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Arent they doing some 45% tax thingy??? And dont footballers generally want an after tax figure? This is all guess work.
~£53,000 until next april, then ~£43,000 with the new 50% bracket.
BadWool76
Player Valuation: £20m
Nice one mate . 50 per cent tax on your earings is heavy heavy sh*t . Honestly if you knew the Goverment was going to take HALF your earnings for illegal wars & buying themselves holiday homes would you fcuking bother ? Jesus christ almighty would eye FCUK !
NeoNaoNeo
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If I was earning 50 grand a week for playing footy mate I wouldn't whinge at all.
Head in the clouds these lads, honestly. Would they rather they taxed the poor more? At least these guys can afford it.
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BlackToffee
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I see you have a post count greater than mine. So you'll probably realise that calling someone a "pleb" is totally unacceptable to me and those on this forum. This isn't 'kipper and if you really want to use that type of language your better off on their forum. An apology would be acceptable.
With regards to citeh fans, I realise that there are some good eggs, but our new friend bluemooner, when he came on finally showed his true colours when he thought that Lescott was about to become their man.
As you already know fans have no direct say in any players destination but look at the Manny and Moutino (sorry if spelling is incorrect) threads on this forum and fans can wish, hope, or even as we have done on ocassion say that this player is better playing for Everton rather than the team they are currently with.
Finally, don't do it again, I don't scare and I refuse to let anyone bully me.
Azzbot
Player Valuation: £25m
Daily Express | Sport | Football
Joleon Lescott will brace himself for an angry backlash from Everton fans tonight – as Manchester City get ready to launch a third bid for the England international.
The defender trained yesterday following his recovery from a hip injury and is in David Moyes’ squad for the friendly against Malaga at Goodison Park this evening.
It promises to be an uncomfortable occasion for Lescott, who told Moyes on Monday that he wanted to move to Eastlands, even though the Everton manager has repeatedly stated he is not for sale.
Lescott, 26, whose return to fitness comes 24 hours before Fabio Capello names his squad for next week’s friendly in Holland, can expect to be subjected to a chorus of catcalls from the stands as supporters vent their anger on him.
City have seen bids of £15m and £18m rejected and are weighing up a renewed offer, thought to be in the region of £22m for the centre-half who can also play at left-back.
That will almost certainly be dismissed as well but City manager Mark Hughes said: “We can only try and speak to Everton. We have made bids and they have been rejected.
“Until we get the opportunity to get around the table and possibly discuss the deal, we don’t know if it is *something that will happen.
“At the moment it looks like Everton don’t particularly want to come to the table and we have to respect that.
“We have not had the opportunity to speak to the powers that be. We have put two bids in and maybe there is room to go back in.
“If they are talking about £30m it’s difficult to speak about. We don’t know if we are going to get the opportunities to speak on those terms.”
Hughes went on to defend himself and City against claims made by Moyes that the club “lacked respect” in their pursuit of the defender, who moved to Goodison Park from Wolves for £5m in 2006.
“I could have lifted up the phone and asked David if he would sell his centre-half and he would have said no, so where do you go from that point?” said Hughes.
“What we try to do is go to those who can conclude a deal around the table and they have been reluctant to do that.
“If you ask every club we have dealt with – certainly Arsenal over how we have dealt with Kolo Toure – they will tell you we have conducted our business pretty correctly and that’s how we try to do business.
“People obviously don’t want their best players to leave but we are an option and people seriously consider their futures if they feel there is an opportunity to come to Manchester City.
“That’s all we are doing. That’s no different to many clubs in years gone by.”
Joleon Lescott will brace himself for an angry backlash from Everton fans tonight – as Manchester City get ready to launch a third bid for the England international.
The defender trained yesterday following his recovery from a hip injury and is in David Moyes’ squad for the friendly against Malaga at Goodison Park this evening.
It promises to be an uncomfortable occasion for Lescott, who told Moyes on Monday that he wanted to move to Eastlands, even though the Everton manager has repeatedly stated he is not for sale.
