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Is he worth that much of money? Seems like a ridiculous amount. I’m not sure he’s an upgrade over Ramos or Varane.
David Alaba | Real Madrid
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Is he worth that much of money? Seems like a ridiculous amount. I’m not sure he’s an upgrade over Ramos or Varane.
Definitely not no but I guess they saved not paying the expense of a transfer fee. It's the way free agents are going and they know their value.
Madness
That a lot of money. Madrid will regret it.
It’s more the fact that money wasn’t given to Ramos (who wanted to stay) or chucked at Varane to try and keep him. Really weird signing.
Ramos is 45 and Varane is a poor man's William Prunier.
Wow, not sure losing two high profile CBs for one is worth that amount
Very valid points, but Alaba is actually rather naff at CB, and he actually wants to play in midfield. Scooby Doo’s less confused than this chap
It was offered to Varane apparently. Madrid put forward a more lucrative package than United but his mind had been made up.
What a terrible piece of business they just made.
Really? Wow I didnt know this. Thought we gazumped them on wages. This deal is turning out better and better!
Zahavi only got 5.2m?? A certain agent is lol’d while holding his big fat tummy.
I'm looking forward to seeing his partnership with Militao
Is that accurate? Surely it is EUR19.47m including options/incentivised numbers, otherwise they've signed a decent CB who hasn't got much resale value and have made him, what, their third highest earner behind Bale & Hazard? I get they have saved on the transfer fee but that's a crazy salary.
It’s a very reliable source.
Why are his family getting money?
His father is his agent - together with Zahavi.
why not. It's quite common when players move a parent gets bought a house etc, or a job at Madrid like Odegaard's dad got when he signed for them. Maybe it's for all the "upheaval" of moving countries etc
edit: and his dad is partly his agent....
(thnx @Blackwidow)Yea if they plan to play him as a CB then they're up for disappointment. I mean he's good but hardly worth what they'll be paying him.
He can cover many positions. Think it's wrong to judge him as a CB alone.
He’s predominantly going to be a CB, though. They’ve got him, Eder Militao, and Nacho.
Off topic but how mental is it that Bale and Hazard are their two highest paid players?! They've done some dreadful business over the last five to ten years.
these types of contracts are exactly why Madrid and Barcelona are in the situation they're in now being skint of money and needing to move players on before they can re-invest in their squads
He was a very good LB.....he is average as CB and in midfield.
100% disaster.
Maybe resigning Bale wasn’t great but an actual signing for Real was amazing. He’s has won 4 CL’s and was key in three of those wins iirc.
DDG on £375k p/w...we're no better but perhaps we've learned from that contract and now realise putting a player on that much more than others in the team create disharmony.
Are the people in charge there really this incompetent? I mean, they do know that their league has a salary cap to avoid their teams from going bankrupt and amounting too much debt, so why are they acting like that's not a factor and hand out stupid deals like that? I really don't get it.
I still think he is best as a left FB but it seems after selling Varane and letting Ramos go, CB is exactly where he is going to play for them.
rumour has it they are bagging Jerome Boateng on a free
I like Alaba but cannot believe Madrid have managed to lose both Ramos and Varane the same summer and are seemingly happy to play Alaba at CB (where he has genuine questions marks.)
Will be interesting to see how it pans out for them, I wish La Liga was still on Sky/BTSport
Will be interesting to see how it pans out for them, I wish La Liga was still on Sky/BTSport
You don't pay a player that much to "cover many positions", you can only play at one postition at a time and they already have Nacho when they need to fill a spot. You pay that kind of money for a really good player at at least 1 position, and the only real position where Alaba is top class is left back. Unfortunately for Real he doesn't want to play there anymore.
That is not correct. Or better phrased: i have never heard Alaba say that. He will play at CB because Mendy is a better LB than Alaba and they only have Militao (who i rate) and Nacho (who i don’t rate) at CB.
Alaba is very good at LB, good/above average at CB and average as a CM.
Yeah, for sure. Also don’t forget that Real has a better LB in Mendy.
I've seen it reported in several in reliable german newspapers for a couple of years now. Bayern even played several games with Hernandez as a left back (who's better when playing as CB) and Alaba as CB (who's better as a left back), it was pretty absurd.
Either way, paying 20M/year for an average+CB is waaaaaay to much money.
Are they really going to play him at CB? Thought they'd stick him somewhere in midfield or even just LB with Marcelo mostly bench warming.
Would've thought for CB combination it would've been Militao and then pick up someone like Pau Torres.
Would've thought for CB combination it would've been Militao and then pick up someone like Pau Torres.
LB over Mendy? DM over Casemiro? Never ever. He’s being paid like a starter and Real has a Varane-sized hole next to Militao.
"free signing"
Worst deal ever, average player