Summer window

Athletic reporting as well now

 

Henderson can go to Hell, he has put money before morals

 

...and If they offered you 700k a week?

 

Silly money of course. But he’ll have earned enough for a comfortable life. He can go onto stuff after football to make his life even more comfortable. He’s been a prominent supporter of the rainbow laces campaign amongst other stuff. For me personally I now just feel he’s only done that stuff to make himself look good when deep down he doesn’t really care. It’s just a bit disappointing.

 

He's already very rich, he and his family are set for many generations. If I were him I would turn it down.

 

I’m not so judging of whether it’s right or wrong. I hate that it’s even an option. I hate that £700k per week for a player at his stage of his career is even a plausible thing, when there is so much need for money elsewhere in the world.

Im ok with professional footballers getting the market rate which has evolved over the years and will continue to grow. But this artificial sudden huge bump is not market rate. And it’s going to have huge ramifications for wages elsewhere in the world and is going to make the gap between the elite and the rest even bigger.

 

It all just makes football as fake as it could possibly be ...

... so much for it being the sport of the working man.

Henderson has had undying support, from Sunderland, despite leaving the place. If he prostitutes himself, by going to represent a Saudi club, I'd hope he never 'comes home' ...

... he'd find out that support and admiration had died imo.

It certainly would from me.

 

It’s strange isn’t it, and not just for a Jordan, but for all of them.

I mean, how much money do they need? I see them all the time ‘I can set my family up…’. Ok.

Even accounting for 50% tax though, he earns in a week about what I do in a year and I have a really ****ing comfortable life. To have my annual salary a week is absolutely mind boggling. I couldn’t spend it. My family believe me would already be well and truly setup.

That’s not the biggest issue though. They all showed it by going to the World Cup in Qatar, they are showing it again. They couldn’t give 2 ****s about people and principles. It’s all absolute bullshit.

Now, plenty have said ‘no’ to Saudi and they are the ones that come out glowing. Ronaldinho and I think Messi turned down City early in their rise, many turned down China when that was kicking off.

Every person who goes there has put a black mark on their career. If an England international goes there I’d hope and expect that to be the end of them being an England international.

I wouldn’t turn down 700k a week. I haven’t already got £20million or whatever banked though. It’s simply not the right question.

What we have to ask ourselves is more like ‘would I go and do MY job I Saudi for 3-4 times my salary’

I don’t think I would, too much compromise, but I can’t say that with certainty unless it actually happened.

We all know the games gone, now actual players are contributing to it going faster. Let them have their ****ing super league. We’d sharp form nee rivalries and we’d enjoy the levelling of the playing field.

We don’t need 5-6 clubs rammed down our throats. Would I hate us being a big club fighting for titles with Leeds, Villa and West Ham? Na, not one bit.

 

The difference is that, if you went, no one would know or care.

The Saudis wouldn't be using your presence to boost their image.

They couldn't care less about the players they're trying to buy or whether they'll fit in with the team ...

... they only want to use their high profile to wave in the faces of people who criticise them.

 

Jordan Henderson has also donated a lot of money to charity over the years. IF the intent is to try and do some good with that extra cash then the moral dilemma becomes a little bit harder.

 

Well said mate

 

Future SAFC Owner?

 

Can we somehow pin this on the Tories?

 

If you insist.

"The Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, warned Boris Johnson in a text message that UK-Saudi Arabian relations would be damaged if the British government failed to intervene to “correct” the Premier League’s “wrong” decision not to allow a £300m takeover of Newcastle United last year."

 

Not with Saudi money, no thanks.

It's quite likely all nonsense anyway.

 

Can see fifa getting involved in this to try and stop it or else all the footballer will go to Saudi and it will kill the Champions league

 

Travelling squad: Anthony Patterson, Matthew Young, Danny Batth, Lynden Gooch, Luke O’Nien, Dennis Cirkin, Niall Huggins, Nectarios Triantis, Jenson Seelt, Joe Anderson, Dan Ballard, Trai Hume, Zak Johnson, Alex Pritchard, Jobe Bellingham, Chris Rigg, Dan Neil, Pierre Ekwah, Jack Clarke, Patrick Roberts, Ellis Taylor, Abdoullah Ba, Isaac Lihadji, Jewison Bennette, Jay Matete, Hemir.

 

Some good players there.

 

Really like the look of our squad going into this coming season. That said, other than the kid from Benfica, I am surprised we haven't nailed down a striker yet. The loss of Stewart in January has given the recruitment team a lot of time to sort something out. Its also highlighted with the potential of Stewart leaving having not signed an improved contract. Although I think they will ultimately get someone in, I do wonder if the first player through the door in this transfer window should have been a striker given all the time they've had

 

So he's basically retired from international football too then. Because if I was England manager I'd make it clear, anyone who's ****s off over there won't get picked.