The Summer Transfer Thread

astonaidan

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Bale could beat these on his own.

All them combined wont sell as much jerseys as Bale, who will make the money back through merchandise

Oat23

astonaidan wrote: »

All them combined wont sell as much jerseys as Bale, who will make the money back through merchandise

They managed it with Ronaldo, but if they recoup the transfer fee for Bale with merchandise sales I would be shocked. He is nowhere near as marketable as CR7 is.

Nowhere near as good either.

EuropeanSon

Oat23 wrote: »

They managed it with Ronaldo, but if they recoup the transfer fee for Bale with merchandise sales I would be shocked. He is nowhere near as marketable as CR7 is.

Nowhere near as good either.

I would be shocked if it were true that Ronaldo increased Madrid merchandising income by even half of the size of his fee. Despite the frequency with which people explain a away large fees with it, merchandising is not that big a part of the reasons for these transfer fees.

TimeToShine

EuropeanSon wrote: »

I would be shocked if it were true that Ronaldo increased Madrid merchandising income by even half of the size of his fee. Despite the frequency with which people explain a away large fees with it, merchandising is not that big a part of the reasons for these transfer fees.

CR7 was a highly marketable player. Madrid probably get a cut of the pie in any of the sponsorship deals he does, I personally would be very surprised if he didn't make his fee back and then some. Whether or not Bale will do it is a different story, but marketing in football is a very lucrative business.

astonaidan

Oat23 wrote: »

They managed it with Ronaldo, but if they recoup the transfer fee for Bale with merchandise sales I would be shocked. He is nowhere near as marketable as CR7 is.

Nowhere near as good either.

Never said he was as good as Ronaldo, but there is a reason Real like to break transfer records and thats because its easier to market the worlds most expensive players

EdenHazard

astonaidan wrote: »

Never said he was as good as Ronaldo, but there is a reason Real like to break transfer records and thats because its easier to market the worlds most expensive players

Don't think Bale will have the legion of female fans that CR7 has got

LostBoy101

EdenHazard wrote: »

Don't think Bale will have the legion of female fans that CR7 has got

Thats true sadly as he is Welsh.. so who wants sheep?

Quazzie

LostBoy101 wrote: »

Thats true sadly as he is Welsh.. so who wants sheep?

Well that... and the fact he looks like an extra from the planet of the apes.

astonaidan

EdenHazard wrote: »

Don't think Bale will have the legion of female fans that CR7 has got

Youd be surprised, hes not exactly in the same league as Ronaldo for girls but stick the Real jerseys on him and in Asia they will love him

Morzadec

Quazzie wrote: »

Well that... and the fact he looks like an extra from the planet of the apes.

Not with his new ears he doesn't

EuropeanSon

TimeToShine wrote: »

CR7 was a highly marketable player. Madrid probably get a cut of the pie in any of the sponsorship deals he does, I personally would be very surprised if he didn't make his fee back and then some. Whether or not Bale will do it is a different story, but marketing in football is a very lucrative business.

Real Madrid's annual merchandising income is at most €150 million euros. I highly doubt Ronaldo increased that by more than 10%, but even giving him 10% of that, it world take about 7 years to make back his fee.

Seaneh

EuropeanSon wrote: »

Real Madrid's annual merchandising income is at most €150 million euros. I highly doubt Ronaldo increased that by more than 10%, but even giving him 10% of that, it world take about 7 years to make back his fee.

Have any figures to back that up?

EuropeanSon

Seaneh wrote: »

Have any figures to back that up?

Nope.

EuropeanSon

Some basic internet research...
http://blog.paddypower.com/2013/01/24/real-madrid-beat-barcelona-and-manchester-united-to-top-money-league/
Real Madrid have commercial revenue of 36% of 512 million, or about 185 million. The vast majority of that will be sponsorships, then the rest is probably merchandising, mostly. Say half is merchandising (that's way too much, but whatever). That's 95 million at most.

Seaneh

So really, you are working off nothing but guess work?

Matchday doesn't just = tickets btw, it includes sales in the club shop, where it's next to impossible to get into and Ronaldo shirts have been known to sell out in 20 minutes, I've read reports over the last year that Ronaldo is currently selling more shirts than any Real player EVER, even more than Beckham, Zidane, Figo and Raul. The money he brings into the club doesn't just come from shirt sales.
He attracts sponsors, he attracts TV companies to pay more money for screening rights, people spend more money in the shop on merchendise, more people buy season tickets and so on.

Real have stated several times that they have already made their money back on the Ronaldo deal.

Xavi6

Not sure if welcoming Dempsey or...

Panthro

Girl in pic above has won the internet!
:pac::pac:

Cantona's Collars

Soldado has completed his move to Spurs.

eagle eye

United turn down bid for Rooney from Chelsea. The players offered are worth £5 million so not Mata or Luiz
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/premier-league-manchester-united-reject-chelseas-rooney-bid-094905841.html

Jax Teller

What players ? That says 25m plus 5m in addons which are usually based on Games played / Trophies won .

Nuri Sahin

Remy to Newcastle on loan is now confirmed.

elefant

Xavi6 wrote: »

Clint Girl

I reckon she's having a go at Fr. Clint Power

EuropeanSon

Seaneh wrote: »

So really, you are working off nothing but guess work?

