^^ both fornarolli and berisha came under the cap.

Your point is irrelevant.

he might be a tagged marquee but he is definitively not on marquee wages 
so looks like a very good signing

New York sign villa, lampard and Pirlo and Melbourne continue to sign the "who is this guy"

How many did he miss between each one he got on target?
If he spends most of games blazing over the top of the stands the odd spectacular goal is not going to be worth it. However if he chooses his moments well and hits the target quite often then it makes him far more dangerous player. I don't know which it is, do you?

Sydney - 40 polish caps = under the cap
CFG - A  couple of youth international appearances = marquee. 

Them scouting resources :D

He really should have been an in-cap signing. How much are they paying him ffs?

read somewhere around 250k EUROS
that sounds pretty good to me

€250k is about A$375k which is not bad but still puts him at the top end of the HAL pay bracket. If it's true then he's a marquee purely for cap purposes and would most likely drop in the cap next year as it increases or Timmy moves on.

How could $400k possibly make him a marquee man, for sure city would have 2 players getting paid more than that.

@ Tambo

It would be rare to have more than one player on $300k+ under the cap. Most of the current players were signed when the cap was $2.65m which is an average of about $125k each, with the minimum salary in place it doesn't leave a lot to pay big salaries to many players. Typically there's 7 on minimum, 7 or 8 on mid range, and 6 or 7 on high salaries

Doubt it. Cahill rumoured to be on 400k this year in what was a heavily front ended deal, with Bruno allegedly earning $1.1m as marquee. Wouldnt surprise if Budders was heavily front ended as well to take him back under the cap next season.

From the same Polish reporter who first broke the rumours and followed the story, he said that he will be on €200k ($300k Aud) per season for 2 years.

He is not a real marquee just listed as one for accounting purposes. Currently Bruno Fornaroli is the only City player on above $500k. Although CFG have alot of money, Melbourne are on a budget. CFG are a business and run like one, Melbourne are on a budget, there's no point putting heaps of money into HAL as it is currently a black hole for owners always posting losses. I think CFG have learned this too since they are spending less players.  In addition with the $9m wage last season 60% of that was cahill only, and CFG only payed about $2m the rest by Foxtel and FFA (which I still don't know how that's allowed in a professional football league).

FFA part was $500k tops and was a separate contract for doing  promotional shit 

http://forum.insidesport.com.au/2403838/The-Cahill-Content-Thread

It was allowed because it's a private franchise venture and all the franchisees agreed to it.

And two years as well hahaha
Classic heart 

Victory won't be able to poach him in January
Clever CFG

No need to worry, we only poach quality players. Your whole squad is safe. 

With Fornaroli out, City's squad on paper look so average. The excitement of the Novillo/Mooy era is long gone

That was my thought, unless the new coach abandons pretty football altogether and just goes long and direct having this guy cahill and fornaroli on the pitch at once is a very top heavy attack with little playmaking ability.

Still the first few minutes of that vid make this guy look awesome.  I know highlights don't tell the story but considering he still has lots of good years in him he looks pretty good to me.

Average wage in the Polish league in 2014 was not quite double the A-League. The average attendance last year was roughly 3000 less than the A-League.

Metrics :hehe:

Oh and their TV deal is about 37 million (I am assuming US Dollars)

More metrics!

I am hearing that their youngsters are meant to be good tho, so we shall see.

But yeah all in all not that many exciting established players in their squad this season. Cahill is about to retire, Fornaroli isn't fit and Brandon is coming off an injury. 

Welcome to the forum, Prickle Pear.

Well now.

Football fans are so quick to judge. 

He was absolutely hopeless apart from that one shot on goal. It helped get them points this game but he has to play much better if he is going to help them get points in the future

Yup. Hervas had a great first touch for Roar ... then that was it.

he doesn't look fit yet not sure how his pre season went but looks like he needs more time,
explains why he has been on the bench I think he was happy to get 15-20 mins
but then was called into action due to Malik injury

From reports I've heard and simply seeing his movement during the games he's far from being fit. Looks about 60-70% at the moment, fitness wise.