| Di Maria fee - ridiculous 17:22 - Aug 26 with 2558 views | coolranger |
News of Man United spending £59.7 million on Angel Di Maria further reinforces my view that football is getting into a dangerous inflationary spiral.
It is a ridiculous fee for such a player. He is a good player who shone in a Real side that invariably dominated the opposition most weeks. I remember watching one of Argentina's games when the stat was that Di Maria had given the ball away 37 times in the match.
This lad is not a superstar. Once again Man United have paid well over the odds. This is starting to look like a very expensive mess. |  | | |  |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 17:26 - Aug 26 with 1997 views | simmo |
He's actually a brilliant player, assisted more than any other player and that was from a deep lying midfield position. He also scored the winner in that Argentina game you're talking about.
I appreciate 59.7m is a ridiculous amount to spend on a football player, but he is a really good player and will give United a lot of what they are missing. |  |
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| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 17:26 - Aug 26 with 1997 views | TacticalR |
I seem to recall that QPR_ARG was a Di Maria sceptic. |  |
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| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 17:41 - Aug 26 with 1934 views | Jamie |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 17:26 - Aug 26 by simmo |
He's actually a brilliant player, assisted more than any other player and that was from a deep lying midfield position. He also scored the winner in that Argentina game you're talking about.
I appreciate 59.7m is a ridiculous amount to spend on a football player, but he is a really good player and will give United a lot of what they are missing. |
What they desperately need is a couple of commanding centre backs, a midfield destroyer and a box to box midfielder. Di Maria is none of those. | | | |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 17:51 - Aug 26 with 1901 views | WeaverQPR |
Man Yoo are desperate, they can't afford to be left behind again so they will pay whatever. They are chasing europes biggest names and hoping Van Gaal can get them into the top four somehow. All rather amusing. |  |
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| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 17:52 - Aug 26 with 1900 views | ted_hendrix |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 17:41 - Aug 26 by Jamie |
What they desperately need is a couple of commanding centre backs, a midfield destroyer and a box to box midfielder. Di Maria is none of those. |
No, what they desperately need is to fail in all footballing matters and with a bit of huge luck end up getting relegated.
It would be extremely pleasing too if they never got another penalty awarded to them at OT even legitimate ones.
As for the actual fee its bloody well obscene but then again football and the unfair amounts of cash splashing about in the wrong direction is obscene.
Jumpers for goalpost my arse. [Post edited 26 Aug 2014 17:53]
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| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 18:00 - Aug 26 with 1875 views | simmo |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 17:41 - Aug 26 by Jamie |
What they desperately need is a couple of commanding centre backs, a midfield destroyer and a box to box midfielder. Di Maria is none of those. |
They need a player who can transition possession to attacking/chances as quickly as possible in the counter attacking style Van Gaal likes. Di Maria does this brilliantly.
They also need a CB, although I imagine Rojo will be playing left of the CB's and from what I have heard from United fans, Jones has been their best/most consistent performer so far. | |
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| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 18:04 - Aug 26 with 1863 views | Juzzie |
All That's wrong with football.
© QPR, apparently. |  | | |
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| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 18:06 - Aug 26 with 1853 views | Juzzie |
All PL clubs have seen a huge income in the last few years. That maroon line is propably proportionally the same for many clubs. | | | |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 18:08 - Aug 26 with 1841 views | Clive_Anderson |
Can't stand Man Utd, but the more teams that can compete financially with Chelsea the better. If it weren't for them and Man City then Chelsea would have 10 titles by now. | | | |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 18:12 - Aug 26 with 1833 views | Watford_Ranger |
Have to say I don't rate the bloke. I guess the stats suggest he is brilliant and stats tell a lot but from what I've seen he's not 'world-class'. | | | |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 18:15 - Aug 26 with 1829 views | ElHoop |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 17:41 - Aug 26 by Jamie |
What they desperately need is a couple of commanding centre backs, a midfield destroyer and a box to box midfielder. Di Maria is none of those. |
You are right, but even that probably isn't enough. They seem to have tossers everywhere you look now - on the pitch, on the bench, in the boardroom and on the shareholder certificates. |  | | |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 18:22 - Aug 26 with 1808 views | FredManRave |
He's undoubtedly a very good player but the fee is ridiculous. Twice as much as the same aged Costa, 3 times as much as the younger Balotelli. So for some reason (desperation?!) Utd have paid over the odds and it will be eye watering to see how much they spend in their attempt to catch up with the similarly eye watering amounts that City and Chelsea play. The fees and salaries paid out at the top end of the game are outrageous, 20million quid and a 100 grand a week gets you some midfielder bloke that you've never heard of before from an average club you've never heard of before.
In todays market I must be worth nearly 3grand with wages of 20 quid a week. |  |
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| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 18:39 - Aug 26 with 1767 views | kysersosaqpr |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 18:22 - Aug 26 by FredManRave |
He's undoubtedly a very good player but the fee is ridiculous. Twice as much as the same aged Costa, 3 times as much as the younger Balotelli. So for some reason (desperation?!) Utd have paid over the odds and it will be eye watering to see how much they spend in their attempt to catch up with the similarly eye watering amounts that City and Chelsea play. The fees and salaries paid out at the top end of the game are outrageous, 20million quid and a 100 grand a week gets you some midfielder bloke that you've never heard of before from an average club you've never heard of before.
