Money money money, must be funny

[cambridgeshire canary 7,797]

In an oil baron world 💰

 

[Satriales 993]

£40 million for signing on fee and agent fees is utterly ridiculous.

[dylanisabaddog 6,133]

I'll take a wild guess that the agent lives in Monaco or trades as a BVI company.

Such is the cesspool that is the Premier League. With any luck this will help bring the European Super League a bit closer. The owners of Manchester City won't fancy the idea of their superstar centre forward getting a good kicking at the likes of Sheffield United. They'll want the mega bucks that the ESL will bring. 

Then we'll get our game back. On the negative side, some of the very ordinary players we've seen this season can kiss goodbye to ever earning such ridiculous amounts again😂

Edited May 10, 2022 by dylanisabaddog

[The Raptor 1,573]

4 minutes ago, dylanisabaddog said:

I'll take a wild guess that the agent lives in Monaco or trades as a BVI company.

 

'Raiola resided in the principality of Monaco with his family' Yep! 

[dylanisabaddog 6,133]

15 minutes ago, The Raptor said:

'Raiola resided in the principality of Monaco with his family' Yep! 

The very top ones always do. I wonder how much of the "agent's fee" actually goes to the agent. 

[cambridgeshire canary 7,797]

22 minutes ago, The Raptor said:

'Raiola resided in the principality of Monaco with his family' Yep! 

Would you not want to live there if you had the chance? It's a beautiful place and I'm sure it has nothing to do with it being the money laundering and tax havan capital of the world or anything😉

Edited May 10, 2022 by cambridgeshire canary

[cambridgeshire canary 7,797]

 

[WD40 726]

Mini Raiola recently passed away as it goes. Im sure another super agent will step into the breach but can’t help but feel football would be in a better place without these types exercising player power to the extreme. 
 

If it is £100m that doesn’t seem massive for a player so accomplished at that age, given Lukaku was what £95m for Chelsea last summer and a big old belly flop. 

Edited May 10, 2022 by WD40

[Taiwan Canary 154]

Hmmm....

Edited May 10, 2022 by Taiwan Canary

[Capt. Pants 5,008]

Another great player we won't be seeing in the Championship next season.

[Google Bot 3,929]

Imagine agreeing to £400.000/Week and realising that the dot is a decimal point, not thousands divider. 🙂

[cambridgeshire canary 7,797]

14 minutes ago, Capt. Pants said:

Another great player we won't be seeing in the Championship next season.

Thank god, don't want to witness him scoring 9 goals against us

[Mengo 852]

13 minutes ago, Capt. Pants said:

Another great player we won't be seeing in the Championship next season.

His dad big Alfie Haaland will be very proud of him.

 

[stratton canary 163]

27 minutes ago, Capt. Pants said:

Another great player we won't be seeing in the Championship next season.

Hopefully not in the cup either 👍

[Midlands Yellow 4,682]

52 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

Would you not want to live there if you had the chance? It's a beautiful place and I'm sure it has nothing to do with it being the money laundering and tax havan capital of the world or anything😉

Prefer Cromer. 

[dylanisabaddog 6,133]

59 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

Would you not want to live there if you had the chance? It's a beautiful place and I'm sure it has nothing to do with it being the money laundering and tax havan capital of the world or anything😉

Hate to tell you this but the UK is the world leader when it comes to money laundering. 

One in three bank accounts in tax havens worldwide are owned or controlled by a UK Company or individual. 

Try reading 

Treasure Islands - the men who stole the world. 

[cambridgeshire canary 7,797]

12 minutes ago, Midlands Yellow said:

Prefer Cromer. 

Not Great Yarmouth? 😉

[Midlands Yellow 4,682]

5 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

Not Great Yarmouth? 😉

No way, you can catch better crabs in Cromer. 

[cambridgeshire canary 7,797]

6 minutes ago, Midlands Yellow said:

No way, you can catch better crabs in Cromer. 

