Premier League 2024/25

[LoopisDeLupis]

Haaland on a new 9 1/2 Year contract
So whoever the next manager is had better like him as a player as Pep will be gone well before Haaland

What happens if he gets a genuine debilitating injury a la Dean Ashton?

Is that basically Man City ****ed to pay it for the full length?

 

[Joe_Fox]

What happens if he gets a genuine debilitating injury a la Dean Ashton?

Is that basically Man City ****ed to pay it for the full length?

Unless there's specific terms within the contract, then yes, that's what would happen.

 

[M17TT C]

What happens if he gets a genuine debilitating injury a la Dean Ashton?

Is that basically Man City ****ed to pay it for the full length?

Assuming there are no break, or get-out, clauses for either party specifically covering that scenario then yes, they are committed to paying him ~£250m in wages over the next 9.5 yrs whatever happens.

I'm sure HMRC are as happy, if not happier, about this deal than Haaland himself.

 

[pork pie fox]

Haaland on a new 9 1/2 Year contract
So whoever the next manager is had better like him as a player as Pep will be gone well before Haaland

It's just another step in the direction of American sports.

 

[Feidlimid]

I suspect the contract length is more to do with accounting practice and spreading the load. In reality, if some other club wants him or he wants to go then it would happen. Within that contract, I'd guess there are a number of clauses etc that could bring it to an end.

 

[Blue Maniac]

What happens if he gets a genuine debilitating injury a la Dean Ashton?

Is that basically Man City ****ed to pay it for the full length?

It’d be a bit daft not to have him insured

 

[DillyDing22]

Why would Man City care, they break the rules repeatedly and get away with it anyway. They'd probably get some form of mitigating circumstance loophole and it's still pocket change to Sheikh Mansour.

 

[jb5000]

What happens if he gets a genuine debilitating injury a la Dean Ashton?

Is that basically Man City ****ed to pay it for the full length?

They sell him to one of the other members of the City Football Group so that they pay the wages, and go again

 

[Brown Nose]

What amazing times we live in.

My first thought after seeing that Haaland is getting £500k a week was to wonder how much he really was receiving.

 

[M17TT C]

I suspect the contract length is more to do with accounting practice and spreading the load. In reality, if some other club wants him or he wants to go then it would happen. Within that contract, I'd guess there are a number of clauses etc that could bring it to an end.

The advantage of spreading the load/transfer fee is during the initial contract.

Haalands book value for Man City was around £10m per year and would owe them £25m now.

His amortised value per year will go down to around £2.7m so it would give them around £7.3m extra per year in the eyes of PSR.

However, he's now getting paid £26m per season so any saving on his annual amortisation is almost certainly wiped out, and quite possibly eclipsed now with his increased wage so there will be little to no benefit on the books.

The benefit is they have secured the best striker in the world for the next 10 years and if anyone wants him, they will have to pay an absolute fortune

It's also a statement to the rest of the league/Europe that they aren't going anywhere and it's also likely to attract more players and show that the financial issues won't have any effect on them whatsoever.

 

[Miles Away]

It's just another step in the direction of American sports.

Don’t mention it. Homer will be along with his Gimp gags.

 

[Blaarev]

Isak didn’t score today, so he stopped at 8 games in a row.

 

[LoopisDeLupis]

Not looking like Everton will be part of that bottom scrap this year now Moyes is back is it!

 

[Miles Away]

Not looking like Everton will be part of that bottom scrap this year now Moyes is back is it!

Was never on the cards. Moyes eats managers like Ruud for breakfast.

 

[homer]

It’s now clearly going to be any three from that current shitty bottom four

Don’t fancy our chances

 

[Feidlimid]

I'm reconciled to relegation. Perhaps one of few that feels we ought stick with RvN (unless he jumps ship, and he has form in that) Our squad is more a problem than the manager so having him takes us down is cheaper.

I'd love to think a few astute signings might make a difference but I'm sadly of the opinion that's not possible, for a number of reasons.

I live to eat my hat.

 

[Feidlimid]

Southampton showing some fight, which is more than we seem to have.

 

[homer]

At least Piswich aren’t letting us down

 

[TornadoShaunUK]

Southampton showing some fight, which is more than we seem to have.

Probably, but they have the same problem we have in that their defence is complete garbage at this level..... intfact, theirs wasn't even much cop last year in div2.

 

[Feidlimid]

At least Piswich aren’t letting us down

A good game in so far as one sided affairs go.