£200,000+ a week.....

[stan_bowles]

....for Yaya Toure.

Madness.

You can see why he left probably the best side in Europe for a 2 bob team like Man City.

Is he really worth it?.

Is he really worth 30 times the weekly wage of Andy Carroll?.

[W10 RANGER]

no one deserves that sort of wage

[stan_bowles]

no one deserves that sort of wage

Can you imagine the fallout if the dib dab gets bored with City and moves on?.

Who would honestly be willing to take over outlays like that?.

£55.6m for 5 years.

[Robsondinho]

good player, but only a handfull of players deserve 200bags a week.

[W10 RANGER]

Can you imagine the fallout if the dib dab gets bored with City and moves on?.

Who would honestly be willing to take over outlays like that?.

£55.6m for 5 years.

madness sometimes i wonder whether i lost common sense or if these guys have

[stan_bowles]

good player, but only a handfull of players deserve 200bags a week.

Agree mate.

Players like Villa,Messi,Ronaldo etc..

Proper world class players,not average players like Toure.

I like the bit where he said 'it's my dream to play with my brother at City'.

Nothing to do with the cash then?.

[G.T.P]

another we let slip past us along with ross wallace. im getting sick of this.
why didnt warnock get him, probably cos hes never played for palace, hes not northern and hes not over 30.

[Robsondinho]

fancy city to do well...top 2 maybe champions.

[stan_bowles]

another we let slip past us along with ross wallace. im getting sick of this.
why didnt warnock get him, probably cos hes never played for palace, hes not northern and hes not over 30.

If we could have matched City's wages he probably would have come.

[G.T.P]

this is the week im certain of it. i can feel it in my bones.
news this week that will make all of us happy, well nearly all, rooney wouldnt make some doom and gloomers on here happy.

[silvercue]

he cant be getting paid that...it's enough to put me off the game if he is.

[Robsondinho]

nah he aint.......his getting £220,000 a week

[stanistheman]

I don't even thi k the likes of Messi, Ronaldo,Kaka etc are worth 200k per week.

Football is a squad game and if you pay one star player that much, then you will need to pay a lot of money to the lesser stars which when totalled up will be far more money than the club will make for winning trophies.

Let's take Barcelona as an example.

If they paid Messi 200k pw how much did they pay Xavi, Iniesta, Pique, Ibrahimovic and now Henry? My guess is not too far off 120k pw. Then you can add the likes of Alves, Puyol, Toure, who would have wanted around £80-100k pw. Finally add the rest of the rest of the 1st team squad and you are looking at a collosal amount. Perhaps somewhere in the region of £150M-£200M per season in wages for the 1st team squad alone. How much did they make from winning La Liga and the Champions League run?

[stanistheman]

Agree mate.

Players like Villa,Messi,Ronaldo etc..

Proper world class players,not average players like Toure.

I like the bit where he said 'it's my dream to play with my brother at City'.

Nothing to do with the cash then?.

He turned down a move to Arsenal a few seasons ago when Kolo was there, so it can't really be that much of a dream.

[Robsondinho]

I don't even thi k the likes of Messi, Ronaldo,Kaka etc are worth 200k per week.

Football is a squad game and if you pay one star player that much, then you will need to pay a lot of money to the lesser stars which when totalled up will be far more money than the club will make for winning trophies.

Let's take Barcelona as an example.

If they paid Messi 200k pw how much did they pay Xavi, Iniesta, Pique, Ibrahimovic and now Henry? My guess is not too far off 120k pw. Then you can add the likes of Alves, Puyol, Toure, who would have wanted around £80-100k pw. Finally add the rest of the rest of the 1st team squad and you are looking at a collosal amount. Perhaps somewhere in the region of £150M-£200M per season in wages for the 1st team squad alone. How much did they make from winning La Liga and the Champions League run?

Ibra is 170k a week messi over 200k....barca make alot. 100,000 fans a week at home, biggest sponsorships, tv, etc they can easily afford it. so IMO there players deserve that money.