- Sep 20, 2005
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Lots of comments on Levy not paying the fee, blah blah blah. Same old "tight Levy" money focused nonsense.
Reality is apparently the fee was north of £30m, allegedly Batman wanted £100k a week. 5 year deal takes the total outlay to £55m. That is before considering agent fees and the wage rises the rest of our squad would then demand to have pay parity.
It is a massive outlay on someone who has talent, but is currently still inconsistent and unproven in PL.
Poch spoke about finding value, being smart, in the transfer market. What is smart about spunking £55m minimum on Bats?
We are spending circa £700m on a stadium. We cannot afford to gamble £50m+ on ONE player.
Sorry, but where is this 100k+ a week coming from or are we just assuming that because it's the chavs?