not be leaving for free next summer. Reports say he will either sign the one year extension or sign a new contract all together. What a palaver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now