Confirmed Signing James Rodriguez

[BirkenheadBlue]

I don't think he's on 80k and I think Real were utterly overjoyed to get his 280k a week wages off the books.

Hence the fee.

Hope you’re right... just seems odd that the fee was talked about at £20-£25m for ~10 days, then suddenly it’s almost 50% less.

 

[Goat]

Hope you’re right... just seems odd that the fee was talked about at £20-£25m for ~10 days, then suddenly it’s almost 50% less.

Im usually wrong.

But Marca is the source of the 80k and they chat utter biscuits.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

But Marca is the source of the 80k and they chat utter biscuits.

Often, yeah. It’s a very weird thing to pull out of the clear blue sky though. Especially when it’s clearly not a case of confusing the net/gross salary

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

The same report pegged Mina at 120k, so unless we’re actually paying Yerry a quarter mill a week, that logic doesn’t really hold

Given you’ve not cited the report you’re referring to, I can’t comment.

Albeit if you think he’s come here for less than we’re paying the mad Mackem then whatever mate.

 

[AmericasToffee]

I don't think he's on 80k and I think Real were utterly overjoyed to get his 280k a week wages off the books.

Hence the fee.

80k makes no sense for anyone, barring some insane incentives that take him up to 200k or so

 

[MrGrumpy]

I don't think he's on 80k and I think Real were utterly overjoyed to get his 280k a week wages off the books.

Hence the fee.

Who cares what he on as long as he plays

also I though he was on 120k

 

[Goat]

Often, yeah. It’s a very weird thing to pull out of the clear blue sky though. Especially when it’s clearly not a case of confusing the net/gross salary

European media always uses gross figures.

€80k net would be roughly the widely reported 7m per year/140k a week.

 

[ProZ]

Alexa who is James Rodriguez?

ALEXA DIM THE LIGHTS.

 

[Lee Smith]

Hope you’re right... just seems odd that the fee was talked about at £20-£25m for ~10 days, then suddenly it’s almost 50% less.

When he was linked with Atletico in early August the rumoured fee was £13.5m, so there could be some truth to it. Insane if true though.

Real Madrid's James Rodriguez 'set for £13.5m move to Atletico Madrid'

The Colombian midfielder has failed to settle into Zinedine Zidane's first-team plans at the Bernabeu and is now poised to move across the city to rivals Atletico this summer.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Given you’ve not cited the report you’re referring to, I can’t comment.

Albeit if you think he’s come here for less than we’re paying the mad Mackem then whatever mate.

it’s not impossible (specifically if there ARE serious concerns on his medical) that his basic salary could be low, with big BIG bonuses for appearances and performance.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

European media always uses gross figures.

€80k gross would be roughly the widely reported 7m per year/140k a week.

As I said above, the very same Marca report quoted Yerry as being on 120k. You reckon we’re paying him a quarter million?

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

When he was linked with Atletico in early August the rumoured fee was £13.5m, so there could be some truth to it. Insane if true though.

Real Madrid's James Rodriguez 'set for £13.5m move to Atletico Madrid'

The Colombian midfielder has failed to settle into Zinedine Zidane's first-team plans at the Bernabeu and is now poised to move across the city to rivals Atletico this summer.

www.dailymail.co.uk

That’s interesting.

 

[Goat]

As I said above, the very same Marca report quoted Yerry as being on 120k. You reckon we’re paying him a quarter million?

I also don't see why Mina would be on 120k.

For now I'm filing that whole story as bull.

The 12m is from the BBC, who generally don't lie, so think that's real.

But we are getting a bit sidney spreadsheets here, which I'm down with, but :

Who cares what he on as long as he plays

 

[kev]

80k makes no sense for anyone, barring some insane incentives that take him up to 200k or so

It would make sense to the clubs accountants. James may very well be happy to accept that massive drop in wages.
(plus a guaranteed brown paper envelope each month courtesy of USM)

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

I also don't see why Mina would be on 120k.

For now I'm filing that whole story as bull.

The 12m is from the BBC, who generally don't lie, so think that's real.

But we are getting a bit sidney spreadsheets here, which I'm down with, but :

Whatever the truth, it’s got the potential to be an amazing deal for us. Fingers crossed we can get him on the pitch as often as possible