Dado
New member
Yea this move before the transfer window makes no sense.
Arthur
- Thread starter Jair Ventura
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Yea this move before the transfer window makes no sense.
Messi983
Senior Member
It's not like the locker room wasn't destabilized before. Arthur is the least of our problems right now.
Anyway, players were sold/have signed contracts with other clubs while continue to play for their current clubs before, it's not like this has happened for the first time. They are professionals and should give their best until the end. I don't see any problems here.
Dado
New member
Yea but usually that player being traded wants to leave and im not sure Arthur does.
Co0ter
Senior Member
lol
Feel bad for him. He was pushed out to balance the books because the board is absolute shit. We have players that have performed way worse than him and for a much longer, consistent period of time. Worst part is we got MAYBE a slightly better player at this moment, but is 7 years older....
El Gato
Villarato!
I mean, he can just refuse to play? It'd actually be more dignified than play, try to play well, possibly help the club that you feel 'objectified' by, while also helping blur the bad image of seniors if your good performances will mask the obvious selection issues they cause? IMO write off the losses, middle finger everyone and start your life in Turin. He wouldn't help anything if he played good football for altruistic-purist reasons at this point and if they call him 'unprofessional' because he didn't respect the contract, all the more reason to see the board/management in bad light.
Will be interesting to see if Sarri can actually work with him. Different league and less focus on the personal responsibility without having to live up to the 'next Xavi' tag could be what he needs.
Andrew M
New member
Or you could try to be a professional and add a title to your name?
Marshall D Teach
Active member
How exactly is this supposed to balance the books? Won't Pjanic have a higher salary? Is it the 10m cash we're getting?
MTL_Barca
Well-known member
It's about selling Arthur. He was signed for around 31M (+bonuses) and got a 6 year contract = around 5M/year. So after 2 seasons he was still in the books for like 20M, selling him for 72M means an immediate profit of more than 50M.
Of course that's only a short term solution, because in return they signed Pjanic for 60M on a 4 year deal, what makes him way more expensive than Arthur for the club (15M/year), and that doesn't even consider the higher salary.
At least that's how it works where i live but i assume it's similar in Spain.
Respekt_III
Anti-everything
It's balancing the books for this season but negatively affecting the club long term. Its basically a move to protect the board rather than any sporting or long term financial benefit.
Basically clear as day corruption... It's a shame the socios are a bunch fo fucking retards.
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