Tino; “Nowadays, even a flop earns per month what someone like Marco van Basten earned in a year. I do not see many players of van Basten’s level around.”
It is now reported that Newcastle wanted Queens Park Rangers to pay a significant part of Remy’s wages but when Rangers refused, Newcastle had to reluctantly accept picking up the £80,000 a week bill.
Stop all the money going to agents and players, no daft ideas like winter breaks or playing Premier League matches abroad, and scrap as many stupid international friendlies as possible.
Danny Simpson has been making the headlines on the front pages recently but as well as my wife’s interest in the whole ‘Tulisa’ angle, there was also an interesting NUFC insight generated by Simpson’s off the pitch manoeuvres.
Alan Pardew; “There is a clause there. There is a situation with his contract, and we are in talks with him and his agent. It is not a foregone conclusion that he will stay”.
Newcastle of course are a million miles away from paying the type of wages you see above and to be honest I wouldn’t want the club to pay them, unless the figures somehow added up, no matter who owns the club.