apparently, stephen ireland is turning his nose up at a contract offer that would pay him £60k per week for the first year, £70k during the second and £80k thereafter.
anywhere else, a good young player such as ireland probably wouldn't be able to command anything bigger: you certainly cannot imagine any of the big four fitting those demands into their wage structure. yet manchester city, the clown princes of the premier league, have decided that it is sensible and right to make wayne bridge the highest paid full back in the world, and pay £18m for a footballer as average as nigel de jong. ireland is a good player but far from the finished article, and to suggest that such an offer is "a long way off" boggles the mind.
this, of course, is the impact of creating your very own inflationary economic micro-climate. come into the market and happily talk up your riches, appointing idiot frontmen and bidding hundreds of millions for players; quite soon, everyone in football knows that they can hike prices up. valencia are quoting you £120m for davids villa and silva. craig bellamy is costing more than £10m.
you are idiots.
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