Just goes to show the pay gap with these Prem Team. A young lad, who's never played for the WHAM first team is on roughly double that of our top earners.
I know that's what the article says but it looks like another example of fans not getting the very simple principle that you only get compo if you've offered a young player an improved contract. If he'd been offered more than £8k a week to stay at West Ham he'd have signed that over coming here for what is probably around £1k.
Absolutely correct
This lad will have taken a big reduction in past wages to come here but from his character I suspect playing at a decent level in a team that play good football and have a chance of success is his immediate priority
His agent is Rio Ferdinand's company who I believe look to the long term and tell their young players that rewards will come later if they get their heads down and establish themselves in men's football and show what they can do
Absolutely correct
This lad will have taken a big reduction in past wages to come here but from his character I suspect playing at a decent level in a team that play good football and have a chance of success is his immediate priority
His agent is Rio Ferdinand's company who I believe look to the long term and tell their young players that rewards will come later if they get their heads down and establish themselves in men's football and show what they can do