Why are we selling Dybala again? And for what, Lukaku? Does anyone have a logical explanation, please go ahead and soothe my pains. The lack of communication from this management is ridiculous. It took us a month to sign De Ligt, now we’re becoming gods in selling our top players, within a week Dybala, Cancelo etc will be gone.
Lukaku, really? He only scores against bottom table teams, let’s bring him in to do Mandzukic’s job.
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It's actually very simple. It mostly, if not totally has to do with the new tax laws in Italy for players purchased from outside of the country. One of the parameters in place for FFP is the amount of gross income paid out to its players. Net pay to the players is irrelevant, except to the players in question.
As a hypothetical example, let's say that Player A, who signed a contract in Italy prior to these new laws, was taking home 6 million in net salary. That gross salary would be close to 10 million, so 10 million counts on the books. Now, with these laws, the gross pay would only be 8 million. Player A, if he signed this year, would still receive his take home pay of 6 million, but the cost of doing that business is less from a financial and compliance point of view.
This is certainly not a level swap of players we are talking about. Lukaku only wishes he had the skills of Dybala. Unfortunately my friend, this is the new reality. It is also why Danilo is coming here in place of Cancelo.
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If we end up giving Kean (40) and Dybala (80-100) we have acquired the necessary 120mil for Pogbs, it's really sad that we do business with Manun and don't get him...
Probably because the amount of the contract needed to satisfy Pogba and Raiola would outweigh the financial benefits of acquiring him.
It shouldn't be a coincidence that the two players we are tartgeting to relieve our payroll burden are players that are not even essential to their respective clubs.