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Leaving aside all the moral arguments, it is very funny to watch fans of the big Premier League sides have absolute meltdowns about the money the Saudis are spending.
It was alright when their clubs were the richest, spending multi millions, buying the best players and generally bullying the competition.
But when another country puts their considerable wealth on the table and starts eating your club’s lunch, it’s unfair.10 -
Mbappe has reportedly rejected the move to Al Hilal1
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Why offer £259m for a player with one year left on his deal? What other club was even going to offer 159m when they know PSG are desperate to get rid of him?
If they'd offered 150m would PSG have accepted it? Of course they would. Saudi are literally throwing 100m+ away because they can.
Great PR for the league as it's got the whole world talking about them. I've even seen tweets from NBA superstars who are historically amongst the best paid sportsmen in the world, all blown away by the reported sums involved.1 -
A genuine question.
as a group of football fans how many on here will be signing up to watch this league ?0 -
Yea I'm loving this part and hoping they start taking the fans favourites from the big clubs. Rashford, Fernandes, Salah, Van Dijk etc.Callumcafc said:Leaving aside all the moral arguments, it is very funny to watch fans of the big Premier League sides have absolute meltdowns about the money the Saudis are spending.
It was alright when their clubs were the richest, spending multi millions, buying the best players and generally bullying the competition.
But when another country puts their considerable wealth on the table and starts eating your club’s lunch, it’s unfair.0 -
I’m going to guess 0, as someone else mentioned, we’re not really the target audience.AndyG said:A genuine question.
as a group of football fans how many on here will be signing up to watch this league ?2 -
If you’re aiming that at me, then I can tell you now that I wasn’t confused about it at all.SELR_addicks said:
And all the people were confused about why Qatar wanted the World Cup. Here you go.cafctom said:I don’t even think it’s about having him in the league, playing matches.
It’s all about making everyone look at them by making a statement. And if that’s the objective then it will work.Saudi also know that if they can attract a young and ‘current’ superstar in their prime like Mbappe then the floodgates will likely open as other players will follow suit.0 -
Yet.AllHailTheHen said:Football at the top level was already screwed. I think the Saudi's might actually break it completely.
I almost feel glad to support a club at a level that isn't caught up in this bullshit0 -
It'll raise interest in the league but i'm not convinced it will persuade many other young players to go there because everyone knows it'd only be a temporary move for 1 year.cafctom said:
If you’re aiming that at me, then I can tell you now that I wasn’t confused about it at all.SELR_addicks said:
And all the people were confused about why Qatar wanted the World Cup. Here you go.cafctom said:I don’t even think it’s about having him in the league, playing matches.
It’s all about making everyone look at them by making a statement. And if that’s the objective then it will work.Saudi also know that if they can attract a young and ‘current’ superstar in their prime like Mbappe then the floodgates will likely open as other players will follow suit.
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Quadrupling of wages can soon remedy that concern though. And if they know 2-3 other players out there who have had a good time doing it, then that would also help.Chris_from_Sidcup said:
It'll raise interest in the league but i'm not convinced it will persuade many other young players to go there because everyone knows it'd only be a temporary move for 1 year.cafctom said:
If you’re aiming that at me, then I can tell you now that I wasn’t confused about it at all.SELR_addicks said:
And all the people were confused about why Qatar wanted the World Cup. Here you go.cafctom said:I don’t even think it’s about having him in the league, playing matches.
It’s all about making everyone look at them by making a statement. And if that’s the objective then it will work.Saudi also know that if they can attract a young and ‘current’ superstar in their prime like Mbappe then the floodgates will likely open as other players will follow suit.0 - Sponsored links:
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good luck to them all I say - go out and earn what you can, whilst you can.1
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Reckon we could offload Kirk, Aneke and DJ to a side?
Who has the TV rights to Saudi league, can't see Sky wanting the rights and give exposure to it0 -
Sky were showing games last season, but that was the Ronaldo factorBigRedEvil said:Reckon we could offload Kirk, Aneke and DJ to a side?
Who has the TV rights to Saudi league, can't see Sky wanting the rights and give exposure to it
Apparently there isnt a new deal in place0 -
No-one yet, but I'm sure they're trying to get it thrashed outBigRedEvil said:Reckon we could offload Kirk, Aneke and DJ to a side?
