Footballers Wages

Talk about having your brains in your boots. Years ago players retired broke and had to get other jobs, it would seem that nothing much has changed. Its about time some reality came back into the game regarding salaries. Taken from Yahoo.

"According to research conducted by XPro, a charity for ex-professional footballers in the UK and Ireland, three in five players blow their fortunes despite the average wage in the league currently being £30,000-a-week.
Tottenham goalkeeper Brad Friedel, former Blackburn captain Colin Hendry and ex-Aston Villa star Lee Hendrie are among the players who have declared for bankruptcy while Fulham’s John Arne Riise and ex-Manchester United pair Keith Gillespie and Eric Djemba-Djemba have also had major financial issues.
What's more, one in three players who are married end up filing for divorce within 12 months of their retirement."

Just because you're good at kicking a ball doesn't mean you've got a brain in your head.

Look at some of those like Ricketts who couldn't even manage to see out his career before he fucked it up!

We've created false Gods because the world spends so much just to watch - which at the end of the day is only - a game!

They live a blessed life - pity many of them are too self-centred to see that.

Most footballers are stupid and rely too much on their Agent. Apart from their Agent bleeding them dry in fees, why anyone would listen to long term finanacial advice from anyone claiming to be an Agent is beyond me.

But it still comes down to the player at the end of the day. Even if they just stuck all their millions in a standard bank account getting a shite rate of interest, at least it would still be there when they retire. I think too many footballers think they have to spend all their money to show how well they are doing.

Gary Neville didn't have an Agent and he's doing ok. He built a nice house and car and that's it. Sensible chap.

Easy come easy go.

I've spent a fortune on cars, houses, holidays, women, drink and drugs.

The rest I wasted.

P.S.G are willing to pay CR7, 500.000K a week.

For 5 years.

that's a nice little earner.