I really give up on the greed and stupidity of many football players - and some clubs are as bad as them. It seems now that players will NOT accept wage cuts only deferral of wages - which means they get paid anyway down the line. In other words, they give up fuck all. Thing is, clubs will lose a tremendous amount of money due to Covid and its after effects and many will not be able to afford the astronomical wages they have been paying.
Many clubs face extinction. FACT! Even some of the bigger clubs are threatened. Don't these idiot footballers understand that if a club fails they'll get fuck all, contract or no contract? It seems not because many are still demanding their money irrespective; rabidly backed by Gordon Taylor the highest paid Union official in the world earning £2.3 million per annum from arguably the smallest Union in the world.
Covid 19 is causing a world wide depression - not a recession but a full blown DEPRESSION the like of which no one will ever have experienced before. Money is going to be in short supply from the general public, the consumers. DOWN will go the demand for club kits and merchandise, match tickets, Sky/BT/television subscriptions etc etc etc. People will now, more than ever, have to focus on obtaining and paying for the essentials of life such as food, rent, mortgages, heating, fuel, clothing and family commitments and so on. As much as we all love football, it is NOT an essential, so the pipeline of seemingly never-ending cash flowing into football's coffers is quickly going to dry up. And the public, battling and scrapping to pay their bills each week, will become ever more resentful of pampered divas earning their lifetime wages in a couple of months or so.
Yet, what do I read today? Real Madrid are preparing a bid for Liverpool's Sadio Mane this summer. The price? Liverpool would expect to get £150 MILLION for the player and would then attempt to sign Kylian Mbappe to replace Mane by throwing ANOTHER £100 million on top making him worth £250 million!! Are they nuts?! Will they EVER learn????? Mbappe earns £400,000 A WEEK. Liverpool rationalise paying him this because they have a £100 million kit deal with Nike. But Nike aren't immune from the effects of a recession either and might well be forced to reconsider their position when customers, faced with paying essential bills and fighting to keep body and soul together, understandably might well balk at paying Nike £100 or more for a pair of fucking trainers!! Think about it.
Personally, I feel that the good times for players, agents and clubs are coming to an end and many good judges in the game seem to agree with this. Can't say I'm sorry because I'm not. It's about time the game was handed back where it belongs - to we the supporters.