Transfer rumours

[CTID Hants]

According to The Times we've got our fingers in Van Dyck - £180k a week for 5 years. Get your clogs on Virgil!

This very much underwhelms me.

I thought the days of mahoosive wages was becoming a thing of the past from us?

Kev, Leroy et Al aren't on those figures are they?

NB you've nowt to worry about IMO......

[littlebig]

According to The Times we've got our fingers in Van Dyck - £180k a week for 5 years. Get your clogs on Virgil!

This very much underwhelms me.

I thought the days of mahoosive wages was becoming a thing of the past from us?

Kev, Leroy et Al aren't on those figures are they?

NB you've nowt to worry about IMO......

Smells like bullshit alright.

[PrezIke]

Sam Lee says Mendy and Emerson have agreed to come it's mostly the details that's why the delay.

Emerson has the 3rd party issue as well.

So he says its possible the deals could fall apart, but fans seem to be more impatient than normal about how long it can take because the Silva signing was unusually early.

Also seems to question the reports that we were really interested in Fabinho other than just we were linked to him earlier in the year.

I think it could be Utd leaking our interest in him just to save some face.

[Saul Goodman]

According to The Times we've got our fingers in Van Dyck - £180k a week for 5 years. Get your clogs on Virgil!

This very much underwhelms me.

I quite like Van Dijk but those numbers are too high for him.
Southampton wont sell for less (if they sell at all). My guess is those wages are an attempt to get Van Dijk to help us by asking for a move

[phips]

CityWatch saying we've agreed a large fee with Atletico for Lucas Hernandez and he'll join either this summer or next depending on their transfer ban.

if true i like it a lot. i think he's gonna be a great player. he was on my short list of realistic players I wanted to see come to City.
again, if true, shame we couldn't get his brother too in a double deal. prob cheaper than Mendy and imo better. although supposedly he's off to Real.

[Wonderwall]

According to The Times we've got our fingers in Van Dyck - £180k a week for 5 years. Get your clogs on Virgil!

This very much underwhelms me.

I quite like Van Dijk but those numbers are too high for him.
Southampton wont sell for less (if they sell at all). My guess is those wages are an attempt to get Van Dijk to help us by asking for a move

Not for me either. I don't want VVD and think he is completely over rated.

[Mase]

CityWatch saying we've agreed a large fee with Atletico for Lucas Hernandez and he'll join either this summer or next depending on their transfer ban.

if true i like it a lot. i think he's gonna be a great player. he was on my short list of realistic players I wanted to see come to City.
again, if true, shame we couldn't get his brother too in a double deal. prob cheaper than Mendy and imo better. although supposedly he's off to Real.

What position?

[nottsblue]

CityWatch saying we've agreed a large fee with Atletico for Lucas Hernandez and he'll join either this summer or next depending on their transfer ban.

if true i like it a lot. i think he's gonna be a great player. he was on my short list of realistic players I wanted to see come to City.
again, if true, shame we couldn't get his brother too in a double deal. prob cheaper than Mendy and imo better. although supposedly he's off to Real.

What position?

Down as a centre half

[Foreverinbluedreams]

CityWatch saying we've agreed a large fee with Atletico for Lucas Hernandez and he'll join either this summer or next depending on their transfer ban.

if true i like it a lot. i think he's gonna be a great player. he was on my short list of realistic players I wanted to see come to City.
again, if true, shame we couldn't get his brother too in a double deal. prob cheaper than Mendy and imo better. although supposedly he's off to Real.

Apologies for the pedantry but Citywatch aren't saying that. They are reporting that Cadena Cope, a Spanish radio station, are saying that.

[johnny crossan]

Hernandez is another shortie by the way, not really what's needed in the numerous neanderthal PL setpieces, which are the principal opportunity for most teams to score against us.

[Foreverinbluedreams]

Looks like the short arse won't be coming this summer, it's being reported that Atletico's ban will remain in place.

[sheblue]

According to The Times we've got our fingers in Van Dyck - £180k a week for 5 years. Get your clogs on Virgil!

This very much underwhelms me.

I quite like Van Dijk but those numbers are too high for him.
Southampton wont sell for less (if they sell at all). My guess is those wages are an attempt to get Van Dijk to help us by asking for a move

Not for me either. I don't want VVD and think he is completely over rated.

I tend to agree, he is over rated at the moment, but who isn't. He is 25 so he is not old, particularly for a centre back who tend not to peak until late 20s. He can improve.

[blues2win]

According to the Guardian City now have only the fourth highest wage bill behind United Chelsea and Liverpool.

[Foreverinbluedreams]

According to the Guardian City now have only the fourth highest wage bill behind United Chelsea and Liverpool.

Behind Liverpool? Wow!

[Mikhail Chigorin]

According to the Guardian City now have only the fourth highest wage bill behind United Chelsea and Liverpool.

Behind Liverpool? Wow!

Surely that's not all down to them signing Milner ??

[nottsblue]

According to the Guardian City now have only the fourth highest wage bill behind United Chelsea and Liverpool.

Behind Liverpool? Wow!

Whats the critetia?

Highest in actual amounts? Or highest as a percenrage of turnover?

I would be surprised if we had a lower actual amount than the dippers but seeing as our turnover is much higher than theirs our percentage will be lower and will continue to fall as revenues increase

[Foreverinbluedreams]

According to the Guardian City now have only the fourth highest wage bill behind United Chelsea and Liverpool.

Behind Liverpool? Wow!

Whats the critetia?

Highest in actual amounts? Or highest as a percenrage of turnover?

I would be surprised if we had a lower actual amount than the dippers but seeing as our turnover is much higher than theirs our percentage will be lower and will continue to fall as revenues increase

Actual amounts based on 2015/16. Their percentage of turnover is worryingly high if you're a dipper.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... ub-by-club

[CTID Hants]

According to the Guardian City now have only the fourth highest wage bill behind United Chelsea and Liverpool.

Behind Liverpool? Wow!

Whats the critetia?

Highest in actual amounts? Or highest as a percenrage of turnover?

I would be surprised if we had a lower actual amount than the dippers but seeing as our turnover is much higher than theirs our percentage will be lower and will continue to fall as revenues increase

Actual salaries as far as I can make out as 31/5/17

Rags £232m
Chekski
Scouse
Us £198m
Gooners £195m

Given we shipped 5 just before that date, some on quite high salaries.....

[nottsblue]

According to the Guardian City now have only the fourth highest wage bill behind United Chelsea and Liverpool.

Behind Liverpool? Wow!

Whats the critetia?

Highest in actual amounts? Or highest as a percenrage of turnover?

I would be surprised if we had a lower actual amount than the dippers but seeing as our turnover is much higher than theirs our percentage will be lower and will continue to fall as revenues increase

Actual amounts based on 2015/16. Their percentage of turnover is worryingly high if you're a dipper.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... ub-by-club

Ok. Fair enough. Very interesting article. So we are not ruining football as much as we used to then?!

[mr_nool]

I thought we lowered the wage structure and switched to a bonus system two seasons ago. Which seems to have done wonders for our finances, but not so much on the pitch.