Matty Longstaff's contract conundrum
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Joke of a club, should have been handled in January. He'll go there and get immediately loaned to Watford and score a hat trick against us...
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Two things, 1) The Chronicle 2) The Chronicle 'quoting sources close to the club'....that's my take on it.
Also, Udinese have the 3rd lowest wage bill in Serie A, their current top earner (Rodrigo) is apparently on €28,500 per week...I highly doubt they'd make a young English player with virtually no first team experience their highest earner...
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Also, Udinese have the 3rd lowest wage bill in Serie A, their current top earner (Rodrigo) is apparently on €28,500 per week...I highly doubt they'd make a young English player with virtually no first team experience their highest earner...
Chronicle talking s*** as ever.
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Sky reported it as wellBodacious Benny wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:24 pmTwo things, 1) The Chronicle 2) The Chronicle 'quoting sources close to the club'....that's my take on it.
Also, Udinese have the 3rd lowest wage bill in Serie A, their current top earner (Rodrigo) is apparently on €28,500 per week...I highly doubt they'd make a young English player with virtually no first team experience their highest earner...
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Hope you're right though and its bolloxBodacious Benny wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:24 pmTwo things, 1) The Chronicle 2) The Chronicle 'quoting sources close to the club'....that's my take on it.
Also, Udinese have the 3rd lowest wage bill in Serie A, their current top earner (Rodrigo) is apparently on €28,500 per week...I highly doubt they'd make a young English player with virtually no first team experience their highest earner...
Chronicle talking s*** as ever.
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And if he does go there, it probably won't be because of the wages. So although people will probably blame it as a cheap Ashley thing, I imagine it'll speak to a lot of other issues with the club too.
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Could it be a clever way to get him to Watford without paying us the compensation we'd be due at his age?Bodacious Benny wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:24 pmTwo things, 1) The Chronicle 2) The Chronicle 'quoting sources close to the club'....that's my take on it.
Also, Udinese have the 3rd lowest wage bill in Serie A, their current top earner (Rodrigo) is apparently on €28,500 per week...I highly doubt they'd make a young English player with virtually no first team experience their highest earner...
Chronicle talking s*** as ever.
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I thought that still applied to moving to other European leagues too? The question would be though, if he's allegedly wanted by so many other English clubs, as has repeatedly been reported, why would he jump through these hoops just to maybe get loaned back to Watford of all clubs?Colly wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:42 pmCould it be a clever way to get him to Watford without paying us the compensation we'd be due at his age?Bodacious Benny wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:24 pmTwo things, 1) The Chronicle 2) The Chronicle 'quoting sources close to the club'....that's my take on it.
Also, Udinese have the 3rd lowest wage bill in Serie A, their current top earner (Rodrigo) is apparently on €28,500 per week...I highly doubt they'd make a young English player with virtually no first team experience their highest earner...
Chronicle talking s*** as ever.
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I think the compensation is vastly less if it's to a non-domestic club. That above quotes 400k, whereas direct to an English club would be settled in a tribunal, and could easily rise into the several millions. I think there was a similar situation with Ings to Liverpool. They technically signed him on a free, but the transfer fee that was eventually determined by tribunal was something like 8m. If he went to a foreign side (I think he was linked to Real Sociadad) the fee would have been nominal. I never thought of the Pozzo family Udinese/Watford thing, I've no idea if they could get away with it, but it would be a clever little trick. Well spotted.Remember Colo wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 9:16 pmI thought that still applied to moving to other European leagues too? The question would be though, if he's allegedly wanted by so many other English clubs, as has repeatedly been reported, why would he jump through these hoops just to maybe get loaned back to Watford of all clubs?
