[Football] £14m player signng on fee

[Weststander]

Emre Can will join Juventus on 1 July on 'a Bosman' and is to receive £14m as a signing on fee.

Current pro footballers are so lucky. Riches beyond the wildest dreams of virtually any one.

 

[dadams2k11]

I thought he went because he likes Italy?

 

[Weststander]

I thought he went because he likes Italy?

And will probably donate the £14m to charities.

 

[Southern Scouse]

Plus £4m a year for four years plus bonuses......

 

[Saltydog]

£12mill will be the agents fee, £1mill to the girlfriend, £0.7mill for the family, £14mill does not go far these days.......

 

[Milano]

He's not even that good IMO!
Wilshire will get a similar deal somewhere.

 

[Eeyore]

I don't think my conscience could cope with that sort of money.

 

[Megazone]

They don't earn anything near Royal family members, bankers, oil merchants and Russian London property owners.

Footballers seem to be the scapegoats of the overpaid.

 

[GT49er]

They don't earn anything near Royal family members, bankers, oil merchants and Russian London property owners.

Footballers seem to be the scapegoats of the overpaid.

Oh, the poor darlings. Is there a crowd funding option for them somewhere?

 

[Megazone]

Oh, the poor darlings. Is there a crowd funding option for them somewhere?

Yes there is actually.

Every overpriced season ticket and match day ticket you purchase goes towards saving a top flight footballers life. Together!

 

[Tesco in Disguise]

What are you suggesting? That there's a failing in the free market?

Commie.

 

[LlcoolJ]

They don't earn anything near Royal family members, bankers, oil merchants and Russian London property owners.

Footballers seem to be the scapegoats of the overpaid.

Not sure about the royal family members as that's a different debate entirely but, yes.

The majority of the richest people in the world are rich from inherited money, ripping off their own country's wealth by being dodgy or both. They are billionaires and they give zero to us plebs

Football players earning a few million is neither here nor there in the grand scheme of undeserved wealth.

 

[Megazone]

Not sure about the royal family members as that's a different debate entirely but, yes.

The majority of the richest people in the world are rich from inherited money, ripping off their own country's wealth by being dodgy or both. They are billionaires and they give zero to us plebs

Football players earning a few million is neither here nor there in the grand scheme of undeserved wealth.

The one thing I do think it's time for in football, make all earnings confidential. It's only causing a negative effect with the fans every time they read about another 200k pw wage offer. This growing divide between the fans and players is basically down to us knowing how much footballers earn. Players are now judged on what they earn as much as ability. This is how the U.S media covers American sport. Sadly, it looks like we're taking the same route.

 

[HastingsSeagull]

Might have taken a lower weekly wage than was on offer elsewhere but a larger up front payment.

Good player too especially when first came to Liverpool but seemed to slip lately perhaps due to speculation over his future.

 

[BadFish]

Not sure about the royal family members as that's a different debate entirely but, yes.

The majority of the richest people in the world are rich from inherited money, ripping off their own country's wealth by being dodgy or both. They are billionaires and they give zero to us plebs

Football players earning a few million is neither here nor there in the grand scheme of undeserved wealth.

Hey come on now, i have heard about trickle down economics.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

They don't earn anything near Royal family members, bankers, oil merchants and Russian London property owners.

Footballers seem to be the scapegoats of the overpaid.

Strange comparisons. Tennis players, pop stars, tv celebrities, film stars some of whom haven't got an ounce of talent, but just happen to have good looks.

 

[NooBHA]

These things are nothing new and like the Bosman ruling which totally changed the Transfer Market 25 years ago, I have the feeling that in the next 5 years, the Transfer market will change dramatically again.

These players walking out on existing contracts in Portugal could spark another European Ruling Case Law. If the Clubs take the step to challenge them in the courts and demand a fee or compensation from the players or their new clubs. Potentially if they lose, it would be the first step towards the end of Transfer Fees in their current format.

Sport and Football in particular is the last Bastion of ''Legally Slavery'' where humans and their labour are sold on the Open Market for a fee. People claim that football is different than any other type of job and that these transfer fees help small clubs who sell on players to survive; however to my mind ''why should it be'' ? - What gives football the right to sell another human being and their labour.

I am looking on with baited breath on this one because I for one want to see transfer fees abolished altogether because I think they restrict peoples Human Rights - A player should be allowed to move from one club to another anytime he wants if another club wants to sign him.

 

[Skint Gull]

I am looking on with baited breath on this one because I for one want to see transfer fees abolished altogether because I think they restrict peoples Human Rights - A player should be allowed to move from one club to another anytime he wants if another club wants to sign him.

Any persons who actually believes that a footballers 'Human Rights' are relevant to this have literally ZERO respect from me! Seriously, this is in jest right?

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[NooBHA]

Any persons who actually believes that a footballers 'Human Rights' are relevant to this have literally ZERO respect from me! Seriously, this is in jest right?

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Not all footballers are earning Millions of £s in the lower leagues and they are still tied to contracts they can't get out of without their employers approval. So NO it wasn't in jest

 

[Gwylan]

Seriously, this is in jest right?

Why? Noo has raised a vary valid point: thousands of people every year quit their job to go somewhere else but there's no suggestion of a transfer fee being paid. Football's out on a limb here and I do wonder how long that situation will last.

I can see football authorities laying down rules about how many clubs a player can join in a season but I too foresee the end of transfer fees at some point in the future.