It takes a lot of cash to look so trashy.
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Bissouma
- Thread starter NorvenSeagull
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It takes a lot of cash to look so trashy.
Amazing how quickly these players lose sight of reality. I see Kevin De Bruyne has just said he is tempted by the money on offer in Saudi Arabia. So £400k odd a week here isn't enough? The greed is immense.
- Nov 11, 2009
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Its only 200k a week after tax, couldnt even buy a private jet with that sort of wage!
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
But isn't part of the draw (or all of it) the fact that you can get around paying tax whilst working in Saudi?
Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
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I'm not sure anyone deserves to be robbed, regardless of what they are wearing. People should have the right to have whatever clothes/jewellery/whatever they like without fear of someone attacking them for it.
B-right-on
Living the dream
What in my post made you think I agreed with him being robbed?
My points were:
1. He's an idiot for walking the streets of Cannes at 4am, dressed in tens of thousands of pounds worth of designer clothes and wearing a quarter of a million pounds watch.
2. As far as I know, he's done nothing to help those starving and in complete poverty in his own country, unlike Sadio Mane, Tariq, Saleh etc...
Yes his choice what he spends his money on, but that's the kind of attitude that makes this world as fvcked as it is, the Haves not helping the Have Nots. IMO.
Not Andy Naylor
Well-known member
I've often wondered - do expensive watches tell the time more accurately than cheap ones?
No - waste of money. At least when you buy a £250K car, it goes faster. Watches? - nah, not so much!
I bought an expensive Omega Seamaster watch for my husband about 24 years ago, he had always wanted one and I saved up for it, I cost just over £1000 at the time. I surprised him with it. It was before we had our daughter and I wanted to treat him to something special while I could still afford to do it.
Any how, he hadn't worn it for a few years due to wearing smart watches (fitbit, Apple watch) he put it on a few months ago. He waved it around a bit and it started working. He checked online out of curiosity to see if they were still sold and they are but now cost £5600
So even though it was not the reason I bought him the watch all those years ago, it seems like watches are not a bad investment.
What about when you invest in an etf or an index fund ? Or a piece of art...What do they 'do'?
There are some weird views on this thread.
B-right-on
Living the dream
Suppose the flip side of that is cars mostly depreciate and the expensive watches hold their value or increase.
For full clarity, I own neither said posh car or watch.
No idea. There are some weird answers on this thread .............................
Algernon
Well-known member
Yes, Yves would've bought the watch for its investment potential and not to look flashy.
He's a footballer, he gets paid too much, footballers and others with ridonculous bank balances all of course buy stuff as investments.
I'm sure I would do the same.
He's a footballer, he gets paid too much, footballers and others with ridonculous bank balances all of course buy stuff as investments.
I'm sure I would do the same.
As the old saying goes, ‘have you got the time on you, cock?’
The Lemming Stomper
Under the flag
And mugged for a third time when Spuds said join us and win something
Indeed, but there are naughty people around and a few sensible steps/precautions would do no harm.
Thats the big one. You don't know shit. Nothing. And accuse him of doing nothing to help starving or poor people.
I've not met one African player not sending money to his family or his village or what it may be. Because thats what most people do when they are from a poor country and end up earning money somewhere.
What most people don't do is to make it some sort of publicity stunt every time they go and do a Hawala transfer or whatever way they use to transfer money.
I'm happy for Mohamed Salah and Tariq Lamptey, originating from rather stable countries where you technically can stand in front of a camera, smile and say "I gave £1m to my home village!", without much risk of hearing on the news next day that the village was plundered and slaughtered. People who come from countries always on the brink of civil war don't usually have that luxury.
Maybe when Yves is finished setting up his ambitious foundation for African kids, he'll wave a big fat f***ing sign saying "I GAVE MONEY, JOBS AND OPPORTUNITES; I'M A GREAT f***ing PERSON", like some do. Maybe then you can shove your wild accusations up your arse.
And if you still find yourself wanting to accuse someone in football of not helping the poor and starving, look no further than the Premier League and the 20 owners who can afford to let EVERYONE go to football for free, afford to feed and house every living being in the UK, and still have money left to pay eleven guys to play football once a week.
Yeah or you come from some poor conditions and WORK YOUR WAY UP to end up in an environment flooded with millionaires and you're really f***ing insecure and buy a nice car and some fancy watch to fit into a society where money and social status is happyness and community.
(I hope this don't all count as politics, its just a call to stop bullying and ridiculing some lad the majority of you probably never even met and much less understood.)
Well, you wouldn’t want an expensive watch that couldn’t keep time accurately, would you
Not Andy Naylor
Well-known member
So why are they so valuable? Design? Jewels? Brand name?