pete 371 Posted March 23, 2014 Left beauty queen wife and 4 year old son in Turkey to save City from the drop. Your''e doing a sterling job hope you get your World Cup place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thirsty Lizard 3,215 Posted March 23, 2014 Played very well again yesterday. Thought he was very weak at Southampton (but he wasn''t the only one). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWC 315 Posted March 23, 2014 The lure of the pound sterling persuades man to forgo his family responsibilities shocker...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJP 79 Posted March 23, 2014 Made a sacrifice just playing alongside Bassong. He''s so, so bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Move Klose 303 Posted March 23, 2014 He wont be on any more money here than he was in Turkey. We will either be paying what hes on at Fenerbahce or a percentage of it, not any more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Budapest Canary 154 Posted March 23, 2014 Do we have any chance/options of buying him? Should we? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
? 20 Posted March 23, 2014 I was apoplectic when we signed him. Old, washed up, has been. It stank of desperation...Happy to admit i was completely and utterly wrong - he''s been a class act since he arrived.Sign him up McNally! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
splutcho 196 Posted March 23, 2014 What on earth are you on about GJP? Bassong is our best defender, and was excellent yesterday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJP 79 Posted March 23, 2014 [quote user="splutcho"]What on earth are you on about GJP? Bassong is our best defender, and was excellent yesterday.[/quote]I''m just mucking around. Some of the Bassong criticism in recent weeks has been utterly ridiculous. He''s made some mistakes but his general levels of performance have often been much better than he has been given credit for. He should never, never have been dropped for the Southampton game (it was a knee jerk reaction from the manager) and I was pleased he was restored to the first team yesterday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
splutcho 196 Posted March 23, 2014 Thank god for that, I was sure you were one of the sane ones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZLF 335 Posted March 23, 2014 Been a great signing but too old to sign permanently imo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kick it off 2,062 Posted March 23, 2014 [quote user="NWC"]The lure of the pound sterling persuades man to forgo his family responsibilities shocker......[/quote]Such a stupid statement.Firstly, he will be on the same money as he was at Fenerbahce. That is standard loan agreement. His contract is with Fenerbahce who sign an agreement with us that we can borrow his registration for a set period of time, and we will pay them a fee. If we are paying a portion of his wages, as I would imagine we are, then we pay it to Fenerbahce, who pay Yobo''s wages, not to Yobo himself.Secondly, even if we had hypothetically been able to offer him more money, then it would have had to be a massive pay rise seeing as the Turkish League have a special tax rate, so footballers playing in the Turkish top flight only pay 15% income tax. Yobo is on £1.5mill per year at Fener - roughly 30k per week. Making his take home pay roughly 25k per week. Now Im no mathmetician, but for him to earn that here, we''d have had to offer him approx 40k per week just to match his take home pay. Do you really see us paying over 40k a week (in addition to any loan fee we have paid) for him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
djc 0 Posted March 24, 2014 Well worth a punt for next season. Shows signs of class. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simmo_2 6 Posted March 24, 2014 [quote user="GJP"]Made a sacrifice just playing alongside Bassong. He''s so, so bad.[/quote]Didnt you go to the match on Saturday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Block Y Seat 176 80 Posted March 24, 2014 TLR dropping like a stone, mad monk in charge of the country, wise moving to Norwich.H Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
djc 0 Posted March 25, 2014 people in the Jarrold stand at the weekend kept getting mixed up between Yobo and Bassong, cringe worthy really... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
