im sure they are not in your future plans, but their wage and contracts are in their future plans, if they can warm a bench and get paid more than by moving clubs, the player is going to most likely make the statement, i want to stay and fight for my place.

It is quite sad really how "when knowing they are not in the future plans of the club" these players would rather fade into nothing and just continue to pick up wages, it seems some players have no aspirations and certainly proves the point that most players go where the money is regardless of how much football they get.

This is also made more pathetic when 90 percent of the players involved are all ready millionaires, is even more money neccessary, because with that sort of bank balance i would prefer to take a pay cut and play week in week out rather than rot in the reserves.

Problem is most these players are quite old therefor on there last big contract, so are well within there rights to sit and take the money that was offered to them.

its difficult to get rid of players who are on high wages and clearly dont deserve them, were struggling to get rid of keane and bentley purely because we are paying them far to much money, something no other club would be silly enough to do!

Anyone remember Winston Bogard?

Signed a contract for four and half years and never played. Turned up every day. Trained for an hour and a half. Went home. Picked up £45k a week. Then retired.

It's their job. They are professionals and are in it for the money. Can't fault them in truth.

Joe Cole was reportedly offered 80K to stay with the then Premier League Champs and play in the CL.
He want more and signed for a EL side on 100K per week.

That tells you all you need to know about Joe Coles intentions.
You will either have to give him a big fat cheque to go or he's yours.

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Would you go and do the same job for less money?

idontlikemondays (U6377) see robbing hoodys comment, like he pointed out a few of them are in the twilighrt of their career, and the contract at liverpool was their last big one, degen is young and will most likley move on for footballing reasons, the older ones will just wanna get paid while they can.

can you imagine. 80k per week which is about 44 grand after tax and nic being deposited into your account every week.

Mr Chelsea (U3579) i know but whats even worse is the reported wages are generally after tax, lol!

and thats if they are even paying tax, most have flashy accountants who wire money all over rooney pays a penny to the pound in tax or close to that figure, and hes by far not the only one

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1347677/Top-footballers-like-Wayne-Rooney-dodge-millions-tax-cashing-loophole.html

After tax?

So that means one weeks wage of 80k costs a club around £154,000 per week in this country.

Ridiculous.

Mr Chelsea (U3579) well all depending on if they are paying the true tax figures which as shown above is normally not the case, imagine if me or you were to do that, we would be in jail.

the wealthy are always protected, just look at the financial melt down those who allowed it to happen and makde massive amounts of money from it kept the lot while we paid for the disaster, a film every one should see in inside job.

The article said. Whatever their salary is. That will get taxed at 50% income tax rate

What these footballers are doing is setting up their own companies and diverting all their other income sponsorships, image rights etc etc into this company and only getting taxed at 28%.

Theres much worse cases out there though. Take a look at that slimeball Phillip Green .Everything in his wifes name? Whos resident of monaco?

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Well in a way its not the same job. Sitting on the bench and earning cr@p loads is not the same as playing week in and week out at another club for less wages. But I guess it does depend on what type of person the footballer is? Ambitions, etc.

Mr Chelsea (U3579) true, but they are often takig out loans on these image companies meaning they only pay 2% tax

>>Would you go and do the same job for less money?

many surveys have said anywhere from 66-80% people would be willing to take a pay cut if there new job had a better working environment, job enjoyment and work life balance.

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