Manchester City Thread [08/09]

[KingPaulV]

I keep rubbing my eyes man this money that's been talked about is beyond crazy....I can't believe that it might actually happen

 

[thetrooper37]

this is ridiculous...he's just gonna walk around on the field doing no better than the average midfielder, thinking about the cash that he's about to get when he gets home.

 

[rony31]

I really don't think Kaka is the type of player who's easily persuaded by money. Knowing him, he'd probably take the deal for the sake of giving half of it to UNICEF or some ****.

 

[sparebenzs]

maybe if kaka will join city, because of his willing to help the club and not for the money.. but if he wants to grow old in milan, then be it.. AC considered as one of the great football in the world, coz of contribution..

 

[Tawalkana]

This doesn't do anything for Manchester City.... This is going to make them run either a 4-3-2-1 in which you don't have the CM's who are compatible and make Petrov and Shawn Wright-Phillips useless or the 4-1-2-1-2 and you still need a legitimate striker up there so they will still need to sign Adriano, Benzema, Tevez, or Podolski.

This deal doesn't help at all unless they plan to sign an immediate impact world class striker

 

[AsmodaiPlay]

He is unlikely to live up to a £100 million price tag. People are going to expect ridiculous things from him like 50 goals a season or something. If Milan have agreed the fee then he might as well try his luck and talk them into paying him £1,000,000 a week. If he said he'd sign for that I bet City would pay him that. Problem is every other City player would be jealous.

 

[Tawalkana]

He is unlikely to live up to a £100 million price tag. People are going to expect ridiculous things from him like 50 goals a season or something. If Milan have agreed the fee then he might as well try his luck and talk them into paying him £1,000,000 a week. If he said he'd sign for that I bet City would pay him that. Problem is every other City player would be jealous.

No one should be paid this amount of money... The most influential player on the field in any sport would have to be Barry Bonds in Baseball. For a stretch of like 6 years he would hit 50 to 75 Home Runs and then would get intentionally walked over 200 times that season. Most baseball players see around 450 At bats and get walked 50 times and almost none of them where intentional.

Kaka, Dinho, Rooney... any 3 players you put in this category are not worth this type of Carlos... Futbol is so unpredictable. Look at Ibisev at Hoffenheim... No one expected this from him. You can become a super star in a season...

 

[ShiftyPowers]

In all seriousness though, holy ****. This is obviously very bittersweet for me. There's no denying Kaka loves Milan and he doesn't need the money, but maybe he's doing it for the betterment of the team that he loves so much. And he's done it all with Milan anyway... I think. If anything, the money's persuading him because he donates 10% of it to the church. They're gaining the most out of this if anything.

Here's what I hate seeing. "Kaka doesn't need the money". Bull**** he doesn't. How many ex-football players are selling used cars or doing some other crappy job in their 40s because they spent all their money? There are definitely more than a few. In a career where you are done by 35, you need to max out when you can. Kaka is doing it for Kaka and for his family. There is loyalty in sports, but it's a job first.

 

[Sevillista]

Here's what I hate seeing. "Kaka doesn't need the money". Bull**** he doesn't. How many ex-football players are selling used cars or doing some other crappy job in their 40s because they spent all their money? There are definitely more than a few. In a career where you are done by 35, you need to max out when you can. Kaka is doing it for Kaka and for his family. There is loyalty in sports, but it's a job first.

Poor guy might have to sell his sports car? Cry me a river.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Not everyone manages their money well, some people get screwed over by bad agents, by family, and even their club. What's a 10 year old sports car with 100,000 miles going to fetch if that's all you have left anyway? People who were once millionaires go broke ALL THE TIME. That's just how it is.

Here's the question I ask everyone: If a rival company offered you double the salary to quit your current job and do the same thing for them, what would you do? Where's the loyalty?

 

[dubcrazy]

Not including transfer fees there is no way Man City can even make a profit with the wages of Kaka Robinho and SWP with more to come i honestly dont see the point of it,,,,With Chelsea they always said they want to live off themselfs which in fairness seems there doin after they have built there squad but with these sort of wages City cant do this

 

[Sevillista]

Not everyone manages their money well, some people get screwed over by bad agents, by family, and even their club. What's a 10 year old sports car with 100,000 miles going to fetch if that's all you have left anyway? People who were once millionaires go broke ALL THE TIME. That's just how it is.

Here's the question I ask everyone: If a rival company offered you double the salary to quit your current job and do the same thing for them, what would you do? Where's the loyalty?

Mismanaging your money is no excuse. Somebody who earns 11 million dollars a year does not NEED more money. Anybody with any kind of self control can live off of that for the rest of their lives. Luxuriously.

And football is not the same as a common job. When there's millions of fans involved and you're the face of your team, not to mention going from a title-contending team to a mid-table (generously speaking) team.

 

[adedawson]

apparently your after jt now too lol 40m is it?

 

[rony31]

Shifty: Gotta agree with Sevillista here. When you're making that much money in the first place, and you're as humble as Kaka is, I really don't think you need the extra 5M a year. Just read an article saying Kaka's close to agreeing to join City, but he's not happy about it. I'd rather he not come at all than to come and feel like he was forced to join.

 

[thelordspawn]

he will be in the summer

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Kaka' is not one of those who just go after money. He said that he was virgin untill he got married (24 if i'm not wrong - a superstar, a millionaire - imagine that).

Wow, what a moron. No wonder he's not happy about making millions more dollars.

Football is not different, it's still a job and millionaires go broke all the time. Sure Kaka can live comfortably on $11 million per year, I'm sure he can and does. Where is he going to be when he's 70 years old? If you retire with $40 million in the bank you're going to think you can do whatever you want, but I'm telling you, with inflation and a comfortable lifestyle you can easily blow through that. And to be totally honest, a million dollars is not that much money anymore anyway.

 

[Zakov]

Wow, what a moron. No wonder he's not happy about making millions more dollars.

Football is not different, it's still a job and millionaires go broke all the time. Sure Kaka can live comfortably on $11 million per year, I'm sure he can and does. Where is he going to be when he's 70 years old? If you retire with $40 million in the bank you're going to think you can do whatever you want, but I'm telling you, with inflation and a comfortable lifestyle you can easily blow through that. And to be totally honest, a million dollars is not that much money anymore anyway.

We live in different worlds.

 

[AsmodaiPlay]

We live in different worlds.

I'm guessing he means in real terms. Having £1 million 20 years ago would be a lot more than £1 million now. Even so I wouldn't turn down £1 million now.

Sevillista- some valid points there. Players these days don't have the sense to save money. They either have too much and feel a need to waste it on stuff or they just don't think about when they retire. Even so if they can get more money they might as well, looking at it from their point of view.

The bid for JT would be an interesting one. He's been at Chelsea all his career so I'd be suprised if he goes, although money talks.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Football players in Europe don't make anything compared to American Football, Baseball, and NBA players even though millions more people watch their games. In that sense Kaka is just trying to get paid what he's worth. And as any economist will tell you, Kaka is worth what someone will pay for him.

 

[rony31]

Your mom's worth what someone will pay for her.

Sorry, I felt the need to dumben this conversation down a bit. So away from the Kaka **** for a second, we're up to 11th after holding on to beat Wigan 1-0 (yes that's right, we've won a game by less than a 3 goal margin for once). Captain Dip**** Dunne manages to get sent off for a boneheaded play a minute after we go up 1-0, showing his utter incompetence as captain. I think he's gone after this season, either sold or benched (God willing).