Mystik, Kaka + Ronaldinho were on similar contracts earning around 9-10m a season too, but before we had Pirlo in second earning 6m then a few earning 4.5 and 4m... If you ask me, I don't think it's unfair to give Ibra this much. He's definitely playing better than Kaka and Ronaldinho did for us.
ELMago, I disagree, I think it should be relatively easy to drop the wage bill particularly because we have 8 players with contracts ending this summer... Only 2 / 3 of which deserve to stay here - Nesta, MvB and Roma as a third gk who earns nothing anyway. Our problem definitely lies in the attacking department:
Zlatan 9m
Robinho 4m
Pato 4m
Cassano 3.5m
Maxi 1.5m
Pippo 0.8m
El Shaarawy 0.5m
That is insane considering we only field two of those players at one time. Some wages need to be dropped from the striking department, in particularly those who aren't earning what they're being paid. Another thought about Pato's wages - he's only 22..that means his wages can only go up from now on. His next renewal will make him the second highest paid player in the team.
I think we will definitely let go of Maxi next summer, and 90% chance Inzaghi will leave. Cassano's condition will be re-evaluated at the end of the summer and the decision to sacrifice a striker and bring in Tevez will be re-thought for sure. My biggest concern now is just to get one or two great midfielders and soon we will need a great CB to replace Nesta (or Mexes - we will need three great CBs as we can see how comfortable we are this year with three good CBs).
flame, please add me to your ignore list.... if you can't resist reading my posts, then dont reply... people are getting bothered by these arguments, so if you have a prob send it to PM.
ELMago, I disagree, I think it should be relatively easy to drop the wage bill particularly because we have 8 players with contracts ending this summer... Only 2 / 3 of which deserve to stay here - Nesta, MvB and Roma as a third gk who earns nothing anyway. Our problem definitely lies in the attacking department:
Zlatan 9m
Robinho 4m
Pato 4m
Cassano 3.5m
Maxi 1.5m
Pippo 0.8m
El Shaarawy 0.5m
That is insane considering we only field two of those players at one time. Some wages need to be dropped from the striking department, in particularly those who aren't earning what they're being paid. Another thought about Pato's wages - he's only 22..that means his wages can only go up from now on. His next renewal will make him the second highest paid player in the team.
I think we will definitely let go of Maxi next summer, and 90% chance Inzaghi will leave. Cassano's condition will be re-evaluated at the end of the summer and the decision to sacrifice a striker and bring in Tevez will be re-thought for sure. My biggest concern now is just to get one or two great midfielders and soon we will need a great CB to replace Nesta (or Mexes - we will need three great CBs as we can see how comfortable we are this year with three good CBs).
flame, please add me to your ignore list.... if you can't resist reading my posts, then dont reply... people are getting bothered by these arguments, so if you have a prob send it to PM.