It's happening....

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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Has Gunts retired ? ? ? he's without a club isnt he

They're best mates. It's a joke

[NYCBlue]

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Daf Pritchard saying FAW wanted him to stay closer, so perhaps that had some bearing on it. Oh well. He’s going to get some absolute hammer

I should imagine that Rob Page would have liked Bale to stay close. He's obviously the leader. He has the most experience. I really thought this whole thing was more about Wales and the World Cup. And now Bale will be over 5000 miles away with an 8-hour time difference. It makes communication more difficult. I have to say I'm very disappointed.

[Eric Cartman]

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I don't think it's happening guys

[Eric Cartman]

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I should imagine that Rob Page would have liked Bale to stay close. He's obviously the leader. He has the most experience. I really thought this whole thing was more about Wales and the World Cup. And now Bale will be over 5000 miles away with an 8-hour time difference. It makes communication more difficult. I have to say I'm very disappointed.

You don't understand. This isn't about money at all and is all about what is best for his world cup prep.

If he manages to spin it like that then he should go into politics.

[UNDERHILL1927]

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I don't think it's happening guys

What makes you say that? Are you ITK? I have Scott Johnson on speed dial

[Hilts]

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I should imagine that Rob Page would have liked Bale to stay close. He's obviously the leader. He has the most experience. I really thought this whole thing was more about Wales and the World Cup. And now Bale will be over 5000 miles away with an 8-hour time difference. It makes communication more difficult. I have to say I'm very disappointed.

Id say Rob Pages influence on Bales move is as close to zero as you can get.... nah its zeeo.

[Gnojek]

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The odds have changed dramatically this morning. The MLS option is now 2/5 with SkyBet and as short as 2/9 with both Betfair and Paddy Power. However, City are still 4/6 favourites with Bet Victor.

If you had accounts Bet Victor and any of the other three you could make money either way. Provided, of course, he doesn't sign for someone else altogether.

So this did end up as an arb (arbitrage), where you are guaranteed to make a profit by backing both outcomes. As you say, at the time it wasn't as he could have gone somewhere else, but with City being 4/6 with BV, I'm guessing they'd have gone around 5/4 on the MLS, giving a nice little profit.

[Baloo]

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So, if as reported this deal is not taking a designated player spot, then the maximum salary Bale can be offered by LAFC under salary cap rules is around $12000 per month - is that right?

[LeningradCowboy]

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So, if as reported this deal is not taking a designated player spot, then the maximum salary Bale can be offered by LAFC under salary cap rules is around $12000 per month - is that right?

It's just over $600,000 per year, so about $12,000 per week.

[Baloo]

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It's just over $600,000 per year, so about $12,000 per week.

Aye, I meant per week. Not an eye-watering amount in the football world.

[delmbox]

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Here's a video of David Brooks back in training to cheer everybody up

https://twitter.com/afcbournemouth/status/1540754748478980096?s=20&t=eNPsubzXYwIF5gHDbVJ86Q

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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Here's a video of David Brooks back in training to cheer everybody up

https://twitter.com/afcbournemouth/s...YwIF5gHDbVJ86Q

That is lovely to see

[Canton Kev]

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It's just over $600,000 per year, so about $12,000 per week.

So it actually wasn’t about the money. Makes it even more gutting knowing we could afford him

[Baloo]

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So it actually wasn’t about the money. Makes it even more gutting knowing we could afford him

Maybe it just came down to this in the end.

Gareth Bale said this in 2020 👀 pic.twitter.com/xjMnxi6FAl

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) June 25, 2022

[Eric Cartman]

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Maybe it just came down to this in the end.

Gareth Bale said this in 2020 👀 pic.twitter.com/xjMnxi6FAl

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) June 25, 2022

He sounds like a complete simpleton, all makes sense now.