Giuly’s agent thinks he’s overpriced
By: Isaiah | June 27th, 2007Ludovic Giuly’s agent, Alain Miglaccio, has stated that he believes Barcelona are doing Giuly a disservice by rating him at 5million euros. The full quote was supplied by Sport:
Giuly costó siete millones de euros hace tres años, ha dado un buen rendimiento, se ha portado muy bien, ha ganado dos Ligas y una Champions y no me parece lógico que el Barcelona pida ahora 5 millones por él, porque esa es una cantidad excesiva para los que le quieren” [Sport]
For all of you who don’t speak Spanish, here is a rough translation:
“Giuly cost 7m euros three years ago, he’s performed well, comported himself well, has won two league titles and a Champions League title and it doesn’t strike me as logical that Barcelona is asking 5m euros for him because that is an excessive price for those who want him.”
Really? I mean really? Way to support your player, Miglaccio. So he costs 2m euros less than he did 3 years ago, is 30, and still rates at 5m euros? Seems fair if Barcelona want to ask that much for him. I personally wouldn’t pay that much, but I’m not a French club with fewer possibilities of winning major trophies than a Spanish giant (and don’t give me the whole French-clubs-are-as-good-as-Spanish-clubs thing cause they’re not and we all know it, deep down; not that I don’t respect French clubs, especially Lyon). My point is not that Miglaccio is wrong, but that it seems an odd way to support your client, to straight up say he’s not worth the asking price. Sure, maybe it’ll get Giuly what he wants in the end (a transfer), but it seems silly not to try to get the big clubs to pony up for him since that would probably translate to a larger contract since the player is more highly rated.
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A lower transfer fee probably means higher wages for Giuly. Even though he’s a former OL player, I’ve always thought he was a greedy player and am glad that Lyon aren’t trying to bring him back like they were rumored to a few months ago.
I’m surprised he wasn’t used in the Toure to Barca deal as an exchange to lower the price.
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Aren’t negotiations with the player separate from the transfer negotiations? If that is the case, which it should be, really, then wouldn’t it be more of a player-valuation system rather than a total cost issue?
For instance, getting Henry for less money shouldn’t mean Barcelona pays the player more because the player is not receiving any of the transfer fee, correct? I understand sometimes that works with buyout clauses, but it doesn’t make much sense for a player like Giuly.
That said, I’ve never fully understood the transfer system, having been raised on American player-for-player trades, where the most complex issue was salary cap space.
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There are situations where a club will offer a player + money (though they are technically two separate deals). Like Chelsea offering money + Tiago for Essien, or Barcelona offering money + one of their old players to Lyon.
The reason I mentioned the wages was that in France, it isn’t an uncommon tactic. If the player can help lower his transfer fee or make it easier for a particular club to get him, that club may in turn offer a slightly higher salary since in the end, they save money. Don’t know if that happens in Spain though.
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Well in Spain they do have the Madrid “paying record transfer fees AND record wages because our president has a hard-on for Kaka” policy.
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Nolan: I have to say, thank God for the idiocy of Ramon Calderon. Even when our club officials are acting embarrassingly (as they often do), it’s hard to beat him.
Re: Giuly…it’s sad, because he’s been quite good about sitting on the bench in favour of a guy who’s 10 years younger. Now there has to be acrimony because we aren’t letting him go for free - which no club would do.
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Always I know, the football is a business.
Money, money, money… how they will spend such a big money? Bye bye Giuly…Posted from
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