I think I recall hearing that they had been talking to James McFadden, but that was nearly 2 months ago.

Joey Barton as a striker would be interesting though!

Amazing how some people find that 1+1=24.4874324

Ernie has said two things:

The first is that he has the money that Burns was sold for as well as his wage to spend on the position. Seeing as Burns was paid out side of the cap (as an accounting marquee) we know that its likely to be a marquee player.

The second thing that Ernie has said is that every player they've talked to has wanted a million bucks. So its going to be less than that. I read somewhere once that the average marquee in the A-league is on less than 800k.

The Phoenix are not a high spending club so don't expect a big name.

It's not going to be Joey Barton because he costs too much, doesn't comply with the clubs culture (no dickheads policy), and we have one of the best midfields in the A-League, we need strikers.

Edited by ryanm: 10/8/2015 06:02:26 AM

Let's just wait and see what happens.


Edited by Bozza1#: 9/8/2015 07:55:30 PM

Edited by Bozza1#: 9/8/2015 07:56:18 PM

£40,000 pounds a week is WAY above any thing an A-league club could afford to have as marquee.

I think Del Pierro was on $3.5 million a year which is about $67,000 AUD which is about 32,000 British pounds.

"I'm close to agreeing something with somebody, hopefully that can be sorted out in the next week."- Barton added.

Joey Barton is training with Watford in the hope of earning a move to the newly-promoted Premier League club.

However, he will have to lower his wage demands considerably if he is secure a switch to Watford.

Manager Quique Sanchez Flores is interested in adding the experienced Barton to his squad, although the club are only prepared to offer a maximum salary of £40,000-a-week.

BIG $$$

euro based, troisi ? oar?

Why?

It can't be Barton.

Nobody know who you really are though.

Unless you're the actual Mark Bosnich.

Lol i just know. Can't give away to much or il lose my job.

How do you know its Joey Barton?

Huge signing if true.

Looking forward to this, although I don't rate their chances this year.

Marquee? Meh! A goal-scoring Bonevacia-type player would be fantastic, thanks.

Why is there always one wanker bashing a club just because they are from NZ ? ](*,)

Better than OH-LYM-PIC.

With the Nux guys in here. Like 'em. Keep 'em.

A joke of a poster, we don't need any xenophobic dickheads in here. If you want to start a Phoenix out rumor thread then go ahead but this is a Phoenix signing thread so piss off.

How many clubs can the FFA afford to own anyway?

Phoenix are independent, well run, and sustainable.

Us being in the league does not prevent another Australian club coming in. I'm not sure why this is so hard to understand.

Perth Glory are a shambles , Brisbane can't pay their players, Newcastle have had to be saved by the FFA - even the current Australian clubs can't get their shit together. If there was a suitable bid from anywhere don't you think the FFA would've thought about it already? There are no other viable teams at this stage.

Shit, we're one of the only clubs providing any sort of good publicity.



Edited by A.Haak: 8/8/2015 10:04:38 PM

Its Joey Barton, will be interesting to see how he handles it there head wise.

a joke of a club
We dont need a kiwi club we need another aussie club

Finidi George

Sick I love news on signings. Very interested to see who this is.

There is no way we are after a big money marquee. We aren't Sydney or Melbourne.

Until FFA confirm our license renewal, we will struggle to sign anyone, let alone someone of marquee status. We are currently at a severe disadvantage because of FFA's ineptitude. Obviously no one in the Australian media gives a toss, though, because they're mostly mouth pieces for the FFA anyway.

Edited by A.Haak: 7/8/2015 10:03:08 PM

I hope so. I know I'm in a minority but I think the Nux have something to offer the HAL yet.

Let's hope Phoenix can surprise the league and actually bring in a decent marquee.

#TroisiIn

According to Twitter the deal was supposed to be done today but will now be done next week.

Euro based international striker, Phoenix are spending the sale fee for Burns plus his wage so should be a marquee.

Hope he goes well.