I was reading the BBC gossip page this morning and according to the Daily Star ( I know), Jose Mourinho has had a pop at the agents and parents of young players. He has said that the agents and parents are asking for so much money as soon as a young player plays for the 1st team or if they are close to making the step upto the 1st team. I don't know how true this is but I have heard that some of our youth players are on about £15,000 a week which if it is true that is absolutely ridiculous. If young players are earning that kind of money they think that they have made it and quite possibly not push themselves that extra little bit to truly make it. Does anyone else think that UEFA should bring in a salary cap for youth players at say €3,000 a week?
posted on 18/5/15
In theory the idea has merit but sadly in practice it would be almost impossible to because there are so many different ways that clubs can incentivise and reward...
Mouringo has a point, but the clubs are actually the ones that have created this monster by going after talent at such a young age and providing lucrative incentives before the kids have done anything
posted on 18/5/15
comment by SWTN Biggish (U7916)
posted 2 minutes ago
In theory the idea has merit but sadly in practice it would be almost impossible to because there are so many different ways that clubs can incentivise and reward...
Mouringo has a point, but the clubs are actually the ones that have created this monster by going after talent at such a young age and providing lucrative incentives before the kids have done anything
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I agree with what you are saying but surely something needs to be done, some of these kids are on more money per week than quite a lot of adults earn in a year.
posted on 18/5/15
The TV money has to go somewhere. Ends up filteriing down to the youth. They'll want their piece of the pie too and most of them have agents now.
posted on 18/5/15
did justin bieber have a salary cap? billie piper? macaulay culkin? why should young footballers?
if the clubs think it will ruin them then the clubs can take action, they don't want to spend a few million training a player just for him to do a ravel morrison, but why anyone else should get involved i don't know.
and being a child prodigy who was a millionaire before then age of 18 doesn't seem to have harmed messi, or ronaldo.
posted on 18/5/15
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posted on 18/5/15
comment by Murder on Zidanes floor, Butt you better not Gil Giroud, Pique, gonna burn this Bogdán Prowse Wright Brown (U7958)
posted 5 minutes ago
Wasn't Ödegaard or whatever his name is on 80k a week at 15? If that's what we had to do to get good youth coming through I wouldn't be that bothered about promoting from within
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to be fair odegaard is a senior international at 16 and looks an exceptional talent. not sure he should be used as the benchmark for all young players.
but if you were offered hachim mastour for £3m and he wanted £80k a week, i'd have thought it was worth the risk, if he flopped completely it would "only" be £24m or so down the drain over a 4 year contract, there have been plenty of bigger flops than that (what did torres cost chelsea including wages?)
posted on 18/5/15
comment by Mr Chelsea ✪ (U3579)
posted 4 hours, 13 minutes ago
The TV money has to go somewhere. Ends up filteriing down to the youth. They'll want their piece of the pie too and most of them have agents now.
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Could it not be used to reduce ticket costs rather than enforcing the life style of 16 year old prima donas? These youngsters should be cleaning boots and doing 12 hour days not being paid the average wage of most people in 2 weeks than they earn in a year!
posted on 18/5/15
comment by Simon West (U1830)
posted 1 hour, 14 minutes ago
comment by Mr Chelsea ✪ (U3579)
posted 4 hours, 13 minutes ago
The TV money has to go somewhere. Ends up filteriing down to the youth. They'll want their piece of the pie too and most of them have agents now.
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Could it not be used to reduce ticket costs rather than enforcing the life style of 16 year old prima donas? These youngsters should be cleaning boots and doing 12 hour days not being paid the average wage of most people in 2 weeks than they earn in a year!
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Yep I agree, in an ideal world but not in the world we live in now. Clubs want increased gate revenue not reduced. Just have to accept it. Either that or every fan stages a protest and stop attending games which isn't gna happen realistically.