Fairbairn Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I see a Chinese club has offered £38M for Payet of West Ham (and offering him something like £130K a week after tax). This is on the back of Jiangsu Suning paying £38M for Teixeria and £25M for Ramires and Guangzhou forking out £31M for Jackson Martinez plus a few other double digit million pound fees (Gervinho, Gyan, Ba, Paulinho). Their league has obviously been on the go for a wee while but the spending seems to have just exploded in the last couple of weeks. Is it sustainable? How long till wee see the Super League live on Sky Sports?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FANDABBYDOZZY Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 You forgot about the hearts legend Sow for 1.5million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giblet Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 You forgot about the hearts legend Sow for 1.5million and the Beckenbaueresque Ryan McGowan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoodster Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I am going to go out on a limb here and say that when the Chinese economy goes pop, which seems relatively imminent, a lot of these transfer fees and wages will never be paid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanJon Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I see a Chinese club has offered £38M for Payet of West Ham (and offering him something like £130K a week after tax). This is on the back of Jiangsu Suning paying £38M for Teixeria and £25M for Ramires and Guangzhou forking out £31M for Jackson Martinez plus a few other double digit million pound fees (Gervinho, Gyan, Ba, Paulinho). Their league has obviously been on the go for a wee while but the spending seems to have just exploded in the last couple of weeks. Is it sustainable? How long till wee see the Super League live on Sky Sports?! Apart from Ramires & Gervinho I don't know who the other players are.If Gervinho is the former Arsenal boy then they fecked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 Apart from Ramires & Gervinho I don't know who the other players are.If Gervinho is the former Arsenal boy then they fecked. Aye it's him. Apparently he's being paid something like £150K a week. Gyan played for (I think) Sunderland and is rumoured to be on £250K a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishcumnock Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Mahrez is on £9 grand at Leicester. A week that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cove_Sheep Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I see a Chinese club has offered £38M for Payet of West Ham (and offering him something like £130K a week after tax). I saw Sky going on about that. I'd literally never heard of this player prior to this story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus_Young Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Mahrez is on £9 grand at Leicester. A week that is. Only slightly more than we were giving Ian Black. Mind boggling!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishcumnock Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 New contract being offered ,likely £50 grand wk ,to keep him happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Only slightly more than we were giving Ian Black. Mind boggling!!! Big Jig wouldn't have got out his bed in the morning for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymac Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Apart from Ramires & Gervinho I don't know who the other players are.If Gervinho is the former Arsenal boy then they fecked. I saw Sky going on about that. I'd literally never heard of this player prior to this story. Heathens! Quality, exciting player. Not £38M worth of quality though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 You wonder if you're going to attract a certain type of player/person? Obviously for top Asian and Australian (which I suppose in football terms is Asia) players it's a great move. Does it look a bit more mercenary if European, South American or African players go there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 You wonder if you're going to attract a certain type of player/person? Obviously for top Asian and Australian (which I suppose in football terms is Asia) players it's a great move. Does it look a bit more mercenary if European, South American or African players go there? Yep. It's like all the Brazillians that flooded the Russian league a few years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I saw Sky going on about that. I'd literally never heard of this player prior to this story. He's rather good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanJon Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Aye it's him. Apparently he's being paid something like £150K a week. Gyan played for (I think) Sunderland and is rumoured to be on £250K a week. -IN-ELL x 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Asamoah Gyan is a wonderful player. One of my favourite of the past decade. It's a shame that he's played much of his career in less competitive leagues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Its funny seeing/reading people complain that players are only going to China for the money, I can definitely see their point though, I bet loads of kids grew up on the streets of Dakar, Adelaide, Rio etc dreaming of playing for Sunderland and Swansea. Its what dreams are made of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Its funny seeing/reading people complain that players are only going to China for the money, I can definitely see their point though, I bet loads of kids grew up on the streets of Dakar, Adelaide, Rio etc dreaming of playing for Sunderland and Swansea. Its what dreams are made of. Fair point. I still remember when Namibian superstar* Eliphas Shivute signed for Motherwell, he claimed to have grown up watching Alex Mcleish. An image was painted of Eliphas and his family huddled round a black and white portable in a mud hut in Namibia watching Aberdeen games. *it was also claimed he was the 2nd most famous sportsman in Namibia after Frankie Frediricks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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