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I know they've leveraged Udinese to land additional continental players they maybe otherwise wouldn't have gotten so easily, but would this be the first time if they pulled something like this for an English player? I still just don't understand why he'd go to a club that could easily be relegated this season.CIH wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 9:22 pmI think the compensation is vastly less if it's to a non-domestic club. That above quotes 400k, whereas direct to an English club would be settled in a tribunal, and could easily rise into the several millions. I think there was a similar situation with Ings to Liverpool. They technically signed him on a free, but the transfer fee that was eventually determined by tribunal was something like 8m. If he went to a foreign side (I think he was linked to Real Sociadad) the fee would have been nominal. I never thought of the Pozzo family Udinese/Watford thing, I've no idea if they could get away with it, but it would be a clever little trick. Well spotted.Remember Colo wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 9:16 pm
I thought that still applied to moving to other European leagues too? The question would be though, if he's allegedly wanted by so many other English clubs, as has repeatedly been reported, why would he jump through these hoops just to maybe get loaned back to Watford of all clubs?
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Can you imagine him in the Italian sun with his complexion...
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Do Italian ultras also discriminate against Gingers?Bodacious Benny wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 2:44 pmCan you imagine him in the Italian sun with his complexion...
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According to the telegraph , we have increased the contract offer to around £20k a week. Sad times when that amount of money is seen as derisory for a 20 year old kid with hardly any experience.
Pure greed
Pure greed
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No its not greed. Hes being offered 50% more so why not go? Not his fault the money in football is insane.
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What do you mean ? Of course It’s greed. He would stay on a paltry £15k a week with us if he wasn’t greedy.
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A jump from £850 a week to £15k - £20k a week seems more than decent to me , but him and his agents ( more so the agents) are trying to hold the club to ransom. He’s a good prospect and that’s it. My point is more the fact that an academy prospect with a handful of games is turning down £20k a week.
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He's been offered two options and taking the better one. If I was offered a new job with 50% more I'd go. I've got no issue with it.
Why should he accept below the going rate for his services?
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It's not even as if he's getting playing time with us, there were plenty of games where he'd have added a bit of attacking intent from the bench and wasnt used.
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Well what irks me is last year he came out and said he loves this club , so proud , honoured , supporter etc etc . It’s all hollow. How about showing some loyalty to an employer that’s has nurtured him. He’s been offered fantastic terms for someone who is anaverage youth player . I know what I’d do in his position but I have morals. It’s not just him , it’s all footballers in general. Money obsessed .Colback's Orange Tufts wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 7:48 amHe's been offered two options and taking the better one. If I was offered a new job with 50% more I'd go. I've got no issue with it.
Why should he accept below the going rate for his services?
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This is something that really irks me.Toondes wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:48 amWell what irks me is last year he came out and said he loves this club , so proud , honoured , supporter etc etc . It’s all hollow. How about showing some loyalty to an employer that’s has nurtured him. He’s been offered fantastic terms for someone who is anaverage youth player . I know what I’d do in his position but I have morals. It’s not just him , it’s all footballers in general. Money obsessed .Colback's Orange Tufts wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 7:48 am
He's been offered two options and taking the better one. If I was offered a new job with 50% more I'd go. I've got no issue with it.
Why should he accept below the going rate for his services?
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out son.
Normal person in job they love 40k pa gets offered new job doing same thing 50k pa no one bats an eyelid
Footballer 40k pw gets offered new job doing same thing 50k pw sell out and is money obsessed
Yes footballers are well payed no doubt about it but you have to remember a normal career can last 30-40 years on average, a footballers is 12-15 years and at any time during that time period an injury can end it all.
One thing which is strongly encouraged now to young players especially at the clubs I've worked at is to have a backup career and be prepared for retirement early.
The amount of people in football who go from earning 50pw to earning nothing and in a few years being broke is highly documented.
Also what a lot of people don't consider is that a hell of a lot of footballers give majority of their wages to charities . For example (I won't name names) I know of current international player who plays for a premier league club who earns 70k a week(after tax) he gives 38k of that to a number of charities in England and his home country.
I know for a fact that when this player was in negotiations for a new contract he was pushing for more money so he could give more back.
So while I'll agree there probably are footballers who are money hungry but for every one of them there is 1000 who give more back then they get.
I'll Hazard a guess