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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Real Madrid just paid £85 million ($130 million) for Gareth Bale of Spurs. They will pay him £300k per week - so he'll earn around £93 million over his 6 year contract.... total cost of his transfer is about £180 million.
Madness.
(His agent gets a minuscule £5m, poor him)
Very little.My question....what kind of coin if any do these players get for being on their national teams?
What's remarkable is that he's getting this kind of money and he won't even be the best player on the team.
Real Madrid's business model is spend the money because we have it. It's an egregious money spend given the similar players on Real's roster.He is an incredibly overrated player. He has had 1 good season, one great season. Ronaldo had like 5 years in the league doing much better than he did before he got the same deal. It's a bit like the Joe Flacco deal, he's done so great this last year that they are stupid enough to pay megabucks for him.
They get little to nothing for playing internationally, which always causes controversy when a player gets a major injury playing for his national team.
He is an incredibly overrated player. He has had 1 good season, one great season. Ronaldo had like 5 years in the league doing much better than he did before he got the same deal. It's a bit like the Joe Flacco deal, he's done so great this last year that they are stupid enough to pay megabucks for him.
They get little to nothing for playing internationally, which always causes controversy when a player gets a major injury playing for his national team.
comparing Flacco to Bale is insane
Why?
Joe Flacco was a good but not elite QB until last year, a great season and he gets a big contract and people rave about him
Gareth Bale was a good but not world class player until last season, had a great season and he gets a big contract and all the hype in the world.
He is an incredibly overrated player. He has had 1 good season, one great season.
I don't even watch soccer and i know all he had was 1 great year to get that deal as i watched 3 of their games last year somehow
Why?
Joe Flacco was a good but not elite QB until last year, a great season and he gets a big contract and people rave about him
Gareth Bale was a good but not world class player until last season, had a great season and he gets a big contract and all the hype in the world.
There's no salary cap in those leagues. You'd see those same types of contracts in the NFL too if there wasn't a cap either.
Real Madrid's business model is spend the money because we have it. It's an egregious money spend given the similar players on Real's roster.
Tottenham has made out like bandits in this deal (well apart from Chelsea popping in and signing Willian from under their noses).
It will be interesting to see how Bale handles not being the man. Tottenham ran everything through him. I do wonder though if Real plans on selling Ronaldo back to Manchester United. That would offset some of Bale's purchase cost.