Doesn't "bad" mean "good" these days tho bro Inni :shrug:
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3 mil is nothing these days and he would be a good very acquisition at that price.
As has already been said though, a year left and he's a high earner. What we may be lacking in transfer fee we'd save on wages.
Difficult role at RB last season but some top performances at CB, his natural position.
Thanks Bruno and best wishes :thumbup:
Confirmed on Dijon’s Twitter, good luck Bruno!
Well I haven't seen his pay slip but my guess is that his replacement will command a lesser wage.
I also think that he performs better at a high level.
Have you got an opinion on it one way or another?
Edit: I see there is evidence above, posted the other day too.
Hey Stavros, coogie coo :thumbup:
It's on the internet, so it must be true.
Manga signed from a mediocre French club while City were in the Championship, he spent most of his time here in the Championship and he's moving to a club who get crowds of around 12,000 and narrowly avoided relegation last season.
I'd be amazed if Manga is a 'high earner', but if he is then it goes to show that persistent claims of the club now being well-run are somewhat wide of the mark.
I think he's been one of our more consistent performers over the last 3/4 years. I'll be sad to see him leave.
He will be very difficult to replace, good on the ball, pretty quick for a CB, great timing, good positional sense....
Good luck to him, sounds like a move back to France he wants to make for family etc.
Thanks Bruno and all the best :thumbup:
Sorry I haven’t got his wage slip as definitive proof.
I think he probably was on a decent wage, the legacy of a time when our hierarchy were blaming Malky for financial mismanagement, yet forked out the best part of £12.5m on Morrison, Le Fondre and Manga despite being relegated to the championship.
It's possible I guess, but the club Manga came from wouldn't have been paying him big money and neither is the club he's going to.
Championship clubs aspiring to be Premier League clubs are notorious for paying British players silly money, as City no doubt did with Le Fondre and Morrison. Apparently, Flint was given a new 3-year contract by Bristol City in March 2018, then a 4-year contract by Middlesbrough in June 2018, and now he's joining City, presumably on another 4-year contract.
Personally, I'd be amazed if City will be paying Flint less than they were paying Manga, who's joining a low-grade French side.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39452972
Manga was on a lot. We'll be paying Flint similarly though, as you say.
Manga was signed by us at a time when money was no object by Ole.
He would have been a high earner then and also was in a side which got promoted which would have boosted is wages further.
He signed a new contract at reduced wages a few years back
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...rdiff-13247652
Even then he would have been one of the club’s highest earners
This one says he was on £24k per week
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...eekly-15230074
This one £16k
https://www.capology.com/soccer/play...salary-profile
This one £29k
https://sillyseason.com/salary/cardi...laries-125763/
So who knows ?
His contract was extended by a year a few months back. If that involved a further pay cut then he must have a crap agent.
However I don’t think it’s too much of a guess to assume he is one of the higher paid players left.
Flint won’t be cheap. At a guess I’d say a few thousand a week less than Manga, but it’s no more than a guess, as are all the other opinions on here including it seems, the web sites linked 😉
Thought he was crap. Oh how we miss him now
In all seriousness i reckon that some of our fans could do a better job than Warnocks chief scout 'mate' He's doing sterling work. I'm going to send the club an Email saying that i've got some magic beans that grow into a 20 goal a season striker, should get an offer back of half a million...
Manga is well missed .
He's better than anything we've got now. £3m was Ok price wise as he wanted to go back to France, and for more money. I'd have him back in January if we could. maybe we could entice the French club with an exchange for Flint or Glatzel???!!