IS it April 1st? How can this be ethical or good for the game/our league?
http://www.football365.com/news/21554/7256309/McKay-confirms-Doncaster-deal
McKay, one of the most outspoken and successful agents in European
football, has been recruited by Rovers' major shareholders John Ryan and
Dick Watson on a two-year deal.
He will now scour Europe, mainly using his contacts in France and
Spain, to bring in players on loan deals, which will help cut the
Championship club's wage bill.
As part of the deals, if the players on loan at the Keepmoat Stadium
earn moves elsewhere, then they will also get a cut of the fee.
"These guys [Ryan and Watson] approached me. They have a wage bill of
£8m a year and want it reduced to £4m," McKay revealed to the Daily
Mail.
"My valuation of Donny was nothing. They have no fanbase and everyone
in Doncaster supports Leeds, Sheffield United or Sheffield Wednesday,
who can all get 30,000 in their stadiums.
"Donny have players on £7,000 a week and a core support of 10,000 people -
nobody can sustain that.
"We are going to work with Lyon, Auxerre, Bordeaux, Saint-Etienne, Nice and
Lorient by taking their unhappy players.
"In every squad there are two or three good players who aren't
getting a game for whatever reason. We will take them to Doncaster, put
them in the shop window and sell them on with sell-on fees."
McKay has wasted little time in bringing in the likes of Pascal
Chimbonda, Herita Ilunga and Chris Kirkland, whilst deals for Fabien
Robert, brother of former Newcastle winger Laurent, Saint-Etienne's
Sylvain Monsoreau, Lamine Kone and Sebastian Dubarbier are also in the
pipeline.
El Hadji Diouf is also considering a move, as is Real Madrid midfielder
Mahamadou Diarra.
"Mahamadou Diarra has a CV with Monaco, Real Madrid and Lyon on it.
I've told him if he comes to Doncaster he will be with us for six months
before he's playing in the Premier League," McKay added. "He was on
€4.7m net at Real Madrid, but he'll be playing for £2,000 a week if he
comes to us."
The only man who can say no to McKay at Rovers is new manager Dean
Saunders, but the agent is confident that will not be an issue due to
the calibre of players he has lined up.
"Dean has a right of veto, but is he seriously going to turn down
Mahamadou Diarra, a guy who's got 150 games on his CV for Lyon and 120
for Real Madrid?
"I'm doing this to prove it can be done and I've been honest enough
to admit I'm only here for the money. I don't need the £100 and I
probably won't even invoice for it."
The deal between Doncaster and McKay has also been rubber-stamped by the FA's
financial regulation officer Andrew Penn.
McKay confirmed that Rovers would get a fee from any deal which saw a
player seal a big-money move on the back of a loan spell at the
Keepmoat Stadium - as could be the case with West Ham's Herita Ilunga.
"Take Herita Ilunga as an example. He's on £26,000 a week at West
Ham, not getting a game and they can't get him a move," he continued.
"I called the joint-chairman David Sullivan and offered £1,000 a week
to take Ilunga on loan. David laughed and said, "Make me a sensible
offer", so I said, "OK, £500".
"Anyway, eventually we agree the deal on £2,000 a week and West Ham
make up the rest of his wages. We take him at Doncaster, who are no
threat to West Ham, and give him a shop window to perform by playing
every week.
"If he plays well and I get him a move, say to Turkey for £5m, then
I'll reach an agreement with David Sullivan about the fee West Ham will
receive, plus my commission, less his full £26,000-a-week salary for the
period he was at Doncaster."
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