Eden Hazard

[capriccioso 2,545]

Reports are coming in that he'll be on something around 175,000-200,000 a week. For a 21 year old to be on that kind of money, earning as much as Terry, Torres and Lampard do, he had better deliver.

[Jase 43,479]

Reports are coming in that he'll be on something around 175,000-200,000 a week. For a 21 year old to be on that kind of money, earning as much as Terry, Torres and Lampard do, he had better deliver.

No. No. No. The Belgian & French are reporting that he will be earning around 110K p/w only!

[capriccioso 2,545]

No. No. No. The Belgian & French are reporting that he will be earning around 110K p/w only!

Oh. Well, I've seen 78 million bandied about, so that's 46 million (minus the 32 million transfer fee) over 5 years; 9.2 million a year and ~177,000 a week. That's how I arrived at my figure.

[Madmax 9,219]

No. No. No. The Belgian & French are reporting that he will be earning around 110K p/w only!

Is that after or before tax?

[Tricky 301]

Dont believe the English rags with regards to his wages, big numbers sell papers....

[Jase 43,479]

Oh. Well, I've seen 78 million bandied about, so that's 46 million (minus the 32 million transfer fee) over 5 years; 9.2 million a year and ~177,000 a week. That's how I arrived at my figure.

The club won't be so silly to offer a 21 y/o that amount of money. Best to trust the French or Belgian media in this case. The English media will do anything to make us look bad and as if the only reason Hazard coming to us is because of the money.

[Jase 43,479]

Is that after or before tax?

After.

Before that, it would be about 170K p/w, close to what cap stated.

[capriccioso 2,545]

After.

Before that, it would be about 170K p/w, close to what cap stated.

Then we will indeed be paying him 170k?

[Madmax 9,219]

After.

Before that, it would be about 170K p/w, close to what cap stated.

Maybe even more? Isn't tax rate 0.5?

If so, Hazard is costing us >=15m a year.

[Tricky 301]

Maybe even more? Isn't tax rate 0.5?

If so, Hazard is costing us >=15m a year.

Its BS... to be honest how would they actually now what we are paying him, sure neither he nor his agent have been telling every journalist they meet. Only last week the same journo's were reporting that both United, City and Chelsea has agreed personal terms with him.

Now he has choosen us its because we offered him more than the rest. BS reporting, wait till its in the Gaurdian then il believe it.

[Madmax 9,219]

Its BS... to be honest how would they actually now what we are paying him, sure neither he nor his agent have been telling every journalist they meet. Only last week the same journo's were reporting that both United, City and Chelsea has agreed personal terms with him.

Now he has choosen us its because we offered him more than the rest. BS reporting, wait till its in the Gaurdian then il believe it.

I'm not suggesting anything, merely going by what L'Equipe (pretty reliable by most counts) are saying. A few pages back there was a link claiming Hazard had actually offered to reduce his wage to ~70k when we came knocking.

[Thor 2,690]

That's fine but he's not worth 32m. We signed Mata for 24m and Hazard is definitely not 8m better than him.

Thanks, but having watched copious amounts of Lille games just recently on the computer due to my French friend having all of this seasons games on his computer, I can comfortably say, yes, he is worth 32m, and yes, he is 8m better than Mata.

Get ready for a fun to watch season with this player. This guy absolutely dominates the game with his presence.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

I'm not suggesting anything, merely going by what L'Equipe (pretty reliable by most counts) are saying. A few pages back there was a link claiming Hazard had actually offered to reduce his wage to ~70k when we came knocking.

It wasn't reduce his wage TO 70k, it was reduce his wage BY 70k. He would still earn 100-110k.

[Madmax 9,219]

It wasn't reduce his wage TO 70k, it was reduce his wage BY 70k. He would still earn 100-110k.

Mea culpa. So, accordingly the original demand was 170-180k after tax?

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Mea culpa. So, accordingly the original demand was 170-180k after tax?

Apparently. So many different figures, we'll just have to wait and see what happens.