Lescott, 26, whose return to fitness comes 24 hours before Fabio Capello names his squad for next week’s friendly in Holland, can expect to be subjected to a chorus of catcalls from the stands as supporters vent their anger on him.
City have seen bids of £15m and £18m rejected and are weighing up a renewed offer, thought to be in the region of £22m for the centre-half who can also play at left-back.
That will almost certainly be dismissed as well but City manager Mark Hughes said: “We can only try and speak to Everton. We have made bids and they have been rejected.
“Until we get the opportunity to get around the table and possibly discuss the deal, we don’t know if it is *something that will happen.
“At the moment it looks like Everton don’t particularly want to come to the table and we have to respect that.
“We have not had the opportunity to speak to the powers that be. We have put two bids in and maybe there is room to go back in.
“If they are talking about £30m it’s difficult to speak about. We don’t know if we are going to get the opportunities to speak on those terms.”
Hughes went on to defend himself and City against claims made by Moyes that the club “lacked respect” in their pursuit of the defender, who moved to Goodison Park from Wolves for £5m in 2006.
“I could have lifted up the phone and asked David if he would sell his centre-half and he would have said no, so where do you go from that point?” said Hughes.
“What we try to do is go to those who can conclude a deal around the table and they have been reluctant to do that.
“If you ask every club we have dealt with – certainly Arsenal over how we have dealt with Kolo Toure – they will tell you we have conducted our business pretty correctly and that’s how we try to do business.
“People obviously don’t want their best players to leave but we are an option and people seriously consider their futures if they feel there is an opportunity to come to Manchester City.
“That’s all we are doing. That’s no different to many clubs in years gone by.”
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"We can only try to speak to Everton," Hughes said. "We have made bids and they have been rejected and, until we get the opportunity to get around the table, we don't know the possibility of concluding a deal. Maybe there is headroom to go back in [with another bid] but if they are talking about £30m it's difficult to speak about. We have our valuation of the player. At the moment, though, it looks like Everton don't particularly want to come to the table and we have to respect that."
SuitsBlueX2
Player Valuation: £8m
Problem with that is they earn massive wage for a short time, they become accustomed to spending large then run out at mid life point. Imagine telling your wife she could spend huge amounts for ten years then have to cut back to aldi proportions when you stop playing. No sex for you after that bombshell (but maybe you shouldn't marry one)
kenada_blue
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I'll admit...I'm hoping he gets a rousing reception for the Malaga game, and that sways him to stay.
I will go down and give him a massive man-hug myself if he wants to stay.
I will go down and give him a massive man-hug myself if he wants to stay.
bluebastardo
Player Valuation: £40m
One of the things I like best about reading this forum is that it tends to be fairly intellectual and mature , so much infact that I tend not to post too much just incase I lower the tone .
I didn't see too much wrong with the Bluemoon lad to be honest , and though one of his posts did jump the gun a little and came across as a little condescending , he was fairly polite throughout .
It's important to remember that forums really don't reflect the views of fans , but only the views of those that post on them .
If I was to read Bluemoon and have to assess their fan base from it , I could easily be forgiven in thinking that they are suffering from delusions of grandeur , unfounded arrogance , a total lack of respect for other clubs and indeed their own forum , and unrealistic short term expectancies , but I wouldn't be easily forgiven if I was to apply that assessment to their fan base in general .
Only a small minority of fans frequent forums as we all know , and many comments found upon pages from Bluemoon , Kipper , Rawk etc range in views from 9 year old internet warriors to 60 year old delinquents , with only a handful of posters on each that seek to offer any useful discussion . Even forums with large memberships are eventually reduced to a small core of regular posters , so no way can we interpret any view that is established as ' popular ' amongst members as being a fair reflection of the fan base as a whole .
What I will say though , is seeing that the aforementioned Bluemoon forum is our nearest and most convenient point of contact to the light blue underworld , then it's only fair we cast aside our mature and reasoned assumptions and slang the ba*!^rds off with great vigour and zest forthwith .
Lao
Player Valuation: £35m
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