zuricity wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:Manx Blue wrote:When you consider we got him for 32.5m, paid him 12m in salary over two seasons making that 44.5m
We've then sold him for 22m and save 18m on salary making that 40m. Ok we have a deficit of 4.5m, but would you have been happy if we'd had a genuine world class talent on our books, which has raised the profile of the club internationally to players and supporters alike?
4.5m to get that sort of profile is a fucking bargain IMHO. And let's not forget, we had 15 hours to get him in, and sold shirts too!!
Good luck Robby... You'll miss us more than we'll miss you
Let's not forget his Loyalty payments had we kept him and sold him prior to his contract finishing. So in reality, we've probably made a slight profit as well as all the publicity.
I hope neither of you two work for a Bank, or worse still an investment firm.
Agreed. The inclusion of salaries unpaid, to reduce the deficit or worst still, come up with a profit (as SSN seem to want to do), is ludicrous! We paid 32.5m and sold him for whatever it is.. that's it!
It's like saying we've made a profit on Messi, by not paying him however many million we'd have paid, had he been our player.
By the same reckoning, had we agreed a 15 year contract: 32.5 + 12m = 44.5m, sold for 22 + 78 saved = 100m, so we've made a 55.5m profit!
Anyway, slightly sad to see him go.. was harbouring hopes he'd be the player we all know he can be, for us - but relieved the debacle is over.