The transfer of Zlatan Ibrahimovic from AC. Milan to Paris Saint Germain made a big controversery in France because of the big amount of the transfer fee and the net salary of Zlatan.
With the Qatary Nasser Al-Khelaïfi buying the PSG, the club of Paris has the ambition to be one of the great team in Europe. So, they have to buy great football players as Thiago Silva for an amont of 46M€ Zlatan Ibrahimovic for 20M€. Milan declared that the Swedish football player will be paid 14M€ per year.
This big amount will placed Zlatan Ibrahimovic at the top more paied players behind Samuel Eto'o (20M€) and Didier Drogba (15M€). However PSG declared that this amount is not real. The real wage of Zlatan is 9M€ per year.
All this money make the same polemic every time a big transfert is made. But in this time of crisis, the controversery became bigger. Furthermore, with the project of the French president François Hollande to implement a 75% tax for the wages above 1M€, PSG has to pay more. 18M€ for a net salary of 9M.
However, the polemic has no reason to be made. Indeed, the transfert of Ibrahimovic is good for France because PSG will spend 9M as an annual fee. Furthermore the arrival of Ibrahimovic will increase the competitiveness in the Ligue 1 and bring a new image in Europe.
I don't see the controversy with this man. Okay, he is a very polarized player, but he's one of the greatest of all time and he still produces. The fat lady hasn't sung quite yet.
RépondreSupprimerWhen we look at salaries in today's world of sport we must realize that athletes are paid on a non-llinear curve. Twice the salary of another player doesn't correspond to twice as many goals or twice as many clean-sheets. Quality costs. If you are constantly number two in the league, about 10% behind number 1, you must spend more than 10% on a new player/other improvement. It might take an increase of 50% of your existing budget to claim that number one spot.
Besides, Zlatan brings more than just results on the field. He is a character and brings media attention, jersey sales, international fans and with his experience he is valuable to younger players. However, I think he is more likely to play pranks on them than give advice.
Today we don't speek anymore about the controversery of the beginning because Zlatan is so good on the field. But you know, in France, it's so difficult to talk about money.
RépondreSupprimerI don´t necessarily agree with the huge salaries that´s involved on the football scene nowadays but I do believe that for PSG, this was their only alternative. Controversy or not, Zlatan is delivering and also like Steffen wrote, he is bringing a lot more than his game to PSG. Zlatan will likely attract big names who´s willing, (for a high salary or not) to play for a winning team!
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