And the women you can get them off are cheaper too!

[wcorkcanary 4,784]

30 minutes ago, dylanisabaddog said:

Hate to tell you this but the UK is the world leader when it comes to money laundering. 

One in three bank accounts in tax havens worldwide are owned or controlled by a UK Company or individual. 

Try reading 

Treasure Islands - the men who stole the world. 

Beat me to it. Though i was going to say London.  Monaco is a tax haven.

[cambridgeshire canary 7,797]

2 minutes ago, wcorkcanary said:

Beat me to it. Though i was going to say London.  Monaco is a tax haven.

But I thought London was the stabbing capital?🤔

[wcorkcanary 4,784]

Just now, cambridgeshire canary said:

But I thought London was the stabbing capital?🤔

That's Limerick Cambridgeo,has been known as Stab City for 30 odd years.  Small city  but lots and lots of knife crime. London has dodgy parts, thats all. 

[cambridgeshire canary 7,797]

3 minutes ago, wcorkcanary said:

That's Limerick Cambridgeo,has been known as Stab City for 30 odd years.  Small city  but lots and lots of knife crime. London has dodgy parts, thats all. 

Cheers, I'm getting a good education today

[wcorkcanary 4,784]

Just now, cambridgeshire canary said:

Cheers, I'm getting a good education today

Every day is a school day, and anyone who thinks theyve seen / heard/ know it all is as big a fool as those who one day decry a media platform and the next use it as a source as it backs their bias.

[GodlyOtsemobor 2,830]

1 hour ago, Capt. Pants said:

Another great player we won't be seeing in the Championship next season.

Thank God. Double hat-trick would have been on the cards I fear. 

[Move Klose 303]

"We need new investment, new owners, more money"

 

"Man City are ruining football"

 

I'd hate our team to be signing world class players and winning Premier league titles and getting to cup finals, must be awfull

 

 

[cambridgeshire canary 7,797]

1 minute ago, Move Klose said:

"We need new investment, new owners, more money"

 

"Man City are ruining football"

 

I'd hate our team to be signing world class players and winning Premier league titles and getting to cup finals, must be awfull

 

 

Think it's more to do with them beig ran by oil barons who have blood on their hands, same as Newcastle. Had they earned their succses via a slow build up they would get a lot more respect.

[paddycanary 579]

4 hours ago, dylanisabaddog said:

Hate to tell you this but the UK is the world leader when it comes to money laundering. 

One in three bank accounts in tax havens worldwide are owned or controlled by a UK Company or individual. 

Try reading 

Treasure Islands - the men who stole the world. 

Our hands are fairly dirty here in Ireland too (along with the Dutch) with institutionalised & state-sponsored tax avoidance, particularly in relation to the American 'tech' industry, many of whom have European bases here and funnel virtually all their European profits through here and the Netherlands back across the Atlantic (e.g. Intel, Google, Microsoft, Digital, Yahoo, Facebook, plenty of pharmaceutical companies...) 

[dylanisabaddog 6,133]

22 minutes ago, paddycanary said:

Our hands are fairly dirty here in Ireland too (along with the Dutch) with institutionalised & state-sponsored tax avoidance, particularly in relation to the American 'tech' industry, many of whom have European bases here and funnel virtually all their European profits through here and the Netherlands back across the Atlantic (e.g. Intel, Google, Microsoft, Digital, Yahoo, Facebook, plenty of pharmaceutical companies...) 

Google phoned and offered to promote a website for me. They wanted £500. I asked if it was Google UK and she said it was but I would be billed by Google in Ireland. Absolutely blatant, but perhaps she didn't realise what she was being asked to do. 

[hogesar 10,762]

4 hours ago, wcorkcanary said:

Every day is a school day, and anyone who thinks theyve seen / heard/ know it all is as big a fool as those who one day decry a media platform and the next use it as a source as it backs their bias.

Naughty, but its why I like you 😀