Monaco reject Man City Mendy bid

If he doesn't run away with the league.....

#BlueMendy

https://twitter.com/mancity/status/889455011767472130

€383m at Barca
€195m at Bayern
€459.2m at City




1.037 Billion!!!

Originally Posted by Clarkie

€383m at Barca
€195m at Bayern
€459.2m at City




1.037 Billion!!!

How does that compare with Mourinho?

Originally Posted by Sapien

tbf to Woodward, he has been very busy getting a hair transplant.

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There appears to be some tension in the room...

Originally Posted by Jethro

How does that compare with Mourinho?

Was 870 million before this window opened. Only thing I'll say is, Mourinho has had a longer period in management and more clubs.


3 clubs ffs

£52m

Obvs it's £#%&! all to them but the football transfer world is £#%&!ed.
They've broken the record for defenders 3 times in less than 12 months. They're obscene bastards

Benjamin Mendy has completed his £52m transfer from Monanco to Manchester City to become the world's most expensive defender.

The 23-year-old France left-back has signed a five-year deal with the club.

Mendy is City's fifth major signing of the summer and takes their spending to more than £200m.




"He is undoubtedly one of the world's best full-backs, our number one target in this position," said director of football Txiki Begiristain.

Mendy played 34 times for Monaco last season and helped them to their first Ligue 1 title in 17 years after joining them from Marseille last summer,

He is the Premier League club's fifth major signing of the summer following the recruitment of England international Kyle Walker (£45m), Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva (£43m), Brazilian keeper Ederson Moraes (£35m) and defender Danilo from Real Madrid (£26.5m).

It's a decent price tbf for him....he's probably top two in world football.
The best one they've signed in a long long time.
Obviously hope he does his cruciate pre season etc..

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

It's a decent price tbf for him....he's probably top two in world football.
The best one they've signed in a long long time.
Obviously hope he does his cruciate pre season etc..

Be ace if Nasri crocks him in training

£389m in a little over 12 months.....

Originally Posted by Switching Off

£389m in a little over 12 months.....

There is no way they can be meeting FFP regulations, surely..

Originally Posted by dunk

There is no way they can be meeting FFP regulations, surely..

Not sure, nobody knows or understands what FFP is, including UEFA.

Originally Posted by Switching Off

Not sure, nobody knows or understands what FFP is, including UEFA.

Good point..

Originally Posted by dunk

There is no way they can be meeting FFP regulations, surely..

Think they are in a better place after Qatari Umbrellas sponsored their new changing room toilet for £100bn a year.

Originally Posted by Sapien

Think they are in a better place after Qatari Umbrellas sponsored their new changing room toilet for £100bn a year.

decent deal that tbf. Hats off to them

They'll piss it. Etihad will suddenly decide to sponsor one exec box at the stadium for 450 million and there you go. Its through the books as commercial revenue. FFP is a farce, its utterly unenforceable.

It's all to do with amortisation

Mendy's purchase and salary are spread over the contract period. May also depend on how the initial fee is structured. Assume Wages of 200k pw then its around £50 m transfer + £50m in wages = 100m which is £20m per year so doesn't look so bad especially when all the wages of the stiffs have gone. If you can increase revenue by say £100m you can afford these deals but if revenue stalls or decreases you're £#%&!ed.

Originally Posted by Curtis

They'll piss it. Etihad will suddenly decide to sponsor one exec box at the stadium for 450 million and there you go. Its through the books as commercial revenue. FFP is a farce, its utterly unenforceable.

Out of City's 8 main sponsors, 4 of them are based in Abu Dhabi and have ties to the Al Nayhan ruling family.

The people that own them, own the airline on their shirt sponsor, it's such a transparent £#%&!ing sham.

Etihad Airways (owned by the royal family), The Abu Dhabi tourist board, Etisalat (an abu dhabi based telephone network) and Aabar an abu dhabi based investment firm..

Originally Posted by Sapien

Think they are in a better place after Qatari Umbrellas sponsored their new changing room toilet for £100bn a year.

At least they'll be covered in all eventualities.

Originally Posted by Curtis

They'll piss it. Etihad will suddenly decide to sponsor one exec box at the stadium for 450 million and there you go. Its through the books as commercial revenue. FFP is a farce, its utterly unenforceable.

Such deals don't count towards income considered by FFP.

They're probably reducing the overall wage bill to help spread the cost, but it's still crazy money and they're not finished.