FA paying £50,000 a week for Owen

[NS Herald]

Kin hell - the FA are paying Newcastle 50K a WEEK - yes A bloody week to cover Michael Owen's salary following his world cup injury and Newcastle still aren't happy.

Something HAS to be done about salary obscenities when the guy isn't even playing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/6405237.stm

 

[Uncle Buck]

Hardly his fault he got injured.

 

[Icy Gull]

Is he finished?

 

[Gritt23]

Surely FA's aren't obliged to do this, or Ivory Coast and Ghana wouldn't be able to afford to take the risk of anything happening to Drogba or Essien.

This is crazy.

 

[Icy Gull]

Kin hell - the FA are paying Newcastle 50K a WEEK - yes A bloody week to cover Michael Owen's salary following his world cup injury and Newcastle still aren't happy.

Something HAS to be done about salary obscenities when the guy isn't even playing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/6405237.stm

Peanuts compared to what the last twat of a manager got

 

[Uncle Buck]

Is he finished?

Read somewhere he was targetting the end of March as a comeback date.

 

[rool]

I think it's only right the FA pay up, especially considering he obtained the injury on England duty, otherwise we will have even more non cooperation from clubs for internationals.

 

[Icy Gull]

Read somewhere he was targetting the end of March as a comeback date.

Good, hope it works out for him

 

[empire]

good on him hardly his fault and have to make the most of the mad money while its here

 

[Silent Bob]

Read somewhere he was targetting the end of March as a comeback date.

Indeedy. http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2023085,00.html

Fingers crossed...


Isn't there a court case with some Belgian club (backed by G14 ) trying to sue some FA for their players injury? Could be the end of international football.

 

[Silent Bob]

Re: Re: FA paying £50,000 a week for Owen

Peanuts compared to what the last twat of a manager got

Is still getting don't you mean, £6,500 a day.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I think it's only right the FA pay up, especially considering he obtained the injury on England duty, otherwise we will have even more non cooperation from clubs for internationals.

But what about those (as mentioned above) countries that can't afford to take the risk of playing their players? The English FA must be one of the richest governing bodies in the football world.

What about the Benjani's of Portsmouth & Zimbabwe or the Drogba's of the Ivory coast?

 

[Icy Gull]

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Is still getting don't you mean, £6,500 a day.

Go on, make my day. Tell me how much longer will he be sucking blood?

 

[Gritt23]

I think it's only right the FA pay up, especially considering he obtained the injury on England duty, otherwise we will have even more non cooperation from clubs for internationals.

So what about all the countries around the World whose FA's are rich enough to make these sort of payments if their star players get injured during Internationals? Are they exempt, or are you happy to see International football die because the FA in Brazil dare not pick Ronaldinho, et al?

 

[Silent Bob]

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Go on, make my day. Tell me how much longer will he be sucking blood?

Well he had two years left on his contract I think, so that long at a guess.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

His Butt plug, Tord Grip, takes home £600 a day.

 

[Uncle Buck]

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Well he had two years left on his contract I think, so that long at a guess.

I thought they came to an agreement that is was on full pay until the end of 2006 and the half pay until July 2007, unless he got another job.

 

[Silent Bob]

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I thought they came to an agreement that is was on full pay until the end of 2006 and the half pay until July 2007, unless he got another job.

You are possibly right, I remember reading about it somewhere but not the details.

 

[Uncle Buck]

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You are possibly right, I remember reading about it somewhere but not the details.

I know he was being linked to jobs around Christmas and the comments that he was about to go on half pay were doing the rounds.

 

[Seagull Stew]

I think it's only right the FA pay up, especially considering he obtained the injury on England duty, otherwise we will have even more non cooperation from clubs for internationals.

Absolute nonsense.

The FA and FIFA shouldn't need co-operation from the clubs.

It is the FA and FIFA who allow clubs like Newcastle United to take part in THEIR tournaments. As part of the conditions of taking part in the Premiership, FA Cup, European champions league or UEFA cup the club should obide by the rules of FIFA, UEFA and the FA and allow the national teams PRIORITY in selection of national players!

It should be up to the clubs to make sure they have the correct insurance for players to take part in National tournaments.