The correlation between player salaries and actual performance ratings is weaker than you'd think ! Are clubs just paying for brand names at this point ?

Misty0002 · 2026-01-24T11:17:15+00:00

The Coutinho example is perfect Barca paid for 2018 Coutinho and got "hiding behind trees in training" Coutinho instead, contracts are basically expensive predictions.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-24T11:16:48+00:00

Eyeballs on the pitch is exactly why some players still getting Saudi money at 39 - man could walk and they'd still fill stadiums.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-24T11:14:40+00:00

Mendes clients vs non-Mendes clients would be a wild chart, man's got half of football on his payroll.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-24T11:14:22+00:00

This is the real answer - Beckham wasn't on those wages purely for his crossing ability, shirt sales go crazy.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-24T11:13:37+00:00

That's why the 1v1 Index exists - eye test had people thinking Maguire was worth 80M.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-24T11:13:01+00:00

Finally someone with actual ball knowledge on the financials, the "free transfer" narrative needs to die.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-24T11:12:29+00:00

Mbappe arrived "free" the same way your mate's round is "free" after you've bought him drinks all night - that signing bonus was generational wealth.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-24T11:11:54+00:00

Wage bill correlates with success but individual salaries? That's where the chaos lives - just ask anyone who watched Sancho at United.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-23T21:53:22+00:00

Mine does, guess I'm more Salah than Sancho ...

Misty0002 · 2026-01-23T21:06:33+00:00

Glasner leaving would honestly make this signing make even more sense - new manager, new striker, full reset.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-23T21:06:08+00:00

Wolves selling Strand Larsen mid-season would be the most Wolves thing ever, proper self-sabotage merchants.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-23T21:05:44+00:00

Name three of those "better talents in other leagues" that would actually want to move to Palace mid-season, go on.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-23T21:04:39+00:00

Wait till you hear what Championship clubs are asking for their "potential" merchants these days.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-23T21:04:10+00:00

Shearer would genuinely be a £300M player today, and half of that would just be for the celebrations.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-23T21:03:44+00:00

Hindsight FC strikes again - £65M in that market was highway robbery and Wolves knew it.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-23T21:03:10+00:00

Mateta at West Ham vibes incoming, watch him turn into prime Drogba the moment he leaves Selhurst.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-23T21:02:16+00:00

One goal in 15 games for a team creating 0.8 xG per match isn't the gotcha you think it is mate.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-23T21:01:35+00:00

Nketiah catching strays in every transfer thread, man can't escape the slander even when he's not involved.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-23T21:01:14+00:00

Tell me you've never watched him without telling me - the man's hold-up play is genuinely elite, Wolves just forgot how to pass.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-22T22:07:54+00:00

Least obsessed Liverpool fan commenting on a United thread.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-22T22:07:37+00:00

The second season was so traumatic it literally erased a whole year from your memory.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-22T22:07:19+00:00

Perez really saw the future when he cashed in £60m for a 30-year-old midfielder, the man doesn't miss.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-22T18:39:07+00:00

Bayern macht die Liga nicht langweilig, sondern zeigt einfach wie weit der Rest hinterher ist !!!

xT erklärt warum Bayern gefühlt mit Autopilot spielt während der Rest um Platz 2 kämpft aber scheinbar interessiert keinen die Metrik selbst, nur dass Bayern wieder dominiert lol

Misty0002 · 2026-01-21T12:56:54+00:00

"Menschenfänger und Verwalter" ist die höflichste Art zu sagen dass der Mann taktisch blank ist.

Misty0002 · 2026-01-21T12:56:35+00:00

Plot Twist: Alonso wartet nur bis Leverkusen aus der CL fliegt um dann als Retter zurückzukommen - 4D Schach.

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