OT - surely it can't get any dafter......

[MadAmster]

..... although this does originate from the Sun, it would not surprise me to see this is actually true.



Manchester United will give Spain goalkeeper David de Gea £20m if the 28-year-old leaves for Paris St-Germain this summer.



Source https://www.bbc.com/sport/48575176?n...e4OQoUVWTbcjN8

[Geoff Parkstone]

Its perfectly logical actually, although it says a great deal about how ridiculous football economics have become.

United could get at least £ 60m from PSG now, who are looking to sign de Gea now. Next year when his contract expires they would get nothing.

Conversely, next year, de Gea as a free agent could negotiate a much better deal for himself as he is effectively joining PSG for no transfer fee. This negotiated deal would be way better than he could get joining now as PSG would be paying a transfer fee.

So United get a healthy fee if he leaves now, and they bung de Gea a big chunk of that fee to compensate for the fact that he will be on a worse contract by moving now than he would be if he moved next year.

In effect United have resigned themselves to him leaving and are finding the best way to get a few quid out of his departure

[ramAnag]

..... although this does originate from the Sun, it would not surprise me to see this is actually true.



Manchester United will give Spain goalkeeper David de Gea £20m if the 28-year-old leaves for Paris St-Germain this summer.



Source https://www.bbc.com/sport/48575176?n...e4OQoUVWTbcjN8

Looking at some of the expectations in that article MA, I’m thinking anything less than £12-15m for Bogle would be cheap.

As for David Silva getting a testimonial at City...am I alone in thinking that testimonials for multi millionaire’s is absurd and obscene?
Surely in this day and age they should be for ‘club servants’ who are actually in need...i.e. Ted McMinn...who is now working as a school ‘handyman’ after regularly playing his heart out and loosing a leg.

[MadAmster]

There is a place for testimonials for the likes of Silva. However, one or more charities should be the beneficiaries of such a testimonial, not the player.

IMO, of course.