After what Wenger said about players contracts why don't modern footballers run down their contract and sign for another club?
I'm reading Joey Barton's book at the moment (he's a cretin in the book btw but I can't stop reading it) and when he left Newcastle for QPR he got a signing on fee of around £6million pounds and was on £75k a week
It will be the new norm in football, a player runs it down and takes money out of the game and away from clubs, it's not ideal but the money merry go round will stop and it will end up in players pockets.
If I was a footballer like say Oxlaide-Chamberlain I'd run my contract down and take that bare P fam.... (money for Sandy)
Thoughts?
Contracts In The PL
posted on 31/7/17
Which book are you talking about?
I'm away on holiday this week and might have a butchers.
posted on 31/7/17
anything about the fancy coffe machine?
posted on 31/7/17
comment by polloks (U2971)
posted 40 seconds ago
anything about the fancy coffe machine?
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posted on 31/7/17
Wenger is senile-how can having 8 players with one year left on contracts be good business for Arsenal-difficulty to plan, a lot of squad could walk for free-then you would have to buy a whole new squad afresh-that is like burning money and they already have the highest ticket prices in Europe.
Isn't he an economist? if that is really his view, good luck to Arsenal
posted on 31/7/17
How many players at your club on long contracts that you would like rid of,every club has contract problems,Adebayor took you to the cleaners for a couple of years because no one wanted to pay his wages,so the future may be players running down their contract,if they're good enough the get a new one.
posted on 31/7/17
Wenger is talking out of his backside.
Th downside for players is that if they get injured before a deal is agreed their power in terms of negotiations decrease massively and clubs could actually pull of a deal. Monaco were talking about signing Victor Valdes when he said he was leaving Barca but he got a serious injury so they changed their mind.
posted on 31/7/17
Ibra-hesitated over a Man U contract, then got injured-then no contract
posted on 31/7/17
comment by groovyduringthewar (U1054)
posted 5 minutes ago
How many players at your club on long contracts that you would like rid of,every club has contract problems,Adebayor took you to the cleaners for a couple of years because no one wanted to pay his wages,so the future may be players running down their contract,if they're good enough the get a new one.
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The risk of ending up with an Ade does not justify an approach which lets all contracts wind down.
Arsenal's board have been negligent in letting this happen, particularly as they have been criticised by fans for not spending enough, yet they are willfully pouring money away with these contracts expiring contracts.
posted on 31/7/17
The reason it likely won't catch on is because a lot of players want security. They're always one major injury from ending their career but if they've got a 5 year contract they'll be financially minted.
Get injured in their last year and it's curtains.
posted on 1/8/17
Crawley
Reigate