Imarobot Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 3 hours ago, marky mark said: Bale would be a great signing if he wasn't made of glass. I'm sure Chelsea will be in for him as well if he's actually moving. Bale and Hazard on the same team would provide some goddamn beautiful football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempus Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Spurs should go all out for Bale. We wouldn't pay his wages and I doubt he would want to fome back, but we should be in for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drd23 Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 4 hours ago, AustrianNiner said: And while all this happens Ronaldo had his first hearings over his tax fraud allegations but nobody cares about it as everyone is busy with Neymar. That'll end up like the Messi case and CR7 will just need to pay back the taxes plus a fine. The possibility of him going to jail is very small based on what I've read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr LBC Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 53 minutes ago, drd23 said: That'll end up like the Messi case and CR7 will just need to pay back the taxes plus a fine. The possibility of him going to jail is very small based on what I've read Not to mention it will probably resolve itself the same way Messi's did: Signs a new contract with the club that includes a wink-wink/nod-nod agreement that the club will foot his tax bill payments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKTexans Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Think we should rename this the "Neymar Edition" as he's single handedly destroyed the concept of value in transfers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustrianNiner Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 8 hours ago, The LBC said: Not to mention it will probably resolve itself the same way Messi's did: Signs a new contract with the club that includes a wink-wink/nod-nod agreement that the club will foot his tax bill payments. Of course it will. It's just a shame nobody seems really interested in the fact that an awful lot of footballers(and mainly their lawyers and agents) are also very good at tax fraud and getting away with it quite easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKTexans Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 There it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coors Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Would love some help from someone.. I follow soccer here in the US as well as overseas, but I'm new to the overseas soccer. Can someone explain to me what the Neymar move means? Isn't PSG a few steps down from the big euro teams? Is he going there simply because of the money? If someone can explain to me the bigger picture here, that would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKTexans Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 PSG very nearly knocked Barça out of the CL last season, ironically it was a Neymar one man show that turned the tie on its head. PSG are Qatar's play thing and they are desperate to dominate in Europe, unfortunately the traditional powerhouses (mainly Real, Barça, Bayern) have put pay to any hopes of that. They see this Neymar as a kind of double whammy, on the one hand it gives them a legitimate top 3 player in the prime of his career. On the other it gives them "legitimacy" with the rest of Europe's finest. Neymar is moving primarily for money, that's unarguable, but it's also felt he wants more personal recognition, something that is hard to come by in the same team as Lionel Messi. To be honest it means that PSG probably still get knocked out in the QF of the CL and romp to another French double (now that Monaco have been absolutely purged), at least this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drd23 Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 David De Gea poking fun at Pique... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEvans Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 1 hour ago, coors said: Would love some help from someone.. I follow soccer here in the US as well as overseas, but I'm new to the overseas soccer. Can someone explain to me what the Neymar move means? Isn't PSG a few steps down from the big euro teams? Is he going there simply because of the money? If someone can explain to me the bigger picture here, that would be great. Tex explained it very well. PSG are in that tier right behind Real, Bayern, and Barca. They should have eliminated Barca last season in the Champions League but threw the game away, a game in which Neymar was responsible for a remarkable comeback. Money is a huge factor but you could argue it is just as much because Neymar will always be in Messi's shadow as long as they are in the same team. There isn't animosity between the two but Barcelona will never be Neymar's team while he Messi is still at the club and will never get the accolades that Messi does. PSG gives Neymar a chance to have a squad built around him and for him to put forward his claim for best player in the world. It's a massive coup for PSG who now have one of, if not the, best players in the world not named Messi and Ronaldo and can claim to have taken a top player away from one of the best clubs in the world. Not many clubs can claim to take someone from Barcelona when they don't want to sell. It's a massive image boost and they are hoping it finally enables them to win the CL which PSG's absolute goal. I doubt it really changes that to be honest but it is still a huge statement of intent and marker that has been laid down by PSG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramssuperbowl99 Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 14 hours ago, The LBC said: Not to mention it will probably resolve itself the same way Messi's did: Signs a new contract with the club that includes a wink-wink/nod-nod agreement that the club will foot his tax bill payments. As long as the government gets paid what they are owed and a fine to make sure that people don't have any incentive to emulate this behavior, no biggie right? I don't know much of anything about European taxation/tax law/tax evasion, but if it's anything like the US their equivalent of the IRS always gets paid at the end of the day right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKTexans Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 21 hours ago, mse326 said: 2. I've always wondered when you get $X/week is that just weeks in the soccer season or 52 weeks. Historic I would imagine. In the old days they probably were paid weekly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagles $5$ Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Quote L'Equipe: Barcelona & Real Madrid in talks to sign Dortmund forward Ousmane Dembele. He prefers Barca. €15m last summer. Now valued at €100m He would be a great replacement for Neymar, but he is not worth 100m... this is just crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marky mark Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Quote L'Equipe: Lemar wants to move to Arsenal - with the arrival of Ghezzal in Monaco, if confirmed, could allow him to depart to England. Quote Sky: Arsenal and Monaco are in ongoing talks over Lemar, the French club is thought to be holding for £50m. Same fee as Sigurdsson ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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