rodallega demands

But Griff is that not why players run down a contract. The new club because no fee is involved end up paying the player a huge signing on fee which probably makes his wages massive.

I saw that article on the Independent website yesterday, and although it’s paper-talk, I’d be inclined to believe it less if it was the Sun Online or suchlike.

I also saw an article yesterday where the writer was rejoicing at Fulham’s capture of Rodallega as his ‘pace and power’ was just what they needed, and, they were getting a ‘proven goalscorer’ on the cheap.

Errrm, not quite: if this wage demand story is correct, he’ll be getting about £2.5 million a year more than the average Premier League salary – which equates to, over the course of three years, £7.5 million over the odds for a mediocre Premier League striker, who isn’t the quickest, can hardly be called powerful, and isn’t as deadly in front of goal as Youtube or Match Of The Day would have you believe.

Well done WAFC management indeed.

almost as riduculous as Agahowa’s £25,000 a week back in the day.

we have many better players on much less. surprised if he gets anywhere near his request.

But Griff is that not why players run down a contract. The new club because no fee is involved end up paying the player a huge signing on fee which probably makes his wages massive.[/quote]

Of course it’s the reason they do it. But it doesn’t mean that anybody then has to agree to his excessive wage demands, does it?

And I don’t see how a big signing-on fee impacts on his wages. They are two separate items.[/quote]

It can have an impact Griff (although I’m not saying that it is in this instance)
Going back to Bobby’s time as a player I remember him turning down Latics offer of a new contract (when his original one had run out) as he said it represented a pay cut. If memory serves me right the local media reported that he was returning to Spain & joining Athletic Bilbao.
Dave Whelan I think said that Bobby hadn’t been offered a reduced deal & that his basic wages had increased but that what he was getting paid into his bank every month through his original contract had included his signing on fee. This time there was no signing on fee so it looked like he was being paid less but technically he wasn’t
Bobby came back for the first day of training (I remember Deehan saying that he wasn’t expecting him) & he signed the same deal he’d been offered prior to the summer

So, possibly, this £70k a week that Rodallega is reputably asking for could include his basic wage plus his signing on fee broken down over the course of the contract – if it happens at one club with one player its bound to be relatively common place

I agree that even by modern footballer’s salaries standards that he isn’t worth anywhere even remotely close to that amount
I was just pointing out that salary & signing on fee aren’t always 2 separate things in terms of a players weekly wage

His agent would no doubt argue that he cost Latics £5mill & has improved since then (you may or disagree with that) & so is worth more as a current transfer fee so in effect he is saving the buying club £8mill in that respect.
As a stab in the dark say Everton were offering £30-£40k a week then the difference between that amount & his demand of £70k is £1.5-£2mill a season. taken over the course of a 3 yr contract that he would argue they have still made a saving over if they’d bought a player of similar standard who was under contract.

Its a crud argument coz for my money if a player is worth £X amount a week then that’s what he’s worth, regardless of how much he cost to buy, but football transfer fees & salaries don’t have any grounding in common sense

Players come and players go.

During his time here he scored some great goals ( Villa away ) & some important goals ( Stoke , 1st Liverpool win ). The Stoke goal alone will make him part of our history for all time.

However I will always remember him for one particular moment. A few years ago he scored at the DW and immediately ran to the Springfield stand where presumably members of his family ran down the steps to hug him. The game had actually re-started and he was just re-entering the pitch somewhere near our right back position. For him it was always team Rodellega first and Wigan Athletic second.