Money, Cash, Hoes

Wasn't sure whether to lead with this story or to put it as the "humorous" last story. Finally decided that it was just too funny to leave as an aside at the end. Or to put in the usual paper round up. It deserves a post all of its own. The Times have a story about how much Tevez actually cost Man City:

Manchester City are paying an astonishing £47 million fee to Carlos Tévez’s private “owners” in a move that obliterates the British transfer record. The deal makes the Argentina striker the fifth most expensive footballer of all time.

City’s billionaire Arab owners have agreed to pay almost twice the £25.5 million fee widely reported to have changed hands, The Times can reveal. An initial £15 million payment is to be followed by two additional sums of £16 million.

Another £3.5 million will be paid if City win the Champions League while Tévez is at the club — an improbable scenario...

That really is brilliant. Add in his wages and:

City’s outlay does not end there, though. On top of the £47 million fee, the club are paying Tévez a salary of £7.5 million a year, or just under £145,000 a week. His wages over a five-year contract take City’s total projected outlay on the striker to £84.5 million, a staggering sum even by City’s inflated standards.

It really is a shame we didn't keep him...