Let me share a little fact with you from conversations I was lucky enough to have had with the legends that are Eddie Gray, Allan Clarke and Peter Lorimer
They all stated that in their day players were paid pretty much the same at 95% of clubs because that's just how it was ... clubs generated their own money and there wasn't much difference between First and Second Division wages, which is why a player like Keegan was happy to drop down a division to play for Toon (he coached me at Cape Town City in 1977 just as he was moving to HSV, which he admitted did for the big salary upgrade)
Gray, Lorimer and Clarke all said that the money players are getting since Prem started is frankly ridiculous, but they would have loved being able to play in the Prem era as it would have meant they'd be set for life rather than seeing so many legends from the game in their era having to resort to selling medals and international caps
Not one of them said they would have turned down a transfer if it meant doubling or tripling their wages ... what they did say was that if a big money move came about then it would have been to a club that was set up for winning trophies, and that would have made the move easier
The romance of the 60s and 70s when you had a plethora of once-club men is long gone ... Bremner's family would not have allowed him to stay at Leeds if he had the chance to make millions elsewhere, it's naive to believe that ... the legends I spoke to made it clear they would have cashed in as well and secured them and their family's financial futures
There it is, money talks whether we like it or not, and I doubt even Revie would have stayed at Leeds if Arsenal offered him £5m more to become their manager