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Have you been listening to the Manic Street Preachers?£150k a week! One hundred and fifty thousand pounds a fucking week!
If we tolerate this then .....
Have you been listening to the Manic Street Preachers?£150k a week! One hundred and fifty thousand pounds a fucking week!
If we tolerate this then .....
Yep, although if they miss out on Top 4 I guess there's at least a slim hope he wouldn't go to that continual shitshow.I'd be amazed if Utd didn't.. .
You have a very narrow definition of "fair". It usually means "reasonable in the circumstances", which I believe applies here. It doesn't mean "reasonable compared to average wages".£150 k a week is never a fair wage. It might be the going rate, but that’s not the same as being fair
Then what? We might have to play champions league EVERY year?
He's on 50k?
Even if we did want to give him that, it's almost certainly too late. Why on earth would he sign it now, when in just a few months time he can wait to see if someone else comes in, possibly get offered a deal in the £300k range, and tell us to beat that offer or he's leaving? We've seen this play out at Arsenal - once a contract is nearly up or a release clause about to become available way below market value all the power is with the player and you either lose them or pay megabucks. Our only real hope of keeping him at this point is if none of the giants decide to actually go for him.
No one is going to pay him 300k a week. I read that last summer even Man u wasn't interested in his wage demands. We offered him 150 what 2 seasons ago, he played up.
300k a week is not the going rate for a top CB. Striker yes.. CB No. There is no parity in positions.. Forwards are always paid more. 300k a week for Toby even man city would tell him to f off.
Perhaps. But players who are out of contract tend to get ridiculous wages - Ramsey is the latest example. And Toby is in a kind of half-way position this summer where he can't leave for free, but can leave for a fee probably less than half his normal market value. He should be able to negotiate for that to translate to an oversized wage packet.No one is going to pay him 300k a week. I read that last summer even Man u wasn't interested in his wage demands. We offered him 150 what 2 seasons ago, he played up.
300k a week is not the going rate for a top CB. Striker yes.. CB No. There is no parity in positions.. Forwards are always paid more. 300k a week for Toby even man city would tell him to f off.
£150,000 for a couple of years is not excessive considering the current market, and that Toby, together with Vert, forms a formidable defensive partnership that could not be easily replicated.
According to this, the top 5 paid Premiership CB's are...
Luiz - £120k p/w
Otamendi - £120k p/w
Kompany - £120k p/w
Kolasinac - £150k p/w
Van Dijk - £180k p/w
http://sokkaa.com/defending-cash-top-5-premier-league-central-defenders-with-highest-weekly-wages/
So you're blatantly spot on (if those figures are true) and £300k p/w is a ridiculous request/thought.
IMHO Toby is as good, if not better than Van Dijk, so maybe we 'should' pay him something close to that. In any case, there are so many add ons and bonuses, I'm sure we could get it to that with a lower basic salary.According to this, the top 5 paid Premiership CB's are...
Luiz - £120k p/w
Otamendi - £120k p/w
Kompany - £120k p/w
Kolasinac - £150k p/w
Van Dijk - £180k p/w
http://sokkaa.com/defending-cash-top-5-premier-league-central-defenders-with-highest-weekly-wages/
So you're blatantly spot on (if those figures are true) and £300k p/w is a ridiculous request/thought.
IMHO Toby is as good, if not better than Van Dijk, so maybe we 'should' pay him something close to that. In any case, there are so many add ons and bonuses, I'm sure we could get it to that with a lower basic salary.
I’m not disagreeing with you @coopsieyid quite the opposite. I think we should pay him at least the same as Van Dijk. I wish we had increased his salary before now as it might not have been such a big thing now.Of course we should pay him near that. I was simply replying to, and agreeing with @Bobby_Lucky, re the initial (supposed) £150k offer a couple of years ago 'would' have put Alderweireld right up there with the highest earning players, in his position, in the entire country.