We clearly had an offer for him hence his Europa exclusion. He clearly knows about it hence rejecting improved terms and now handing in a transfer request. I'm firmly in the "If they don't want to be here let them go" camp so I would have forced the issue to reach a resolution. My point about it being used to stop another transfer was purely in response to suggestions that the fans would have gone batshit crazy if YET ANOTHER departure happened this summer. Clearly keeping a disgruntled Fonte has backfired. That in a nutshell is my entire point.
You were linking an average persons salary over 60-70 years and how short their window was to earn big money. We weren't talking about the comparative lifestyles.
I used to have weight watchers ****e in a box 300. Half a tin of beans 100. Bottle of vino 400ish. 800 worked just as well as 600 for me. But oh how I've enjoyed putting it all back on.
ah, the old 5/2 diet? It's brilliant, isn't it. I went from 15 1/2 st to just under 12 in about 6 months, though I'm fortunate in that I don't drink, sometimes I just have a cake on my fast day, it's around 600calories. on my eating days I eat w/e I want, usually start off with a sausage and cheese omelette in a french bread stick with heinz firecracker sauce
Well I can't imagine any discussion where your lifestyle is irrelevant to your salary but I wasn't really linking the salary particularly or trying to suggest that a footballer earns the same wage in 10-15 years as a "normal" person does over a lifetime. The real point is that the earning pattern of a footballer (or any sportsman) is very different to the earning pattern of most people. Most people are able to work and earn whatever their wage is until they are 60 or 70 while sportsmen have a limited time in which they are able to earn "silly" wages. That being the case there is more urgency/need for them to maximise their earnings while they can. If footballers were able to earn £70k a week until 65 then they might be a little less interested in moving for higher wages.
Yep while we're veering off topic, I went from 13 ½ stone to 10 stone 10 lbs in 3 months in 2015. Kept it all off until November 2016 when the 5:2 became the 7:0. Back up to 12 ½, but hoping to be under 12 by 1st Feb. Problem is I am sooooooooooo grumpy* on fast days To go back on topic: I'm glad he submitted a transfer request. Saves us from seeing him deteriorate here. And I'm glad he'll deteriorate on the Man U bench 3-4 million pounds richer. *I also become a bit bipolar on the 5:2 fast days. This is an 'up' moment.
I would love to have their tax bill, but we should remember that big earners pay big taxes. They still earn terrific money, but get less than the gross figure quoted.
Hopefully Les tells them where to stick it: http://readsouthampton.com/2017/01/10/everton-set-to-make-fonte-move/
Not keen on selling players mid-season, especially ones which are crucial to our squad. If he wants to go, let him go in summer when we can line up a replacement, rather than having to scramble to fit a gap in our squad.
