But even if it did, I wouldn’t see a problem with it. If you’re on 2k a week and someone offers you 6k a week for three years, that’s a pay rise of more than £600,000. To put that in perspective, if you’re 27 when you sign such a deal then in principle, by the time you’re 30 that pay increase (even after tax) would be enough to leave you virtually mortgage free, depending how flash you want to be. Either way, that one three year deal is life changing if you’re sensible.
Not sure why there is still such a misty eyed view of football from so many. Football clubs think nothing of throwing players away that don’t serve them, be they young kids or players that turn pro only to be deemed surplus to requirements down the line. Every player who makes it has to watch their mates being ruthlessly discarded from a young age. There isn’t a professional player anywhere in the 92 who doesn’t have mates who are working regular jobs, having watched their dream be crushed at one point or another because a club decided they weren’t of any use to them. Why should any player ever have a problem with looking out for themselves? The clubs are the first ones to put a bullet in the heads of others. Fair is fair.
