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Alfie has probably made more money from this than from his entire footballing career. It's an interesting connundrum. you get an offer from one of the biggest clubs in the world, who offer to make you their first choice centre forward for the next decade and promise to build the team of the future around you, it's a manager who has signed you before, and worked with you before, was an international teammate of your father, and with a few lessons would probably be able to communicate with you in your native Leeds. With the passage of time, and renewal of contracts you would earn spiralling amounts of money, far in excess of what is considered a lot today, and you could get on with your career. Sounds good. (Man utd offered him a starting contract of 200k a week)
But what's in that for Mino? and as it turns out, What's in that for Daddy? Man utd put out a statement saying that they basically couldn't do the deal because it would have involved a relatively low sell on clause, and shares of the players value for the agent and the father. There are other players. There are always other players. Given that mino has his hooks into pogba, fosu mensah, and also Romero. there must be people at old trafford hoping that Mino eats one Pannetone too many this christmas.
Personally I don't particularly mind all that much. I seem to be one of a minority of man utd fans who thinks that Anthony Martial is quite good, and there's also mason greenwood bubbling along nicely. maybe people will be less eager to sign a new striker by the time the season ends.Last edited by The Awesome Berbaslug!!!; 29-12-2019, 15:45.
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- Mar 2008
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- Revelling In The Hole
- England, Chelsea and Tooting and Mitcham. And Surrey CCC. And Wimbledon Dons Speedway (RIP)
- Nairn's Cheese Oatcake
Chelsea have signed a 16-year-old Norwegian striker. I mean, I'm loving Lampard's youthquake but this is getting ridiculous.
Michael Hector's on his way to Fulham for £8m.
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Originally posted by The Awesome Berbaslug!!! View PostIt's 10 goals and 3 assists in slightly over 16 full games worth of minutes. Given that he was out injured for a big chunk of the season, and hasn't really had the most consistent or stable midfield behind him, that's not really that bad,.
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Originally posted by Sporting View Post
So do I. 10 goals in 19 games is nothing to scoff at.
I'm not too bothered by this. All the points Berbs made, plus I hated his Dad so much.
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Originally posted by Tony C View Post
Funny thing about Martial is that I quite like him but I have two close friends with OT season tickets (who I know independently of each other) that really don't. The often used reasons for this suggests he's lazy, doesn't work hard enough off the ball and visibly sulks when things don't go his way. Possibly having the ultra - committed Rashford alongside may not help in this respect.
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There are so many variables involved that it is virtually impossible to answer that.
That said, it is certainly easier to pull off if (like Scholes) you are not particularly interested in changing clubs.
And I while I appreciate my professional bias, a competent agency is almost certain to produce better outcomes than a Neymaresque entourage.
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Originally posted by Ek weet nie View PostAny research on whether he did better or worse financially as a result?Last edited by The Awesome Berbaslug!!!; 30-12-2019, 02:32.
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Hmmm, Beckham seems to have done OK for himself. GNev never seemed a happy-go-lucky sorta fellow, but he's a leading pundit now; Nicky Butt seems to be content with his backroom lot... The Class of '92 might not become motivational speakers for attaining personal bliss, but none of them are Gascoignesque cautionary takes either.
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Keane had Michael Kennedy negotiating on his behalf. Whilst not a super agent, he was certainly a competent agent for him.
Research was too formal a term but I would be curious as to how he fared compared to the other long serving members at Man Utd. Did the club take advantage? Was there information asymmetry or would he have known what he was worth from dressing room chats etc.?
Scholes becoming a pundit has been one of the more surprising things in the football world in the last decade.
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