Tywin et al. Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 29 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: 60 million for Cucurella? That is the most money for a nobody I've ever heard. Absolutely mental. I still find the economics of the sport in Europe to be baffling. The revenue of each league is smaller than the big three here in the US yet teams’ payrolls often far exceed what’s paid out here. For example, the highest payroll in Europe is Barcelona at almost half a billion dollars while here in the US it’s the LA Dodgers at just over a quarter billion and baseball is the only uncapped sport. The NFL is by far the biggest revenue generator of any league and their payrolls are capped at $208m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Like I said a couple of months ago, chelsea are weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 So back. Should I try to provide translation of the kicker article concerning Hannover 96, the 50+1 club ownership shizzle, or is there no interest in that issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 49 minutes ago, Tywin et al. said: I still find the economics of the sport in Europe to be baffling. The revenue of each league is smaller than the big three here in the US yet teams’ payrolls often far exceed what’s paid out here. For example, the highest payroll in Europe is Barcelona at almost half a billion dollars while here in the US it’s the LA Dodgers at just over a quarter billion and baseball is the only uncapped sport. The NFL is by far the biggest revenue generator of any league and their payrolls are capped at $208m. If that number is correct for Barcelona, I'd say it's a total of all remaining wages that need to be paid under current contracts which cover several more years, some even longer. If it's per season, then it's obvious that Barcelona will be run into the ground very soon. Also, I'm not sure it's true that numbers in Europe are insane compared to Northern American professional leagues. I mean, pretty much every single NBA team has at least one player on 30+ million per year, while quite a few have at least one player at 40-50 million per year. There's only a handful of players in European football (in any other sport athletes make significantly less) that make anywhere near that, and those are currently being exposed as not worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Sunland Lord Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Wijnaldum goes from PSG to Roma on a loan with an option to buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 1 hour ago, BigFatCoward said: 60 million for Cucurella? That is the most money for a nobody I've ever heard. Absolutely mental. 1 hour ago, ljkeane said: I have heard of him but I didn’t watch enough of Brighton last year to have a firm opinion on how good he is. Still, bit of a strange signing for Chelsea considering they’ve already got a £50 million left back in Chilwell and City, who probably do need a left back, thought £50 million was too steep for Cucurella. Seems like a big fee for the player and for a position where Chilwell is expected to return. But I think there was some speculation that Cucurella could play LCB in a back three instead of LWB — although, Koulibaly has previously mostly played as a LCB. If Chelsea overpaying for a player they may not need takes him out of City’s grasp, then I’ll consider that a net gain for football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 City will presumably sign Borna Sosa, then. Good player in his own right. Lacks CL and EPL experience, but should work out fine for them, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 (edited) Cucarella is good, but £60m good? Time will tell. Though I seriously doubt he is worth two Zinchenkos. Edited August 5, 2022 by Spockydog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 (edited) Chelsea overpaid but Cucurella is a good player who is also versatile and can operate as a LB in a back 4 or a LWB/LCB in a back 5. They will bring in some money and get wages off the books by offloading Emerson and Alonso. Colwill heading to Brighton on loan rather than a permanent deal is good for Chelsea too – he's highly rated at Cobham and can get some PL experience under his belt at a solid team with a good manager. Edited August 5, 2022 by Consigliere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Tywin et al. said: I still find the economics of the sport in Europe to be baffling. The revenue of each league is smaller than the big three here in the US yet teams’ payrolls often far exceed what’s paid out here. For example, the highest payroll in Europe is Barcelona at almost half a billion dollars while here in the US it’s the LA Dodgers at just over a quarter billion and baseball is the only uncapped sport. The NFL is by far the biggest revenue generator of any league and their payrolls are capped at $208m. Difference is competition: if you're an American football player, you'll either play in the NFL or nowhere. If you're a football one, you can play anywhere in the world, with many clubs bankrolled by petro-states or oligarchs, and competing with each other for the biggest stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 So, are Arsenal going to play in pink trousers tonight then or what? Spockydog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sunland Lord Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Bayern already 2 up against Eintracht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Almost 2-1, crossbar stops Frankfurt from scoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Sabitzer suddenly starts to look like the player he was at Leipzig, and willing and able to prove he can play at Bayern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Ben White at RB - what happened to Tomiyasu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Heh, should have been three. Interesting effort on the rebound from Muller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Just now, Soylent Brown said: Ben White at RB - what happened to Tomiyasu? been playing RB all of preseason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Müller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Ok, after that Müller fail, Mane has now made it 3-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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