Radamel Falcao

[Special Juan 27,439]

Attracting stars? Hardly, here is the breakdown of his agreement or contract or whatever you want to call it - I'd certainly sacrifice CL football for this...

£12m loan fee

£350,000 a week wages = £18.2m a year before tax

+ an agreement to sign him for an additional £51m next year to avoid FFP rules on a four year deal at the same wages which is £91m in a wages total for the five years before tax + £61m transfer fee (Inc. the loan fee)

Total investment in a 29 year old striker = £152m

*Sources are various, obviously what we have all read just collated into one place.

Good player but a risky investment and a heck of alot of money.

I'm completely fine with spending £800k this summer (net spend).

Nothing short of fucking madness. End of.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Attracting stars? Hardly, here is the breakdown of his agreement or contract or whatever you want to call it - I'd certainly sacrifice CL football for this...

£12m loan fee

£350,000 a week wages = £18.2m a year before tax

+ an agreement to sign him for an additional £51m next year to avoid FFP rules on a four year deal at the same wages which is £91m in a wages total for the five years before tax + £61m transfer fee (Inc. the loan fee)

Total investment in a 29 year old striker = £152m

*Sources are various, obviously what we have all read just collated into one place.

Good player but a risky investment and a heck of alot of money.

I'm completely fine with spending £800k this summer (net spend).

Mean while if we spend the same amount of money on Cavani I am sure no one would complain(£150k per week not £300k+ for Cavani though) but the fee is nothing unreasonable.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

Shows you how big of a club United are, they can attract the biggest stars without CL football... yes, it definitely has nothing to do with the outrageous wages their offering...

It's not just that, Falcao wanted RM a lot more than United and I think he would've preferred City too If they could've sign him, while Di Maria was close to PSG and he reportedly preferred them. Those are really big signings for United, 2 of the best players in the world, but there wasn't a real market for both and united didn't face any competition.

[BenIsLegend 475]

why are people obsessed with comparing players?

it doesn't matter, all that matters is who's the better team

No idea who the better striker is because they're different players, however one thing I do know is that Diego is better for us. Falcao probably wouldn't have fitted in our system, we need a big presence up front someone Didier esque and Costa is that guy. I have a lot more faith in Costa working in our system than I would Falcao.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

It's not just that, Falcao wanted RM a lot more than United and I think he would've preferred City too If they could've sign him, while Di Maria was close to PSG and he reportedly preferred them. Those are really big signings for United, 2 of the best players in the world, but there wasn't a real market for both and united didn't face any competition.

I agree however it is no excuse we could use to put them down, I mean Fabregas wanted Arsenal return apparently before signing for us. Hazard only chose us because we offered more than MU and City and countless other cases. I agree it is annoying for them to sign a good striker but we should stop trying to dig ridiculous excuses to make us look like hypocrites.

MU only realized this summer you have to sign the top players for huge fees if you wanna get back up top, they had to overpay because of CL football missing.

[DH1988 1,304]

Mean while if we spend the same amount of money on Cavani I am sure no one would complain(£150k per week not £300k+ for Cavani though) but the fee is nothing unreasonable.

£150k a week equates to £31.2m in wages over the probable four year contract + the £40m transfer fee, its a bit different from the figures of Falcao however I agree I don't think people would be moaning - I think we can all agree though we're happy with how our club is being run at the moment? £800k, not bad.

[Special Juan 27,439]

We did what we did early in the window and looking back the players weren't just good but the moving early was better.

We acted on Remy because Torrres went late....We dotted the 'i's' and crossed the 't's' whilst United and Arsenal will still learning to write.

[DH1988 1,304]

Falcao - £350k-a-week

Rooney - £300k-a-week

Di Maria - £250k-a-week

Van Persie - £220k-a-week

4 players.

[didierforever 7,349]

Falcao - £350k-a-week

Rooney - £300k-a-week

Di Maria - £250k-a-week

Van Persie - £220k-a-week

4 players.

58mil pounds in a year. 58 fucking million pounds... just insane!!!!!!!1

[Pizy 18,409]

58mil pounds in a year. 58 fucking million pounds... just insane!!!!!!!1

Plus Mata, Ashley Young, and Luke Shaw all on at least £100k a week.

Their wage bill is astronomical. Has to be second only to Real Madrid.

All of that complaining for years about the spending and wages at City, PSG, and ourselves, all of the uproar from their fans and even Sir Alex himself about us paying £32m and £175k a week or whatever it is for Hazard and they now have 4 (FOUR!) players who earn at least £50k more per week than Hazard does and 2 who make nearly DOUBLE what our highest earner makes.

