To be fair - we don't know a) The Structure of the Deal. b) Our Reasons for Rejecting It. It could be £5m up front and £33m split of the next 60 months As has been referenced earlier - the Chinese money could dry up and we end up having received much less than the stated. Also the money in China seems very dodgy and Gino might want to avoid it completely. for example. Everton have been offered £10m for Kone (who is likely available on a free) Everton also offered £20m for Niasse (who signed in January for around £15m and has flopped due to serious fitness/injury concerns) It stinks of Money Laundering - might just be silly money season over there something is definitely amiss.
I can't name names, but I am sure £19m would tempt quite a few clubs to sell, especially from Championship teams or teams from abroad who have ex PL players on their books.
Just shut up :dismay: EDIT: Typical reids :dismay: I just knew there would be some smartarse who would challenge what I wrote and I almost wrote "ONE YEAR" wonder because of it, but I decided against it, next time I'll stick to my convictions.
How is it irrelevant? Your house analogy is comparing a commodity to human being. Despite the fact that he has scored goals in the Premier League, he doesn't even need a prior reputation to be a star in China. He'd be a big marquee signing with up to a billion people watching/knowing of him. He'll be on billboards and on TV adverts. He can be a huge brand, in China.
In terms of transfer value he's an asset on a balance sheet like any other commodity. Compare him with a business owning a commercial property if you don't like the house analogy. I do accept your argument that he is worth more to them than he is to us. The problem is if they go off and overpay for another striker it will be unlikely we will get another offer of this magnitude next summer in my opinion, especially if we get 2016 Ighalo rather than 2015 Ighalo next season!
Oh yeah. Coincidentally a few hours before I saw this, I said to someone that for 30 mil I'd pay for the taxi and flights to wherever his destination was. It's way over what his actual price is, but the Chinese can afford to pay over the odds because they're back by huge money, plus they feel that money is the only way to properly attract good players there to a league that is well below the standard of the Prem, for example. If you look at this club Shanghai SIPG, they're owned by SIPG, which stands for the Shanghai International Port Group. This group holds exclusive ownership to all the public ports in Shanghai. Could you imagine how much money these ****ers have given how big Shanghai has become recently as a global financial and manufacturing hub?! Gino is playing a bit of a risky game by rejecting them but it's a game worth playing if you look at how much money they have, especially as they're trying to buy someone who is quite clearly their first choice
You're right. In fact I think we should go back with a counter proposal for about £30m. That's plenty.
Wow. 38mill. Has anyone asked if Ighalo wants to leave? He didn't last season. Not sure what he was offered wage wise though.
This... this is... this is insane right????? £38m smackeroonies? £38m? £30m + £8m? THIRTYEIGHTMILLIONQUIDEROOS????!! THIS IS INSANIO!!!!!
He had agreed a 5 year deal worth 6 million a year, confirmed to a sky sports italia reporter by his agent. It's just Gino who turned it down. I honestly hope he's just holding out for a bigger offer.
He has? I've not seen that sorry. He must be holding out for a better offer, or a suitable replacement first.
I can't begin to comprehend why the Pozzos turned down 38 mill for Iggy - a striker thoroughly and absolutely found out by Prem defenders in the back half of the season. If I'd been in charge and been offered that for him, I'd have only wanted to know where to sign. Iggy has quick feet and an eye for goal, but his support play and 'getting his head up' to look for team mates is average at the very best. There is plenty of striking talent around the European and world leagues. More than enough. How nice it would be to give Wallymazzy 30 mill and tell him to take his pick. However, I have absolute confidence that the Pozzos know precisely what they're doing and will do whatever is best for the fortunes of WFC.
If the deal was £38m in CASH then it would've been done long ago.. Most football deals are structured, I can only assume that the structure of the deal had too much risk associated with it.
That does seems like the most likely scenario for turning it down. It's fantastic advertising for the club, though. I can only imagine the reactions of players we're trying to sign when they hear we turned down a 38 million pound bid. That sounds like a massive statement of intent, even if the deal was rotten to the core.
I can't imagine these Chinese teams have the influence to start messing us around with structured deals. And given they are owned by multi-billionaires wanting to make waves, do they even need to structure such an amount? The owner probably has £38 million down the back of his sofa.
Isn't that the crux though? Deeney we have about established is worth four hundred thousand bazillion to us. Ighalo might be worth a packet of Chewits to another. Whilst player contracts on the books may be an asset their value is wholly dependent on the (naivety, ego, stupidity, wealth or all of those combined) of who owns the club. Frankly I think the Pozzos have got about 98% (or maybe 97%) of stuff right. I think they would have sold Ighalo for 38 mill if that was really the deal.
