Whenever Pep has an issue with his playing resources, City go out and into the transfer market to resolve the situation with an open cheque book.
They had issues in midfield and center back positions and went out splashed £120m on two top seasoned professionals!
No other team can compete with that kind of financial muscle, other than Chelsea to a degree and United!
Clearly this is an advantage to Pep, over all the other managers!
Contrast that to the situation at Spurs. We know we have massive problem with CB with Vertonghen and Toby getting older and one of them leaving, and yet the best we could do is get a young player with the provisio to get him trained up!
Not on an even keel.
Cold reality of how Pep fixes his issues?
posted on 14/2/21
Never won the Premier League, last won a trophy in 2008 and spent more than Arsenal but here you are moaning about Pep
posted on 14/2/21
comment by Sky-blue (U22529)
posted 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
Never won the Premier League, last won a trophy in 2008 and spent more than Arsenal but here you are moaning about Pep
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Spent more than Arsenal. What? In terms of wages and fees the gooners have spent hundreds of millions more than Spurs. Thats basic knowledge.
posted on 15/2/21
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 23 hours, 1 minute ago
So we're back on net spend, not wages then.
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Wages are a bit of a red herring at times, because paying someone something reflects the ability of the club to pay as it does teh quality of the player.
United could offer Kane double the money Spurs are paying him. Doesnt make him any better a player than he is at Spurs.
CIty seem to offer very competitive wages without going OTT like the likes of United have in the past with some individuals - Sanchez at £350k a week springs to mind BUT because so many of City's squad are top drawer players they will have a higher wage bill overall.
posted on 15/2/21
City's wage structure is heavily linked to bonuses.
posted on 16/2/21
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 21 hours, 55 minutes ago
City's wage structure is heavily linked to bonuses.
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Which is probably why the reported headline rate of £136m player wages and total wage figure of £315m is so far apart. There is probably 10s of millions in bonuses paid out over and above the £136m basic.
posted on 16/2/21
Every club has to report it's annual player wage bill to the PL and UEFA for FFP purposes, that figure will include any bonuses.
Any figures used for HMRC etc will be for the whole club, from directors down to part time cleaning staff which is where the £315m comes from
posted on 17/2/21
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 1 day, 3 hours ago
Every club has to report it's annual player wage bill to the PL and UEFA for FFP purposes, that figure will include any bonuses.
Any figures used for HMRC etc will be for the whole club, from directors down to part time cleaning staff which is where the £315m comes from
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guesswork!
posted on 17/2/21
I prefer to call it a hypothesis as City are a private company and are not obliged to make the details known to anyone unless it's a legal requirement.
posted on 18/2/21
Pep is a fraud who has an unlimited budget
posted on 18/2/21
Culer is a fraud with a very limited budget.