They shattered the transfer record by £10m, they shattered the record for a teenager with £30m for a fucking LB, and they've paid the highest loan fee in history with and option to buy him for what would've been a transfer record if they hadn't just broken it. They've broken the record for most money ever spent in a single window. They've spent £200m in 2014.

Yet they do it the "United way." Chelsea, City, and PSG are ruining football. United are congratulated and praised by the media when they spend all this money, yet of we tried to do it there would be calls for expulsion from the CL and huge sanctions.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Well if they have money it wont hurt them one bit...

Even after such crazy spending havent seen anything with United warned by FFP. They have shitload of money and it appears they will splash most of it in few seasons under this idiotic board which is fine. Imagine they had Mourinho, Simeone or someone like that running the club, the situation would be completely different...

Also why is RVP suddenly done? Yes he has operation, but he had those whole career, and he was still very good in world cup. Dont think we should write him off this quickly.

[nyikolajevics 2,595]

Falcao - £350k-a-week

Rooney - £300k-a-week

Di Maria - £250k-a-week

Van Persie - £220k-a-week

4 players.

It's ridiculous... They have world class strikers and wingers and defenders like Jones, Smalling, Evans and Blackett... Who is the owner of Manchester United? A ten years old boy who thinks it's FIFA 14?

[Nike 373]

Falcao allows for RVP to get surgery.

Great Player, but should of address other needs first.

[didierforever 7,349]

Plus Mata, Ashley Young, and Luke Shaw all on at least £100k a week.

Their wage bill is astronomical. Has to be second only to Real Madrid.

All of that complaining for years about the spending and wages at City, PSG, and ourselves, all of the uproar from their fans and even Sir Alex himself about us paying £32m and £175k a week or whatever it is for Hazard and they now have 4 (FOUR!) players who earn at least £50k more per week than Hazard does and 2 who make nearly DOUBLE what our highest earner makes.

They shattered the transfer record by £10m, they shattered the record for a teenager with £30m for a fucking LB, and they've paid the highest loan fee in history with and option to buy him for what would've been a transfer record if they hadn't just broken it. They've broken the record for most money ever spent in a single window. They've spent £200m in 2014.

Yet they do it the "United way." Chelsea, City, and PSG are ruining football. United are congratulated and praised by the media when they spend all this money, yet of we tried to do it there would be calls for expulsion from the CL and huge sanctions.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/10768827/Manchester-Citys-wage-bill-is-highest-in-world-sport.html

seriously think that they are going to go from 8 to somewhere equivalent to barca and RM.

also could not agree more about everything else.

[The Chels 2,502]

Attracting stars? Hardly, here is the breakdown of his agreement or contract or whatever you want to call it - I'd certainly sacrifice CL football for this...

£12m loan fee

£350,000 a week wages = £18.2m a year before tax

+ an agreement to sign him for an additional £51m next year to avoid FFP rules on a four year deal at the same wages which is £91m in a wages total for the five years before tax + £61m transfer fee (Inc. the loan fee)

Total investment in a 29 year old striker = £152m

*Sources are various, obviously what we have all read just collated into one place.

Good player but a risky investment and a heck of alot of money.

I'm completely fine with spending £800k this summer (net spend).

Those figures are a little off.

It's a £6m loan fee at £265k per week (Monaco paying the rest of the wages), and an agreement to sign him next year for £35m.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/11069084/Radamel-Falcao-completes-loan-move-to-Manchester-United-in-transfer-worth-up-to-20-million-for-one-season.html

[special Eden 78]

why inn hell would Monaco pay some of his wages? bullshit! Mufc pay all his wages.

Real Madrid pulled out because they wouldnt pay all of his wages they say in spain.

[The Chels 2,502]

why inn hell would Monaco pay some of his wages? bullshit! Mufc pay all his wages.

Real Madrid pulled out because they wouldnt pay all of his wages they say in spain.

Because they were clearly desperate to get rid of him and left it to the last day with only 1 club interested, making it inevitable they'd have to compromise. United will have to pay his full wages from next season onwards though unless he takes a big pay cut.

[Madmax 9,219]

Alex Ferguson in May 2012: "We invest in young players. That is what we are good at - we're not like other clubs who can spend fortunes on proven goods. We know that Manchester City are going to pay stupid money, pay silly salaries and all that. We can't do anything about it."