In todays market I must be worth nearly 3grand with wages of 20 quid a week. |
How are people digging out qpr when these tw.ts are forking out obscene money for people to fill positions that are not desperately needed! | |
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| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 18:41 - Aug 26 with 1759 views | coolranger |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 18:22 - Aug 26 by FredManRave |
He's undoubtedly a very good player but the fee is ridiculous. Twice as much as the same aged Costa, 3 times as much as the younger Balotelli. So for some reason (desperation?!) Utd have paid over the odds and it will be eye watering to see how much they spend in their attempt to catch up with the similarly eye watering amounts that City and Chelsea play. The fees and salaries paid out at the top end of the game are outrageous, 20million quid and a 100 grand a week gets you some midfielder bloke that you've never heard of before from an average club you've never heard of before.
In todays market I must be worth nearly 3grand with wages of 20 quid a week. |
Well said.
Basically there is a small group of super-rich clubs at the top of the European game who are creating a transfer system that nobody else can play with, except to sell. Certainly not to buy players.
I am talking Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Paris St Germain. That is probably it - SEVEN clubs.
None of the Italian sides can play at this table. Only the top two in Spain, only Bayern in Germany and PSG in France, then our three. Note I would NOT include Liverpool or Arsenal in this group.
Where does it end? £50m for a utility squad player, £80m for a central defender, £70m for wing backs, £200m for top strikers.....? And then weekly wages in a few years edging towards £500K for top players and half that for the rest?
Bananas. | | | |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 18:44 - Aug 26 with 1746 views | kysersosaqpr |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 18:41 - Aug 26 by coolranger |
Well said.
Basically there is a small group of super-rich clubs at the top of the European game who are creating a transfer system that nobody else can play with, except to sell. Certainly not to buy players.
I am talking Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Paris St Germain. That is probably it - SEVEN clubs.
None of the Italian sides can play at this table. Only the top two in Spain, only Bayern in Germany and PSG in France, then our three. Note I would NOT include Liverpool or Arsenal in this group.
Where does it end? £50m for a utility squad player, £80m for a central defender, £70m for wing backs, £200m for top strikers.....? And then weekly wages in a few years edging towards £500K for top players and half that for the rest?
Bananas. |
Get FIFA and their wonderful president involved to sort this mess out!
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| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 18:51 - Aug 26 with 1725 views | DWQPR |
However good Di Maria might be no doubt he looks a lot better in a supremely talented Real Madrid side. Be interested whether he continues to look a £60million player with the likes of Ashley Young and Tom Cleverly in the midfield with him. I suspect not. | |
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| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 18:54 - Aug 26 with 1720 views | EalingRanger |
All fees are ridiculous nowadays. Di Maria is easily worth six of Jordan Rhodes to Man Utd. |  | | |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 19:04 - Aug 26 with 1698 views | SpiritofGregory |
£60m for a player who is not guaranteed a first team place at Real Madrid. Madrid are laughing all the way to the bank. |  | | |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 19:55 - Aug 26 with 1638 views | FredManRave |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 19:04 - Aug 26 by SpiritofGregory |
£60m for a player who is not guaranteed a first team place at Real Madrid. Madrid are laughing all the way to the bank. |
Not really when you think of the transfer fees that they paid for Gareth Bales and James Rodriguez to get them into that situation. | |
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| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 21:09 - Aug 26 with 1553 views | SpiritofGregory |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 19:55 - Aug 26 by FredManRave |
Not really when you think of the transfer fees that they paid for Gareth Bales and James Rodriguez to get them into that situation. |
Bale and Rodrigues are far better players and command 1st team places at Real Madrid. | | | |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 21:51 - Aug 26 with 1492 views | TacticalR |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 18:41 - Aug 26 by coolranger |
Well said.
Basically there is a small group of super-rich clubs at the top of the European game who are creating a transfer system that nobody else can play with, except to sell. Certainly not to buy players.
I am talking Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Paris St Germain. That is probably it - SEVEN clubs.
None of the Italian sides can play at this table. Only the top two in Spain, only Bayern in Germany and PSG in France, then our three. Note I would NOT include Liverpool or Arsenal in this group.
Where does it end? £50m for a utility squad player, £80m for a central defender, £70m for wing backs, £200m for top strikers.....? And then weekly wages in a few years edging towards £500K for top players and half that for the rest?
Bananas. |
FFP may actually encourage certain teams to be huge spenders. Take PSG, who are the only team in the capital city of France. They can therefore charge a fortune for tickets and sponsorship. | |
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| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 21:54 - Aug 26 with 1488 views | stowmarketrange |
It'll be like buying a rolls Royce and parking it in a council estate.4-0 to MK Dons. |  | | |
| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 22:27 - Aug 26 with 1431 views | bosh67 |
I don't think £59.7 million was enough.
According to transfermarkt our total market value is currently £78,98 Mill.
If we sell most of the players and perhaps a few stands etc then we could get Di Maria in ourselves and still have £19m of assets in the banks. Happy days. |  |
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| Di Maria fee - ridiculous on 23:03 - Aug 26 with 1373 views | paesanu |
Check him out on youtube - he's pricey but have to say he looks awesome. |  |
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