What wage was he on with us and what is he on now?
Do you not think someone of these players who happily sit on the bench and take their wages look back on their career after they retire and wish they actually played some football?
Reading fans saying in not Cov fans. Do you think they give a shit how many goals he got in league 2 last year? Football fans are aresholes though you're right. Bakayoko 2 games 1 goal and being called a carthorse by our fans.
so if somebody offered to treble your wage - but you were then the tea boy - would you not take it ?
It depends what I was doing. If I was scratching around in a dimly lit office on minimum wage then yes, I'd snap your arm off. If I was already earning a better than average wage in a job that I loved then I'd have to seriously think about it. Because the thing is, I leave my job (which I'm good at) to start making tea, soon enough my gaffer cottons on that I'm pretty shit at making tea and I'm off out the door. Back on my arse trying to find that enjoyable less paid job again anyways
Heart v head?
Isn't it something like 60% of footballers go bankrupt within 2 years of retirement though. More after that too. Most of them end up with nothing but some of them don't even get to have played the game.
He might professionally regret it, though. If he writes off the best 4 years of his career, sure, he might be set up pretty well financially, but he'll have failed to make the most of a very short career and probably regret that for the rest of his life.
Mainly the top players that are used to spending millions a year. They can't stop spending but don't have the millions coming in.
But financially would have made the most from his ability if he doesn't make the grade at a higher level.
Depends how much professional pride he has really, doesn't it? If he doesn't care about playing again and raking in the dough is his only priority, fair play to him, although that is one of the things that is wrong with the modern game-too much money and players with £ signs in their eyes. Personally, I always admire players who take a pay cut as "they want to be playing football" rather than sitting on their arse being paid loads to not play.
