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Title: Wh a a a a a a t????
Post by: frankie on 05 Aug, 2021, 11:27:37 pm

I have just heard on the news that some club has just paid 100Million Pounds for a footballer transfer!  Am I alone in thinking that is an obscene amount? :headshake: :dunno:

Title: Re: Wh a a a a a a t????
Post by: Judi_bk on 06 Aug, 2021, 06:54:05 am

Absolutely  :angry:

Title: Re: Wh a a a a a a t????
Post by: Drax on 06 Aug, 2021, 04:17:33 pm

but Grealish is a great talent and City will probably benefit from his 6 year contract and the friendship he already has with Phil Foden.

Signing Grealish just before Messi decided to leave Barca might have thrown a spanner in the works as I'm sure Messi would have liked to played for City.

Title: Re: Wh a a a a a a t????
Post by: frankie on 07 Aug, 2021, 02:09:05 pm

Maybe, I do not follow football since the days of jimmy Greaves (I used to do his garden in Brentwood when I was at a loose end and helped a friend out).  I suspect other sportsmen get as much, if not more ie Lewis Hamilton but it was just the shock of hearing the amount that made me pause...

Title: Re: Wh a a a a a a t????
Post by: Drax on 07 Aug, 2021, 04:25:43 pm

Now we've got representatives for Messi negotiating with PSG. As a "free agent" without a transfer fee his wages are likely to be phenomenal.

Title: Re: Wh a a a a a a t????
Post by: Judi_bk on 07 Aug, 2021, 07:54:34 pm

I think most of these top sports people are a business rather than an individual.  They have trainers, managers, PR handlers etc

Title: Re: Wh a a a a a a t????
Post by: Drax on 07 Aug, 2021, 08:25:27 pm

even individual chefs to control their diets  :clap:

Title: Re: Wh a a a a a a t????
Post by: jimmymac on 08 Aug, 2021, 06:14:41 pm

Yes Grealish is a great talent but has still has a lot to prove, including the £100 million fee paid for him By Man City. No player is worth that, including Messi who has been a fantastic player for Argentine and Barcelona but getting a bit old in football terms now.
I remember when the £1million transfer was broken and the public outcry over that, those were the days. It could have been Trevor Francis from Wolves to Nottingham Forest, I might be wrong, I often am these days. :laugh: :laugh:

Title: Re: Wh a a a a a a t????
Post by: frankie on 09 Aug, 2021, 01:52:19 pm

I ned an individual chef to control my diet but do not have 100Millin to spare.... :evil: