Help me with my Maths please

Stewie Griffin
Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
edited January 2010 in The bottom bracket
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Pa ... 90299.html

"Patrick Vieira took an amazing 500 per cent pay cut to join Manchester City", now maths was never my strongest subject at skool but Im sure that a 100% pay cut means he gets nothing? Or does he have to pay City to let him play? Im just so confused.

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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Take his City wage and multiply it by 500%. That's what he was on at Inter.
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  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    how ever you do the maths its scary that city can buy him and even with his injuries and age can afford to 'waste' the money on a gamble that might not work out and it wont even dint their resources
  • Spiny_Norman
    Spiny_Norman Posts: 128
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Take his City wage and multiply it by 500%. That's what he was on at Inter.
    That's bound to be what they mean, but they've said it the wrong way. Percentage changes should always be expressed in relation to the situation before the change, as that's the known factor. Master Griffin has it right.

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  • snakehips
    snakehips Posts: 2,272
    Stewie Griffin wrote:
    Or does he have to pay City to let him play? Im just so confused.

    He now has to pay Man City 4 x what Inter used to pay him !

    Confused is I believe the right response when you contemplate the finances of the Premiership.

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  • nolf
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    It's the sports section of the mirror.

    I'm not being judgemental, but they're probably not that great at simple percentages.
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  • kieronymous
    kieronymous Posts: 60
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Take his City wage and multiply it by 500%. That's what he was on at Inter.

    That'd be an 80% pay cut then.

    Spiny_Norman is right.

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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    kieronymous wrote:
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Take his City wage and multiply it by 500%. That's what he was on at Inter.

    That'd be an 80% pay cut then.

    Spiny_Norman is right.

    Bloody journalists. Bloody SPORTS journalists. Bloody FOOTBALL journalists!

    Take his City wage. Multiply that by 5 and then add that result to the original amount. That's what he was earning at Inter.

    £80,000 + (£80,000 x 5)

    They expressed it incorrectly, but Vieira has taken a pay cut. Why would you take a pay cut to move from Inter Milan to Manchester City?
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  • snakehips
    snakehips Posts: 2,272
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Why would you take a pay cut to move from Inter Milan to Manchester City?

    Maybe he is being lined up for coaching duties or or some other future managerial position.

    Maybe he was out of contract at the end of the season and knew he was not getting another on comparable terms.

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  • Ben6899
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    Maybe you're right.
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  • dd1
    dd1 Posts: 73
    He was not getting too many games in Italy. Wants to be playing to try and get in France world cup squad in the summer.

    I think it was Mancini who took him to Inter as well so obviously he still thinks he can play a role.

    And as said above, with money no object, it is worth taking a punt on someone who has won his fair share of trophies and can pass on his experiences to a club who has won bugger all.
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