Sunderland face the prospect of subsidising a sizeable chunk of Danny Grahamâs wages if they want to broker a loan move for the unwanted forward, writes Mark Douglas. Graham has attracted interest from Championship clubs Middlesbrough and Wolves but there is little to no prospect of either moving for the striker if they have to meet his £35,000-a-week wage. That means that Sunderland face a stark choice â allow him to leave while paying most of his wages or retain him as part of a squad where he is unlikely to feature much. After a summer where the Black Cats had to move nimbly under the orders of Ellis Short to try and shore up the wage bill, how they approach the emergency loan window will be an interesting insight into their thinking. While the club have attempted to rein in some of their spending since the turn of the year, owner Short wants the Black Cats to comply with Financial Fair Play regulations. It is unlikely that Sunderland will be signing off more contracts like the one granted to Graham, who was a Martin OâNeill January signing that has not worked out. Strategically, Sunderland also want to allow their younger players to move to get more first team experience. Last week, Poyet confirmed that the club would move quickly to allow some of their inexperienced players to leave â with a clutch of Football League clubs circling around some of their more promising prospects. â(A loan for them) is a possibility without a doubt,â he said. âWeâve had enquiries about David Ferguson, Mikael Mandron and Watmore already, and the goalkeepers have already gone. Iâm sure thereâs going to be more a few players that are interesting other teams, but those are the main ones weâre looking at.â Meanwhile, Black Cats new boy Ricky Alvarez says he is relishing the chance to make an impact in the Premier League after completing a loan move to Sunderland from Inter Milan. The 26-year-old is a bit of an unknown quantity but Poyet is hoping that he will be able to channel his creative talent to bolster the Black Catsâ attacking efforts. âIâm very much looking forward to getting underway. Iâm very happy to be here and itâs a new challenge for me. Iâm very happy to be at Sunderland and hopeful for the future,â he told Sunderlandâs official website yesterday. âIâve had the opportunity to speak to Gus Poyet on a couple of occasions and he seems like a very good coach. He has spoken to me about Sunderland and that has made me feel very hopeful. Now Iâm really looking forward to getting started in training and getting going.â £35 ****ing k per week!!!!
I admit I was a MoN fan, but that was the worst piece of business he ever did as a manager, at any club. Not sure what the hell he was thinking.
Let him rot in the reserves. If we're going to pay a mil anyway we may as well pay 1.5 mil and ruin the ****ers career until he's willing to drop his wage demands.
Martin OneNill was a ****ing disaster. The football was ****e & so were the results. Graham has to be the worst transfer since Flo & at least he scored four. I said at the time it was a disaster waiting to happen. Why can't we just sack the **** for being ****e at his job?
let me start by saying I'm not a fan of his and thought it was a bad move to bring him in - his record at Swansea wasn't exactly stellar BUT we brought him in and agreed to his wage demands so it's a bit harsh to suggest letting him rot in the reserves. Has anyone come in for him and he couldn't agree personal terms? If so, you might have a point. Getting him out on loan is at least going to save us some of the outlay on his wages.
The article misses the option of offering to pay a lump of his wages and sending him out, the most viable one and one that still saves the club hundreds of thousands. Pretty ****e journalism to not cover the bases, even if Boro paid him 10k a week that's half a million saved.
I think what he means is that the mag twat was a complete & utter waste of money & couldn't score in Hamburg brothels. Might have read him wrong like.
He couldn't find his way to the brothel, Billy, let alone score in one. Even if he was dropped slap bang in the middle of the Reeperbahn with whore magnets attached to his brain and nether region. The lads a total waste of wages.
if you had watched different strokes ( I'm assuming this is a play on one of the lead characters (now deceased Gary Coleman?) punchlines - "What you talkin' 'bout Willis?" [queue canned laughter as per US sit com] - used in reaction to anything stoopid his brother - Willis - said ) and were trying to stimulate a reaction based on that apparent lack of knowledge you could have been 'playing dumb'. You aren't and now we know you didn't watch 'Different Strokes'.
Choose your reference, bud. Different Strokes, as in 'what are you talking about/stop talking ****e', or A 'Willis' as in a suspicious cigarette containing 'prescription/medical' marijuana. The Willis in question being Tallulah Willis. The smoking of which generally leads to the talking of ****e.....
I seem to recall it was also a manufacturer of cigarettes - Players, I think was one of their brands. There was a Willis factory on the Coast Road that was converted to flats some while ago.
He will be set up for life with the money he will earn off his contract so I doubt it will bother him. I am a big O'Neil fan but the whole deal stunk of desperation from a man that had been out of the game to long and had little or no knowledge of the players that were getting noticed. In his defence Steve Bruce took the fekker on loan, a man in the frontline of premiership management..