Who has the TV rights to Saudi league, can't see Sky wanting the rights and give exposure to it0 -
Money flows down, so if top leagues are getting hundreds of millions pumped in then it's not inconceivable that fees and wages are inflated even in league one0
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"Saudi side AI-Madeup have made a £20m offer for Charlton Athletic star Charlie Kirk, and offered him £500k a week wages. A representative for Kirk has indicated that Kirk would be interested in making the switch."BigRedEvil said:Reckon we could offload Kirk, Aneke and DJ to a side?
Who has the TV rights to Saudi league, can't see Sky wanting the rights and give exposure to it
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Yes @JohnBoyUK then they can fund your deal for MbappeJohnBoyUK said:Any chance they can offer Spurs £200m for Kane? asking for a friend lol.
Where the 'its happening' gif? 😂
Dont even think we could stump up the £8m, let alone the other £250m1 -
Can't see that myself, it's a handful of players moving, rather than every team getting 200m to spend. What would help though, is the Saudi league gaining momentum and sky shifting money across and every Premier league team takes a huge hit and has less to spend.jacob_CAFC said:Money flows down, so if top leagues are getting hundreds of millions pumped in then it's not inconceivable that fees and wages are inflated even in league one0 -
this being what the bigoted tyrants in Riyadh seek to achieveCallumcafc said:Leaving aside all the moral arguments, it is very funny to watch fans of the big Premier League sides have absolute meltdowns about the money the Saudis are spending.
It was alright when their clubs were the richest, spending multi millions, buying the best players and generally bullying the competition.
But when another country puts their considerable wealth on the table and starts eating your club’s lunch, it’s unfair.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Taking bundles of cash off the evil doers just speeds them along in their wicked pursuits
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Exactly. PIF now own 4 clubs so it's them signing the majority of players. However unless they've changed the rules, Saudi clubs are only allowed 8 foreigners. So that is a maximum of 32 players going to those clubs. Also a lot of these big name players are signing huge deals for 2/3/4 years so what happens next summer? These clubs will have hardly any spots available for new signings.shine166 said:
Can't see that myself, it's a handful of players moving, rather than every team getting 200m to spend. What would help though, is the Saudi league gaining momentum and sky shifting money across and every Premier league team takes a huge hit and has less to spend.jacob_CAFC said:Money flows down, so if top leagues are getting hundreds of millions pumped in then it's not inconceivable that fees and wages are inflated even in league one
1-2 other clubs are signing some players (Al Ettifaq are one) but not many of the other team. It's predominantly the same 'big 4' doing all the signings.
So i don't think world football has to worry too much about 30-40 players going to Saudi. Although of course i know Saudi could change the number of foreigners allowed.0 -
Huh? We can talk about different aspects of a situation without forgetting about others, especially the biggest.Billy_Mix said:
this being what the bigoted tyrants in Riyadh seek to achieveCallumcafc said:Leaving aside all the moral arguments, it is very funny to watch fans of the big Premier League sides have absolute meltdowns about the money the Saudis are spending.
It was alright when their clubs were the richest, spending multi millions, buying the best players and generally bullying the competition.
But when another country puts their considerable wealth on the table and starts eating your club’s lunch, it’s unfair.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Taking bundles of cash off the evil doers just speeds them along in their wicked pursuits
Saudi Arabia is bad. Better?2 -
Quite enjoying the thought PSG panicking at that news.0
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Marco Verratti looks like the next player to go. Apparently accepted terms (shock) and Al Hilal just need to agree a transfer fee.1
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Would be brilliant if PSG make him train with the kids all season0
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I think it's an idle threat from PSG in a bid to force him to go. If he stays (as is likely) and they're paying him 1m+ a week i can't imagine they're going to keep him sat in the stands.
Laughably though he is apparently due a 60m 'loyalty' bonus from PSG on 1 August.0 -
I can’t see that Mbappe has done anything wrong. He’s willing to play out the remaining year of his deal and fulfil his contract. He hasn’t downed tools.PSG have the hump because they want a fee for him, but won’t get it if he doesn’t sign a new contract.1
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Given that he was close to joining Madrid before renewing his contract before, it really can't have come as much of a surprise to PSG that he wanted to move on. He's 25 in a few months and if he does the final year of his deal he'll have spent 7 seasons there.cafctom said:I can’t see that Mbappe has done anything wrong. He’s willing to play out the remaining year of his deal and fulfil his contract. He hasn’t downed tools.PSG have the hump because they want a fee for him, but won’t get it if he doesn’t sign a new contract.
It's their own fault for not getting him to renew last summer. If you let a player go into his final year then you're asking for trouble.6 -
I thought he did renew last year - didn't his last contract expire and everyone though was going Madrid but signed new two year contract0
