"Cheating again" - Fans question Saracens 'salary cap' following latest blockbuster signing

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Tuesday, 25 July 2023 at 14:47
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Saracens are thrilled to announce the acquisition of back-rower Juan Martin Gonzalez Samso.
The talented Argentina international, boasting an impressive 22 caps at the young age of 22, is a dynamic flanker who will add significant depth to the base of the scrum at StoneX Stadium.
Standing tall at 6 ft 3" and weighing 105kg, Gonzalez has been part of London Irish since 2021. However, after the Rugby World Cup concludes, he will make the move to Saracens.
With a remarkable track record, including six tries for his country, including his debut against Romania, and notable performances in the Rugby Championship, including a stellar win over Australia in Sydney, Gonzalez has proven his worth on the field.
Upon joining Saracens, Gonzalez will be reunited with his compatriot, Lucio Cinti, who is also making the exciting move to StoneX Stadium. They both aim to follow the success of other Argentine players who have excelled at Saracens, such as Juan Figallo and Marcelo Bosch.
Gonzalez himself is absolutely delighted to be heading to North London, ready to contribute his skills and passion to the Saracens family.
“I am very excited to meet the players and the fans. I will give everything to make sure the team goes well!”
Director of Rugby Mark McCall is thrilled to welcome the back-rower to StoneX Stadium.
“Juan is a player who we are very excited about. He has shown his ability in the Premiership over the past couple of seasons and we believe he has his best rugby ahead of him.”

SALARY CAP QUESTIONED:

One fan wrote: "Good old @Saracens. Salarycap? Pah!!!"
Another commented: "England are the biggest cheats in the history of sport."
"A third commented: "Is that all under the Cap???"
"Pretty comparable to what they had before the investigation. Make of that what you will," commented a fourth.

England teammate says he and Owen Farrell dislike each other 

England fly-half Owen Farrell is never afraid of sharing an opinion or two – especially when it’s about someone he doesn’t particularly like.

#1. Dave Attwood

Former England lock Attwood has opened up on the latest RugbyPass Offload about his ongoing rivalry with Owen Farrell.
The Bath lock won the last of his 24 caps for England back in 2016, which could have a lot to do with his relationship with the current England captain.
He revealed: "On the pitch, I struggle a lot with Owen Farrell. We just don’t see eye to eye on a lot of things,
“He hates me with a passion. Despite my earthy roots, he thinks I am a posh c***. He hates that. I bagged rugby league once jovially. I was saying it to take the piss kind of thing, ‘a bloody sport for the peasants’. He f**kin’ hated it."
"He had a bit of a shout at me and went off to the toilet and I followed him.
“We all had a drink or two after the game but we didn’t need to get carried away with this. I was in the urinal behind the door and he was three or four down and as I got in his dad walked in as well, he was coaching at the time. He was, ‘I don’t want to fuckin’ hear it’ or something like that and as he walked out he went to open the door and slam it into the back of me. There was like a stop on the floor so it hit the stop and almost clocked him back…
“We never really addressed it after that. That was where it started and it was like a drunken little bit of argy that went too far. He is an incredibly competitive athlete and he is also very f**kin’ good, he has got high standards. He is a very competitive athlete and in order to be that good, you have to flirt on the wrong side of competitive.
“So whenever we play each other there is always some element in the game where one of us is running at the other one or we are trying to bang each other. There always seems to be an element of that to it. I am sure he is like, I don’t even know that Dave is playing.”

#2. Ryan Wilson

The Scotland back-rower was the instigator in some tunnel argy-bargy when the players returned to the changing rooms after the warm-up back in 2018 with Farrell at the centre.
Footage of the incident shows all hell breaking loose when Farrell barged his way past a number of Scotland players to confront Wilson, who had been attempting to get inside the head of George Ford.
Wilson later revealed he was banned from Twickenham following the incident.
“I remember that game, I was actually injured and after tunnel-gate, after everything that happened in the tunnel against England, I’d lined up a corporate gig at Twickenham,” he recalled to Rugby Pass in November.
“Had it all lined up, a little bit of cash, all excited, only to get a message back saying the RFU have banned you from Twickenham Stadium after everything that happened the year before.

#3. Fan de Klerk

Farrell and De Klerk ended up at arm’s length from each other in 2018 during their summer tour just before the 20-minute mark and the rest of the two sides quickly joined in.
The pair have since clashes on multiple occasions, including during the World Cup final a year later. Klerk is clearly someone who gets under the England skippers skin and their appears to be little love lost between the pair.
Speaking about the pair, Tom Curry said they are 'very different characters'.
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#4. James Haskell

The pair have what we can only describe as a love-hate relationship. As legendary as the 'best mates' videos were during the 2016 tour of Australia, Farrell certainly didn't seem to be enjoying it.
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