Wishlist and General Juve mercato talk (2013-14) (30 Viewers)
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Bud, in the end - and pretty much regardless of how you do the math without having all the major variables - Carlitos will almost surely cost more. And I only say almost, because I obviously can't know without it having happened. But seriously... 
Even if we paid 30M cash to get Jovetic (which I supremely doubt), I read that Tevez salary is already around 8M; how far would Tevez cut it? 6M? The player will also have zero resale value for us; the guy is 29, turns 30 next Feb. If Jovetic is on 3.5M - 4M, in this scenario we'd be saving about 4M a year in combined salary & taxes, right? Just ball parking, but over a 4 year contract, that's roughly 16M.
I like Tevez, he'd be a very interesting addition, but ultimately I very highly doubt he's a cheaper option off the bat (when salary is accounted for), and then we have to account for him not really having resale value. I think BM will be looking for a safer, more 'sustainable' purchase, I can't see Tevez to Juventus.
That's what I thought too; it seemed like he was trying to force his way out of City forever, and he was certainly a huge distraction for that locker room at times. Figured that as soon as the contract expired, he was back to Argentina to spend time with the family.
Carlos Tevez is a very good player, but I don't seem him as being Marotta's first big striker purchase; I think he probably carries more perceived risk than BM is willing to take. I see Marotta going after a younger guy, lower salary, a player the team can grow with, a player who's not had the past off field drama that Tevez has had.
Gotta love mercato season!
Even if we paid 30M cash to get Jovetic (which I supremely doubt), I read that Tevez salary is already around 8M; how far would Tevez cut it? 6M? The player will also have zero resale value for us; the guy is 29, turns 30 next Feb. If Jovetic is on 3.5M - 4M, in this scenario we'd be saving about 4M a year in combined salary & taxes, right? Just ball parking, but over a 4 year contract, that's roughly 16M.
I like Tevez, he'd be a very interesting addition, but ultimately I very highly doubt he's a cheaper option off the bat (when salary is accounted for), and then we have to account for him not really having resale value. I think BM will be looking for a safer, more 'sustainable' purchase, I can't see Tevez to Juventus.
That's what I thought too; it seemed like he was trying to force his way out of City forever, and he was certainly a huge distraction for that locker room at times. Figured that as soon as the contract expired, he was back to Argentina to spend time with the family.
Carlos Tevez is a very good player, but I don't seem him as being Marotta's first big striker purchase; I think he probably carries more perceived risk than BM is willing to take. I see Marotta going after a younger guy, lower salary, a player the team can grow with, a player who's not had the past off field drama that Tevez has had.
Gotta love mercato season!
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