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Player watch: Toby Alderweireld

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Thats honestly a bit shit. Toby is still good enough to help lots of teams and he is "just" 32.
But main issue was probably wages.
Probably makes what 150k/week? Saving almost 8mil per year. If he had 2 more years left on his deal that equals almost 20mil back into the pot for transfer fees/wages.
 

rabbikeane

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Also a matter of what Toby wanted, can't just ship him to Newcastle cause they offer a deal, he'll have to accept the transfer as well.

Hopefully, we're as flexible with Sissoko as well
 

Neon_Knight_

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Probably makes what 150k/week? Saving almost 8mil per year. If he had 2 more years left on his deal that equals almost 20mil back into the pot for transfer fees/wages.
Some websites say £150k, but others say £80k and that's what I recall being reported when he signed his last contract. From memory, £150k is what we reportedly offered him while he was stalling on signing an extension and we were keen to remove his £25m clause, but when he eventually signed a contract a year later our offer had dropped considerably. All based on media speculation though...
 

fridgemagnet

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IIRC Poch backed him with Levy to get his wage up to one of the top earners (less than Kane but maybe inline with Sonny sort of money) then between Toby and his father they re-negged on it at the last minute wanting Kane money, DL went nope that's not what we agreed; the door's behind you!
Poch and the club were pissed with Toby right up until they had to make a decision of which Belgian CB to keep, water had passed under the bridge and Toby got a new deal at a lower than previous offer but with a larger signing bonus & Jan got sold as his legs had gone.

Moving Toby on before his legs totally go frees up a lot of wages and any transfer fee probably factors in his contract; maybe the Quatari's bought out his contract and we got a fee; we muddy the waters announcing a lower fee so keep the market suppressed whilst we try and tie up replacements; Quatari's announce a total fee for buying his contract and an agreed fee combined, perhaps there's large appearance bonus' in there for getting called up for Belgium as top ups for us.
You'd imagine he's still make the qualifiers for Belgium.
 

Neon_Knight_

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IIRC Poch backed him with Levy to get his wage up to one of the top earners (less than Kane but maybe inline with Sonny sort of money) then between Toby and his father they re-negged on it at the last minute wanting Kane money, DL went nope that's not what we agreed; the door's behind you!
Poch and the club were pissed with Toby right up until they had to make a decision of which Belgian CB to keep, water had passed under the bridge and Toby got a new deal at a lower than previous offer but with a larger signing bonus & Jan got sold as his legs had gone.

Moving Toby on before his legs totally go frees up a lot of wages and any transfer fee probably factors in his contract; maybe the Quatari's bought out his contract and we got a fee; we muddy the waters announcing a lower fee so keep the market suppressed whilst we try and tie up replacements; Quatari's announce a total fee for buying his contract and an agreed fee combined, perhaps there's large appearance bonus' in there for getting called up for Belgium as top ups for us.
You'd imagine he's still make the qualifiers for Belgium.
Vertonghen's legs hadn't gone - as his performances at Euro 2020 showed. He was struggling with a head injury, following the concussion that he sustained in the 2019 CL against Ajax.
He kept it to himself, until after he had left the club, because he was worried about not getting a new contract if he took a long spell out. Clearly trying to earn a contract extension while feeling weak, disorientated and nauseas didn't work out too well for us or him, but his age was not the issue.
 

spids

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Some websites say £150k, but others say £80k and that's what I recall being reported when he signed his last contract. From memory, £150k is what we reportedly offered him while he was stalling on signing an extension and we were keen to remove his £25m clause, but when he eventually signed a contract a year later our offer had dropped considerably. All based on media speculation though...

He signed a new deal shortly after Mourinho came in. Pretty sure it was a lot closer to £150k than £80k
 
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