CovInEssex
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He's on £18k a week at Chelsea, which they pay... only when he plays.
Something I heard Saturday RE: Sterling's wages (4 Viewers)
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Otis
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CovInEssex
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If we don't play him we foot his wages
hill83
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No chance
BornSlippySkyBlue
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Concur. What sort of a fucked up deal means we pay someone else’s player approximately 4 times the amount we pay our top earners for not even playing?
And I understand why it would be an incentive to make us play him, I just can’t believe we’d sign up to that. Surely...
Liquid Gold
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bollocks
hill83
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Maybe if it was for an absolute top of the line striker we'd have absolutely no chance of signing otherwise but even then. No chance.
CovInEssex
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My source is reputable...had a cov scarf on at the bus stop
GaryMabbuttsLeftKnee
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rob9872
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Thanks lol yep noted. Sat on my elbow
christonabike
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Heard this as well from a reliable source. Football is awash with money and its just madness. Think of the money Chelsea etc get every season and paying youngsters this amount is just the norm sadly.
I heard that he has to play every week if he is fit but I doubt that is true as Robins is his own man and likes to play whoever earns it during training etc.
I heard that he has to play every week if he is fit but I doubt that is true as Robins is his own man and likes to play whoever earns it during training etc.
better days
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It's more likely we have to make a contribution of say £1k per week if he's fit and not playing
Robins was asked almost this exact question a few weeks back and said there was an expectation by Chelsea that he'd get game time but he had to come up to standard
Robins was asked almost this exact question a few weeks back and said there was an expectation by Chelsea that he'd get game time but he had to come up to standard
Sky Blue Harry H
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To be fair that would still make him an inexperienced LB !
larry_david
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He's got 5 weeks now to make the position his, pay to Chelsea or no pay to Chelsea
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When he signed, people were jumping up and down in amazement that we'd managed to sign somebody of his class and pedigree...
Esoterica
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I was pleased too but his class and pedigree are not worth a potential 18k expense a week to a L1 club and it would be grossly incompetent to have signed such a deal given how far 18k a week stretches in L1. Robins is not a fool. He already confirmed in one of his pre game interviews that there is an expectation from parent clubs that their loanees play but he picks the team based on what they do in training.
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He's not going to say otherwise, is he?
I'd also suggest that given his pedigree, it's more likely than not there's a penalty clause if he doesn't play. If we're going on statements, the dry way Robins said he was 'injured' earlier suggest a they were looking for an out.
covcity4life
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well i heard chelsea pay us 18k everytime he plays! are sisu the best owners or what?! great deal
my source also reputable. he swore he was telling the truth
"swear down"
my source also reputable. he swore he was telling the truth
"swear down"
Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue
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There's absolutely no chance we would pay 18k a week - even for a 30 goal a season striker, never mind an unproven right back. Our top earner can't be on any more than 3/4k and surely that would be a player like Chaplin, that's contracted (or set to be) to us.
Sterling could well be on 18k a week at Chelsea, doesn't mean we contribute 18k.
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It doesn't. At the same time, look at it another way, we also get a top top player for free for a season if it all works out.
High risk v high return.
This is how many loan deals work nowadays. Chelsea will be paying his wages, we will be contributing. If he starts then we pay nothing, if he is on the bench we pay a percentage, if he is not in the squad then we pay a larger percentage however i doubt that this would be %100.
stupot07
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Absolutely no chance we pay £18k per week if he doesn't play. The average league one salary is only around £2.2k per week. 18k per week is around 16% of our turnover, and likely to be around 30% of the players wage budget.
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Far more likely that we pay c£2k pw contributions to Chelsea, and that we don't pay it if he plays.
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Footballers vs. The Fans
Far more likely that we pay c£2k pw contributions to Chelsea, and that we don't pay it if he plays.
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mark82
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Exactly. It's likely we are paying a contribution (or bigger contribution) if he doesn't play, this is fairly common practice, but it will be nowhere near 18k.
rob9872
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So if a player has a bad attitude or is out of form, injured, suspended it costs us more? I do hope that never comes into a mangers thinking when selecting a team/squad.
mark82
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I doubt it as the contribution will be budgeted for and in line with our pay scale (you'd hope).
mark82
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From the too clubs perspective they will naturally want to incentivise their youngsters playing.
SlowerThanPlatt
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There’s more chance of Grendel purchasing a Biamou 9 shirt than this being true
Esoterica
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Would give him something else to wipe his arse on instead of Tony's annual wage though.
