Originally posted by Gazza:
<strong><a href="http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/man_united/story.jsp?story=414681" target="_blank">£30 million up front with a further £3.7 million potentially. </a>
Not quite the £23 million some were sweating on. Tell Mr Laporta he's on his way, just win that bloody election.
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Yeah, but the report you quoted went on to say :
"Off the field, Barcelona are about £73m in debt by conservative estimates, so Laporta's pledge to invest a net amount of about £40m in Beckham and four other players to restore the club's status among the élite in Europe has not impressed his rivals in the presidential race."
Which is in line with my point that I wonder how Barca is going to raise the money, be it £23 mil or £34 mil when they're hugely in debt, has no royal family to bail them out, & is even having troublewith the present staff's wage bill & pressing many to educe their wages?
Don't want to see Utd not learning their lessons in dealing with clubs in financial trouble who eventually will end up paying only a portion of their agreed transfer fee ala Stam ( still £12 of the £15.5 mil fee left unpaid )& Porbosky ( has the £2.5 mil been paid by Benfica yet? )!