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wco81 wrote:Forbes just said Mbappe was the highest-paid futbol player.
Would Real pay him even more? You'd think he'd get more endorsements playing in Paris than in Madrid, given he's the biggest French footballer star?
wco81 wrote:Or maybe because PSG hasn't been able to win the UCL that he wants to go to a place like Real?
It's too bad that the best players gravitate to clubs which are already loaded. It's kind of like big NBA free agents always trying to sign with the Lakers, but there's no salary cap in futbol so this trend won't stop.
And second tier clubs don't mind losing a superstar like Haaland because they can make tens of millions or more. A team like Dortmund can't increase revenues from having a player like Haaland because it's a smaller city so they sell these great players?
But PSG absolutely should have resources to keep superstar players, though maybe Paris isn't as into football as the UK, Italy, Spain.
LDNMagic90 wrote:Looks like Mbappe was sold a dream by the PSG board and Luis Campos has also figured that out. Both want to leave as soon as, Messi is likely to be back in Barca next season as well. It’s not looking good for them
wco81 wrote:If Haaling could have carried Dortmund to Bundasliga and UCL titles, maybe they see huge increase in revenues, like more jersey sales, more TV money.
But they probably don't have the great team that City has, because those players can serve Haaling so much more times in the box.
wco81 wrote:Or maybe because PSG hasn't been able to win the UCL that he wants to go to a place like Real?
It's too bad that the best players gravitate to clubs which are already loaded. It's kind of like big NBA free agents always trying to sign with the Lakers, but there's no salary cap in futbol so this trend won't stop.
And second tier clubs don't mind losing a superstar like Haaland because they can make tens of millions or more. A team like Dortmund can't increase revenues from having a player like Haaland because it's a smaller city so they sell these great players?
But PSG absolutely should have resources to keep superstar players, though maybe Paris isn't as into football as the UK, Italy, Spain.
wco81 wrote:Interesting numbers.
Germany isn't poor but for whatever reason, UK has a more lucrative TV market.
HIF wrote:wco81 wrote:Forbes just said Mbappe was the highest-paid futbol player.
Would Real pay him even more? You'd think he'd get more endorsements playing in Paris than in Madrid, given he's the biggest French footballer star?
He'll get more money somewhere. Sadly that is how "football" is.
SgtPepper wrote:HIF wrote:wco81 wrote:Forbes just said Mbappe was the highest-paid futbol player.
Would Real pay him even more? You'd think he'd get more endorsements playing in Paris than in Madrid, given he's the biggest French footballer star?
He'll get more money somewhere. Sadly that is how "football" is.
No, it's probably not. Mbappe currently makes more money than peak Ronaldo wages at Madrid + peak Messi wages at Barca combined after both won multiple BDO, champions leagues, scored 100s of goals despite Mbappe not matching either on any category. It's indicative of huge financial parity of psg over European rivals. In a real sense PSG can poach all of Europe's best players without those rivals having competitive spend power to match, and free transfers of guys like Messi & Donnarumma who are arguably the best talents of their positions hints as much.
wco81 wrote:So which club is getting Bellingham?
City with the bottomless wallet?
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