Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien
Or Chelsea. City don't need any more high wages otherwise the UEFA fair play rules will certainly be unachievable. Chelsea have an aging squad and the money to do the deal.
Alternatively there is speculation of a money + player deal with Madrid. They get Rooney, United get Benzema plus some cash (I imagine around £10 million).
|
Or Rooney has to accept that any notion his agent or the press may have about earning £300K per week is pure fantasy. Man City's revenue last season just about broke the £100M mark and their wage bill for this season seems to have outstripped that already. No champions league football yet either.
I'd like to see how these fair play rules are going to pan out. On paper it seems like a good idea but I really can't see how they can be enforced to the letter of the law without a massive amount of upheaval. No club can take a top 4 finish for granted so a loss of champions league revenue will have to be factored into any shrewd manager's books, no club can afford to sail too close to the wind in this respect. Been said many times though: someone will surely find a creative way around the rules, but I hope not.