Matchday doesn't just = tickets btw, it includes sales in the club shop, where it's next to impossible to get into and Ronaldo shirts have been known to sell out in 20 minutes, I've read reports over the last year that Ronaldo is currently selling more shirts than any Real player EVER, even more than Beckham, Zidane, Figo and Raul. The money he brings into the club doesn't just come from shirt sales.
He attracts sponsors, he attracts TV companies to pay more money for screening rights, people spend more money in the shop on merchendise, more people buy season tickets and so on.

Real have stated several times that they have already made their money back on the Ronaldo deal.

Absolutely. As are you.
I didn't say he wasn't worth it, I said they haven't made his fee back in merchandising revenue.

Cantona's Collars

Adel Tarraabt to join Fulham on loan subject to a medical.

mike65

Gareth Bale removed from the official Spurs twit account. Its on.

dahat

mike65 wrote: »

Gareth Bale removed from the official Spurs twit account. Its on.

Eagle eye observation,All credit to ya!!

EDIT:FALSE,still there

Amirani

Rumours of Stewart Downing to Newcastle for 5mil: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/05/liverpool-stewart-downing-newcastle

T-b0n3

mike65 wrote: »

Gareth Bale removed from the official Spurs twit account. Its on.

Pretty sure it was a picture of Bale and Clint Dempsey, so makes sense they changed it since we sold Clint.

mike65

Its back then!

Lightbulb Sun

I think Bale is staying now. AVB has said Dempsey was sold to fund transfers. If Bale was going there'd be no reason for that sale.

mike65

Hope that's true as Real might just get on the blower for Suarez.

mitosis

mike65 wrote: »

Hope that's true as Real might just get on the blower for Suarez.

Or Rooney, whose position seems now untenable, and unlikely to be sold domestically.

colly_06

NiallSparky wrote: »

Rumours of Stewart Downing to Newcastle for 5mil: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/05/liverpool-stewart-downing-newcastle

He's not French, it won't happen

Anyone

colly_06 wrote: »

He's not French, it won't happen

Dont think Kinnear is too big on foreign signings, so maybe it will.

batistuta9

Lightbulb Sun wrote: »

I think Bale is staying now. AVB has said Dempsey was sold to fund transfers. If Bale was going there'd be no reason for that sale.

They've a stadium to fund & Dempsey hardy covers what they've spent already now did he

Left Back on the Bench

batistuta9 wrote: »

They've a stadium to fund & Dempsey hardy covers what they've spent already now did he

exactly.selling bale would be a 1/3 of the way to the New stadium.dempsey was probably sold to bring in another younger player in that price range.we've already spent over £50 million after all

Paully D

astonaidan wrote: »

All them combined wont sell as much jerseys as Bale, who will make the money back through merchandise

Bale isn't even in the top 10 of top Premier League jersey sellers. Madrid won't make a whole lot in terms of merchandise from Bale.

JPA

Paully D wrote: »

Bale isn't even in the top 10 of top Premier League jersey sellers. Madrid won't make a whole lot in terms of merchandise from Bale.

Isn't that obviously because he plays for Spurs?

LiamoSail

Paully D wrote: »

Bale isn't even in the top 10 of top Premier League jersey sellers. Madrid won't make a whole lot in terms of merchandise from Bale.

The lad looks like a chimpanzee, that'll always be a draw back from a merchandising point of view

astonaidan

LiamoSail wrote: »

The lad looks like a chimpanzee, that'll always be a draw back from a merchandising point of view

When you think of it Rooney isnt exactly Brad Pitt but his jerseys sell like crazy

deisedevil

astonaidan wrote: »

When you think of it Rooney isnt exactly Brad Pitt but his jerseys sell like crazy

Don't forget though that Rooney is an English player playing in an English league.

Rikand

deisedevil wrote: »

Don't forget though that Rooney is an English player playing in an English league.

Playing for Manchester United, One of the biggest football clubs in the world!

astonaidan

Rickylovesuall wrote: »

Playing for Manchester United, One of the biggest football clubs in the world!

And if Bale moves to Real Madrid he wouldnt be playing for one of the biggest?

everdead.ie

Absolutely brilliant trolling from Spurs twitter account tonight.

Changing our Twitter background seems to have created a bit of a frenzy. With Clint leaving the Club, it was time for an image change #THFC

Gareth was on that background too. Did anyone notice? We change our social media backgrounds regularly and feature all players. #THFC

batistuta9

everdead.ie wrote: »

Absolutely brilliant trolling from Spurs twitter account tonight.

one of their directors said today it'd be difficult to keep a player who wants to leave

guess that leaves it with bale

KingdomYid

batistuta9 wrote: »

one of their directors said today it'd be difficult to keep a player who wants to leave

guess that leaves it with bale

Yes I guess it does, which means he will be staying as he has never said he wants to leave

batistuta9

KingdomYid wrote: »

Yes I guess it does, which means he will be staying as he has never said he wants to leave

he hasn't said it publicly, i don't think

but you think bale wants to stay at tottenham instead of joining Real?

Blatter

Wigan have offer accepted for James McClean according to Sky.

Drexel

Blatter wrote: »

Wigan have offer accepted for James McClean according to Sky.

Will be a shame to see another Irish player drop from the PL.

astonaidan

Its going to be fun to see what happens at Anzhi