sne Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 5 minutes ago, villa4europe said: I think the reality of it with most normal people is they do it so they can shave 10+ years off their working life, you spend 5 years working there in your early 40s and retire in your mid 50s comes back to filthy rich footballer doing something that makes him even richer...but the money is ludicrous Yeah I get the thing with taking massive salaries so you can retire early, it's the dream scenario. Just no way I would go to some places to do it. Saudi is one of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 just why Jordan Henderson of all players… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 2 hours ago, villarule123 said: It's going to be a really interesting few years coming up. I think if someone like Mbappe makes the jump then that will be the green light for other top players in their prime to jump with him. Squeaky bum time for FIFA/UEFA. Will they drop FFP entirely to combat it? It's leaving a lot of clubs hamstrung as there's no way to fight the Saudis financially to keep their players. No if the Saudi League progresses then Uefa will just try to take a cut of it and probably merge with them like LIV and the PGA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sne Posted July 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2023 Just now, The Fun Factory said: No if the Saudi League progresses then Uefa will just try to take a cut of it and probably merge with them like LIV and the PGA. The interesting thing will be when Digne takes some of his money and starts his own league and blow the Saudis out of the water. 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 9 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: just why Jordan Henderson of all players… Just look who the manager is. Signs his mates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 32 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: Sky sports calling it a life changing amount of money, is it really life changing for someone very rich already to get richer? Sky need to spin it as to why the Liverpool captain (is he England captain too?) would move there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 6 hours ago, Stevo985 said: He'd have to be absolutely mental to turn down 700k a week at his stage of his career Bit of a hypocrite aren't ya? What about his huge support for LGBT rights. He has an award ya know for being such a ally to the LGBT community, rainbow laces an all that. Maybe it was all PR, if it truly ment anything to him, he woulda come out already and said, no thankyou, an slumed it in the Premier league, on his 50 million a year salary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 1 hour ago, foreveryoung said: Bit of a hypocrite aren't ya? What about his huge support for LGBT rights. He has an award ya know for being such a ally to the LGBT community, rainbow laces an all that. Maybe it was all PR, if it truly ment anything to him, he woulda come out already and said, no thankyou, an slumed it in the Premier league, on his 50 million a year salary. £36m for a years worth of football He plays there for 3 seasons and hes got to be close to earning more than his entire salary to date Let's not pretend that he's doing it for an extra 10-20% Or that him doing it means that he won't be vocal about LGBT support, he'll probably be a whole lot more careful about where when and what he says but it doesn't mean he automatically stops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 6 minutes ago, villa4europe said: £36m for a years worth of football He plays there for 3 seasons and hes got to be close to earning more than his entire salary to date Let's not pretend that he's doing it for an extra 10-20% Or that him doing it means that he won't be vocal about LGBT support, he'll probably be a whole lot more careful about where when and what he says but it doesn't mean he automatically stops Don't get me wrong I don't disrespect him doing it, just a kick in the boll*** (or fan***) for the LGBT crew he supported so much. He ain't gone yet anyway so we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 14, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 14, 2023 1 hour ago, foreveryoung said: Bit of a hypocrite aren't ya? How so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 7 hours ago, bannedfromHandV said: Sky sports calling it a life changing amount of money, is it really life changing for someone very rich already to get richer? Now he’ll go on holiday on a jet he owns rather than a jet he rented, life changing! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post 5-1 Posted July 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2023 I do appreciate they'll be earning x 4 their salaries or more but they're already stinking rich and as a gay person i have zero respect for anyone that goes over there. This feels a lot different than the Chinese attempt which is worrying. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 11 hours ago, sne said: Yeah I get the thing with taking massive salaries so you can retire early, it's the dream scenario. Just no way I would go to some places to do it. Saudi is one of them. Totally agree. No money in the world could make me want to sportswash for a regime as horrible as Saudi. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted July 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 15, 2023 About 6 month's ago I was approached about relocating to Saudi to work in one of the major Banks over there. Of course the money makes you stop and think for a second. However I'm already relatively comfortable financially and felt uncomfortable with the idea of raising my son over there. Way too many moral red flags and I didn't want to sell out. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Same was offered a job with NEOM for about 12k a month. Honestly one of the clinchers was realising I'd have to travel 400 odd miles for a pint 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 38 minutes ago, VillaJ100 said: Same was offered a job with NEOM for about 12k a month. Honestly one of the clinchers was realising I'd have to travel 400 odd miles for a pint Sooooo what’s this job you do? Asking for a friend 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 £40m for Fabinho, big amount for someone who hasn’t got the biggest following or media behind him. That’s why I thought Coutinho would be offered a transfer as his following is huge and would generate a lot of publicity. I see Garnacho from Utd has been photoed wearing a Saudi club top with Ronaldo in the back, just making it “cooler” for kids to want them as well. They’ll have a club in European competition within 5 yrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 4 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: £40m for Fabinho, big amount for someone who hasn’t got the biggest following or media behind him. That’s why I thought Coutinho would be offered a transfer as his following is huge and would generate a lot of publicity. £40m for him is insane. He's got the turning circle of an oil tanker. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted July 15, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 15, 2023 35 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: They’ll have a club in European competition within 5 yrs I'm still not sure this is the end game - I think there's a chance that a European competition will be hosted in Saudi within five years (so the whole of the Champions league for example) and I guess there's a chance we'll see a tournament that includes the Saudi teams and Man Utd and Real and Barca and co. I'm not sure "joining in" is how they think about things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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