https://www.theinnersanctum.com.au/star-socceroo-set-to-leave-adelaide-united/

Fuck me I think it's fair to say we've been through a lot as Australian football fans but this has pushed me over.

How do you let this happen? It's not even an Adelaide issue mariners lost Cummings and Perth lost Williams. 

What's the point of following if clubs can't even retain their players. You might think I'm city fan who gives a toss. It devalues the league it's not exciting and it's not fun to follow. This is on the APL and all the clubs. Huge mistake imo 

Saudi window has shut

+9

2.5 million per year for three years .... with very low taxes.... kinda means set up for life after Football... 

Fantastic for Craig 

What about the club 

The league 

The fans 

800k transfer fee is peanuts 

Not for an AL club it isn't. Those types of fees aren't falling out of the sky every day.
Absolutely it sucks for the fans, especially the Reds fans. Goodwin was a pleasure to watch last season. I bet if the Reds could match the offer they would, but it's way too much.
You have to accept our position for what it is. We are a poor tiny little league in a giant global football economy.
Support your club first. Players are always going to come and go. Good players are always going to go when a good offer is on the table. It's nice when they stick around, but the majority are going to move on.

Criminal if Adelaide didn't engage the APL and reach into the marquee bucket to match the offer. Absolute icon of the league

Don't be disheartened mate. It is, after all, 299 million dollars less than what Mo Salah passed up to join the sand pit games. 

Now Adelaide will have $800k Plus a $50K BMW in the budget to spend on a "marquee" :)

 

Why are we moaning about a 31-year-old in the twilight of his career going to get his final paycheck for his family? 

Where are the next Goodwins? 

Well why watch the a league? Might as well watch the npl or we start earlier and watch the under 11s 

You wanna see socceroo level players in the a league surely? 

If Socceroos players are ONLY good enough to play in the Alegaue then that is a major worry matey.

Holy shit, these guys are managed by Donis (ex Greece International and Panathinaikos player) Wow those petro-dollars sweep up everyone.

Nah you know what I mean. We need a mix of socceroos, foreign players and young players. It can't be just young players or old players I dunno I'm getting sick of it maybe I'll just watch badminton 

Nope, I wanna see Socceroo level players in the EPL.

Dude, your putting the cart before the horse.... You dont need a mix of anything..... Just follow your club and don't worry about what the perceived "quality" of the players is... just hope that it is constantly improving.... and in fairness it is..... Ob-vs I dont watch alot of Aleague but the snippets I see know are 20 x better than what I saw on the park 10 years ago... this is the same at NPL level and at State league level.....  ANY Australian player, at the moment, good enough to command any sort of transfer fee (even if it is to those filthy animals in the desert) is a cause for celebration.... Like JC aludes to above, by the time most of our Socceroos are playing in the EPL and the better overseas leagues, they players playing domestically will be at a much better level and pushing to also make the leap....

I've watched quite a few Socceroos in the NPL2/NYL at CCM. Some are so obvious - others have to work hard to get there.   

The aleague will continue to struggle to retain its best players into the future as the money overseas is simply too good and unrealistic for clubs here to compete with, we should not be surprised by this.

As long as clubs get compensated properly they can reinvest that money into developing or finding the next Goodwin, Cummings, Tilio etc.

Or in the case of Sammy Silvera, sell him, get him back, sell him again   

Confirmed

https://twitter.com/AdelaideUnited/status/1700046334798258234?s=20

Reckons he'll be back again 

LOL

I feel like i say this every 3mos on here - if you revisit my post about the Saudi league becoming a super league 

MONEY TALKS - EVERYTHING ELSE IS BULLSHIT 


The SA super league with all the investment being put in it, is probably the best league outside of Europe and South America now and it will only get better. 

the contact is 3 years 2.5m ie 7.5m 

7.5m is enough to set himself up for the remainder of their life (on top of his current wealth) - He also gets a chance to play in a League with Neymar, Ronaldo, Benzema etc - it is a no brainer the 800k fee is the only kicker you would think that AU would of gotten at least >1m for him but the Salary cap hampers clubs ability to get big fees 

Adelaide have that much talent coming through that the next ones will be playing. Saudi clubs could put their emblem on every Premier League club, play in England with their squads, it still wouldn't be enough. The crest on the front of the shirt will always be bigger than any name on the back.

The entire league is looking incredibly weak this season.

Bit like that Covid season when all the local talent came through. I want some good marquees but nothing beats a local story.

I respect everyone's opinion but it's killed the excitement for me. I wanna see quality players in the a league. We're left with players who are just a phone call away from leaving to India or Saudi it rubs me the wrong way 

Know what you mean. But sill have A Kuol, Irankunda at least 

Your only concern should be Melbourne City, full stop.

This happens in leagues all over the world, players move on and new ones pop up.Life goes on.

I hope he gets tax residency over there, otherwise the ATO will eat up half of that 7.5 mill

India takes away a lot of deadwood which is appreciated. Saudi is more for the top, end of career cash grab. It's been this way for a decade anyway with other Asian leagues so we should be used to it now.

or he can do what 'most' rich people do 

get a few negative geared properties 

max super contributions or him and his misses

pay into a trust....  

set his contact up to be paid over multiple financial years opposed to being paid 2.5m a season he might negotiate 1m a season over 7 years with the 8th year paying 500k..... 


im sure there are 'other' loopholes but that is just at the top of my head 

people that are 'not' PayG have a lot of ways to reduce taxable income