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I agree on the Green 'giving his all' assessment but the club offered him a new contract, he said no so they offered him an improved deal. He said no again.
They were trying to persuade him to stay right up until he walked out of the door.
Green is on record as saying the time for him to move on had come and there was nothing WH could have done to make him stay. It was obvious I thought that he was saying goodbye at the Play-Off final.
Green was not a 'take that' departure.
It was more he'd been here five/six years, like he was at Norwich, and wanted a change of scenery.
Even if QPR hadn't come in, I still feel he'd left for another club.
IMO everyone should be well pleased ..
;ok
I was thinking that 'the love affair continues' was a bit OTT, but now I see it is Dimi's own words. So that's OK then.
Love the crossed hammers at the end.
;biggrin
But I think with our policy we seem to get players from abroad on low wages. I remember Sakho was rumoured to be on only £15,000 a week, so got a wage rise when he was banging in goals. Same with Kouyate. He's rumoured to be on around £15,000 a week too so we are now in talks with him over a new deal. Our highest paid players seem to be those from English leagues.
Payet was probably on more than that, but was probably not on mega money. So his ability which he's shown probably makes him worthy of top four wages.
But, what happened to FFP? ;hmm ;wink
#probably
;carew
But we don't know it is £90k a week, do we?
(Which was behind both Moses and Song on 70k a week each and AC on £85k)
£25k a week appearance only if he plays.
£18k a week for the first year as his signing bonus of £1m split into installments.
Kouyate is on £38k.....
Don't ask for a link, just trust me ;cool
Whether 68k or 90k, I don't think that makes him our highest paid player, does it?
And the age thing is irrelevant. Its unlikely he won't be sold before the end of his contract. If he does stay with us for several years then when he starts to decline he'll probably get offers from places like MLS where he'll still be able to entertain.
Whether he plays or not.
When he plays, he's clearly our top earner.
And there ladies and gentlemen is your £100k a week footballer that Sully promised. Just a few years late.
I must say a friend of mine who I was discussing this with made a good point in just saying what do you care what he is paid, if it means he remains at the club that's all you want so don't worry about the details. I guess he is right but another part of you just hates this player (agent) power taking your club for a ride.
It's quite common for contracts to be revisited early, Deli Alli has just signed a new one in January. West Ham now realise his value to the club, and the likelihood we will build the team around him, so it makes good business sense imo.
We always have the option to sell him on at, what is reported, a huge profit.
I don't see anyone being taken for a ride.
If I recall correctly we signed Sakho and Valencia in the same window, the former cost less than half of the latter therefore implying a lower expectation and therefore wage. He has delivered more than Valencia when fit (I like Valencia and not having a dig) and based of performance deserves the contract hike.
I suppose the alternative is to splash the cash on signing fees and wages for know entities but as w have seen with the big clubs that doesn't necessarily work out either (not that we have the resources to take this approach anyway).
So Didier Deschaps has been following a player who plays for Senegal? ;hmm
Wonder if that explains Payet's non call-up.... Didier thinks he's pledged for Uruguay.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/gus-poyets-son-diego-opts-5203317