SIGNED - Pavel Pogrebnyak

[TBM]

£30k a week

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... ds-newsxml

Which tbh is fair - and he wont cost us anything in transfer fee's meaning we can still splash the cash on a new midfielder and defender

[Ian Royal]

The only thing that makes that even vaguely believable is a big signing on fee of several £££££££s in place of a transfer fee.

I for one would be alarmed if we were paying even half £65k / a week in basic wage to almost anyone we signed. So if this is true it better be an almighty signing on fee and a hell of a lot of appearance, win and goal related bonuses to make it up to a deal worth £13m over 4 years. With about a 70% wage reduction relegation clause.

[robinsfriday]

According to Sky Sports News, he has signed. Four year deal.

[Simon's Church]

£30k a week

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... ds-newsxml

Which tbh is fair - and he wont cost us anything in transfer fee's meaning we can still splash the cash on a new midfielder and defender

Apparently that's the same money Fulham offered but they would only give him a two year deal.

[MouldyRoyal]

Craig Tanner (academy player) on twitter:

"Loving readings new signing #FirstOfManyRussians" [sic]

Presumably just watching SSN and doesn't have any actual insider knowledge.

[Ups and Downs]

There's just something that doesn't seem quite right about this.

Anyone else think its a bit of a coincidence that we get in new Russian owners and then the first player we spend money on is Russian and all the reports around it state that we are smashing our usual Prem transfer policy for a player that no one thinks is all that great?

Is this really Brian's signing? Or is Anton getting involved in transfers already?

Now it's not for me to be starting rumours but we could be agreeing to pay Pavel £65k a week, on the agreement that he wires £30k straight back into a Cayman Island bank account belonging to a chap with the initials BZ. If that's true then this board will go into a bigmike style meltdown. You heard it here first.

[TBM]

LOL - stop it

[Saaaaaaaammmmmm]

How long till bigmike claims this was the 'meltdown player' all along?

[gazzer, loyal royal]

speaking to my source the other day about the Sanchez signing, the club will not be giving players massive wages. The club are still thinking about relegation scenario and the need to have a low wage to get them off the wage bill

it'll be lower wages and a bigger signing on fee, the stoke way

absolutely no way he'll be on 65k a week, absolutely no way

[Alexander Litvinenko]

There's just something that doesn't seem quite right about this.

Anyone else think its a bit of a coincidence that we get in new Russian owners and then the first player we spend money on is Russian and all the reports around it state that we are smashing our usual Prem transfer policy for a player that no one thinks is all that great?

Is this really Brian's signing? Or is Anton getting involved in transfers already?

Now it's not for me to be starting rumours but we could be agreeing to pay Pavel £65k a week, on the agreement that he wires £30k straight back into a Cayman Island bank account belonging to a chap with the initials BZ. If that's true then this board will go into a bigmike style meltdown. You heard it here first.

For that to be possible there'd need to be someone around at the club who specialised in setting up secret bank accounts in tax-free jurisdictions and in keeping financial transactions out of the sight of the relevant authorities.

[Pepe the Horseman]

speaking to my source the other day about the Sanchez signing, the club will not be giving players massive wages. The club are still thinking about relegation scenario and the need to have a low wage to get them off the wage bill

it'll be lower wages and a bigger signing on fee, the stoke way

absolutely no way he'll be on 65k a week, absolutely no way

Is the Sanchez signing likely to happen?

[bracksroyal10]

What a signing if it is confirmed!! AZ really does mean business in the PL!

[Ups and Downs]

There's just something that doesn't seem quite right about this.

Anyone else think its a bit of a coincidence that we get in new Russian owners and then the first player we spend money on is Russian and all the reports around it state that we are smashing our usual Prem transfer policy for a player that no one thinks is all that great?

Is this really Brian's signing? Or is Anton getting involved in transfers already?

Now it's not for me to be starting rumours but we could be agreeing to pay Pavel £65k a week, on the agreement that he wires £30k straight back into a Cayman Island bank account belonging to a chap with the initials BZ. If that's true then this board will go into a bigmike style meltdown. You heard it here first.

For that to be possible there'd need to be someone around at the club who specialised in setting up secret bank accounts in tax-free jurisdictions and in keeping financial transactions out of the sight of the relevant authorities.

Exactly. I was going to include that in but wanted people to make their own minds up. All the evidence is there. I don't want to say anything more in case someone pokes me with the business end of an umbrella when I'm doing my shopping in Budgens later. Shit! I shouldn't have said where I'm going to be.

[gazzer, loyal royal]

speaking to my source the other day about the Sanchez signing, the club will not be giving players massive wages. The club are still thinking about relegation scenario and the need to have a low wage to get them off the wage bill

it'll be lower wages and a bigger signing on fee, the stoke way

absolutely no way he'll be on 65k a week, absolutely no way

Is the Sanchez signing likely to happen?

we were very close about 2 weeks a go and then the trail went dead, haven't heard anything from the player or his agent in a while. no idea now.

[Archie's penalty]

This will be a superb signing should it come off. You guys complaining at this

[bracksroyal10]

Picture it now Roberts and Pavel up front and it even sounds exciting with Noel and Pavel too.

[Saaaaaaaammmmmm]

http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/readingfc/s/2115542_reading_fc_swoop_for_pogrebnyak

GetReading understands former VfB Stuttgart forward Pogrebnyak has turned down a three-year, £50,000-a-week contract to stay at Craven Cottage, where he score six goals in 12 games for the West London outfit having joined on a short-term deal from the German Bundesliga in January.

[southbank1871]

Dude scored 6 in 12 in the Premier last season and people are moaning?

[Archie's penalty]

I hope we're not paying him that much a week though. But this is wicked!

[Extended-Phenotype]

Dude scored 6 in 12 in the Premier last season and people are moaning?

Dude was the fastest ever premier league player to reach 5 goals.