Paulo Dybala (165 Viewers)

Legend or Rookie? ***non-official poll***


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Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,326
The older I get, the more ridiculous I find the money. The only thing that justifies it for me is that they have to take verbal abuse from morons all over the world. But it still feels so wrong. Neither jealous nor complaining though, good for the lad I guess.
 

Cronios

Juventolog
Jun 7, 2004
27,519
this is the maximum DP used to get. but times have changed and he is our primary asset. 500 pages in juventuz, for our masked forward and i hope that this deal will see this thread to see thousands more!
 

Quetzalcoatl

It ain't hard to tell
Aug 22, 2007
66,757
The older I get, the more ridiculous I find the money. The only thing that justifies it for me is that they have to take verbal abuse from morons all over the world. But it still feels so wrong. Neither jealous nor complaining though, good for the lad I guess.
Indeed. Too much money ruins everything
 

Ocelot

Midnight Marauder
Jul 13, 2013
18,943
The older I get, the more ridiculous I find the money. The only thing that justifies it for me is that they have to take verbal abuse from morons all over the world. But it still feels so wrong. Neither jealous nor complaining though, good for the lad I guess.
From what I've heard the most difficult part for most footballers is retiring. Basically, you know you've already surpassed your peak, and now you gotta come to terms with the fact that you'll probably never reach those heights again.

Now of course that's only in terms of fame & titles. For those that are emotionally stable, have a few great friends & family, it's not bad, they realise their luck and settle down.

But a lot of ex-footballers break down over that.
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,326
From what I've heard the most difficult part for most footballers is retiring. Basically, you know you've already surpassed your peak, and now you gotta come to terms with the fact that you'll probably never reach those heights again.

Now of course that's only in terms of fame & titles. For those that are emotionally stable, have a few great friends & family, it's not bad, they realise their luck and settle down.

But a lot of ex-footballers break down over that.

Of course, hell, I'm not even a professional athlete, but I think aging is horrible for everyone. To not be able to do the things you used to do.. And it must be even worse if what you used to do was truly exceptional. I can't imagine what it must feel like for for example Usain Bolt to realise he's getting slower. Horrifying stuff.

There's this semi-famous Dutch ex football player (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mulder_(footballer)) who used to play for Anderlecht, but is now a writer. He's very eloquent, quite intelligent and happily married and all that, but whenever they ask him what he would truly want in life, he says to be 24 again and have great knees and play football.
 

JuveJay

Senior Signor
Moderator
Mar 6, 2007
74,903
this is the maximum DP used to get. but times have changed and he is our primary asset. 500 pages in juventuz, for our masked forward and i hope that this deal will see this thread to see thousands more!
Del Piero was getting €5m net at his peak. It's worth remembering that was 10 years ago now though.
 

Ocelot

Midnight Marauder
Jul 13, 2013
18,943
Of course, hell, I'm not even a professional athlete, but I think aging is horrible for everyone. To not be able to do the things you used to do.. And it must be even worse if what you used to do was truly exceptional. I can't imagine what it must feel like for for example Usain Bolt to realise he's getting slower. Horrifying stuff.

There's this semi-famous Dutch ex football player (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mulder_(footballer)) who used to play for Anderlecht, but is now a writer. He's very eloquent, quite intelligent and happily married and all that, but whenever they ask him what he would truly want in life, he says to be 24 again and have great knees and play football.
Plus the celebrity status many footballers have
 

Cronios

Juventolog
Jun 7, 2004
27,519
Del Piero was getting €5m net at his peak. It's worth remembering that was 10 years ago now though.
Jj, thankfully you appeared, as I trust you remember, a couple of years before calciopoli wasn't Totti earning about 10mil/year and our very own DP about 5, 5.5, but can you remember, in the Totti 10mil salary did they also include the bonus from marketing venues, because someone said that DP also got some extra from that, about 1, 1.5mil. And DP was, is a massive symbol, half of the jerseys sold had his number and he actually earned that extra bonus rightfully.
I am sure that Dybala also sells a lot of jerseys, prolly second to Higuain this year, but if he is to stay another decade, I wonder where this salary will reach?
 

JuveJay

Senior Signor
Moderator
Mar 6, 2007
74,903
Jj, thankfully you appeared, as I trust you remember, a couple of years ore calciopoli wasn't Totti earning about 10mil/year and our very own DP about 5, 5.5, but can you remember, in the Totti 10mil salary did they also include the bonus from marketing venues, because someone said that DP also got some extra from that, about 1, 1.5mil. And DP was, is a massive symbol, half of the jerseys sold had his number and he actually earned that extra bonus rightfully.
I am sure that Dybala also sells a lot of tickets, prolly second to Higuain this year, but if he is to stay another decade, I wonder where this salary will reach?
I think that is a case of gross being confused with net salary. At the time Del Piero had €5m Totti had €5.5m, at least from my source (GdS). This is in about 2005-06.
 

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