The newspapers this morning seem uniformly critical that, while the rest of us will feel the pinch of economic stress over the next five years, Wayne Rooney will make £50 millions under the deal his agent has struck for him with Manchester United.
I’m not into football and so am unable to comment on whether the man is worth this amount of cash. But it does seem to me that the high fees paid to some footballers turns the game into a money-machine which other clubs are unable to afford.
Perhaps Rooney was right to get the best fee possible and to become the highest-paid English footballer of all time.
On the other hand, over £200,000 a week for just kicking a ball around is not only absurd, it’s obscene!
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I’m not into football and so am unable to comment on whether the man is worth this amount of cash. But it does seem to me that the high fees paid to some footballers turns the game into a money-machine which other clubs are unable to afford.
Perhaps Rooney was right to get the best fee possible and to become the highest-paid English footballer of all time.
On the other hand, over £200,000 a week for just kicking a ball around is not only absurd, it’s obscene!
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