Bridcutt Close to Signing for Sunderland? (Sky Sports News)

[Cowfold Seagull]

I have to say I'm glad you're not handling negotiations. £4M is about right IMHO.

I've a feeling we will wait a long time before, if ever, someone bids that type of money for him, (in my opinion of course).

 

[symyjym]

That certainly is a scenario.

Not an accurate one but a scenario none the less

And your alternative scenario is?

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

And your alternative scenario is?

A very simple case of a footballer wanting to join a bigger club and earn more money.

Was your scenario a serious one?

 

[Acker79]

And your alternative scenario is?

An employee dislikes his boss. That boss leaves and goes hundreds of miles away. This employee disliked this boss so much, that the horror of working for him again is enough to counter that employee's desire to earn four times his current wages and work at the highest level in his chosen field. Despite this, that boss keeps contacting the former employee, making unwanted advances. That employee calls the police to make a report of harassment. He may also make a report to his chosen field's governing body about the inappropriate advances being made.

 

[Mackenzie]

Well that may well be true for the clubs concerned. But there's certainly a downside for Bridcutt if he signs a long contract at Sunderland and they get demoted. Where does that leave his self confessed Premier aspirations? Especially if we get promoted and he finds himself looking upwards to his former teammates. It's a gamble for him, though maybe he thinks that he might make the difference at Sunderland. But there is quite a step up to the Prem and plenty of Championship stars don't make the grade.
Black Cat supporters are quite fanatical and won't give him an easy ride if he doesn't deliver, considering their recent frustrations.

I'm sure the huge pay rise and signing on fee will go some way to softening the blow.

As for the Sunderland supporters getting on his back. Do you think ballers give two shits about the fans?

 

[nwgull]

£10k a week is a ridiculous sum of money, no-one needs that much and I LOVE living in Brighton (where I'm soon to move out of because I can't afford to live here, despite working here).

10K a week would be great, but your career is done when you're in your early 30s.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Removed.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Removed. Sorry

 

[Triggaaar]

10k a week is 40k a month. That is more than a lot of people earn in a year! So in one year you can live like a normal person (on 40k a year) for 12 years. Even if you only earn 10k a week for a three year contract that is 36 years of living on 40k a year taking you to about your mid 60s, when you can take out your pension.
So, having your career ending at 30 is not an argument for more than 10k a week.

Yes it is. Obviously your example doesn't take into account the 50% tax rate you'll be paying, but more than that - why would someone earning 500k a year live like a normal person? All their friends will be rich, go on expensive holidays, buy expensive houses, cars, junk etc, so they'd be pretty weird if they lived frugally. And why would they want to live on a standard pension? And there's no guarantee they won't have a career ending injury. No one would turn down a pay rise from 10k to 100k.

 

[nwgull]

10k a week is 40k a month. That is more than a lot of people earn in a year! So in one year you can live like a normal person (on 40k a year) for 12 years. Even if you only earn 10k a week for a three year contract that is 36 years of living on 40k a year taking you to about your mid 60s, when you can take out your pension.
So, having your career ending at 30 is not an argument for more than 10k a week.

Are we restricted to a max average annual income of 40K over our lifetime then? If I was a footballer, I'd want to earn as much as I could in my career so that my family and I could live comfortably for the rest of my life: drive nice cars, live in a nice house in a nice area and have lots of nice holidays.

 

[clippedgull]

10K a week would be great, but your career is done when you're in your early 30s.

And? What's wrong with getting another job like the rest of us have to

 

[Tricky Dicky]

10k a week is 40k a month. That is more than a lot of people earn in a year! So in one year you can live like a normal person (on 40k a year) for 12 years. Even if you only earn 10k a week for a three year contract that is 36 years of living on 40k a year taking you to about your mid 60s, when you can take out your pension.
So, having your career ending at 30 is not an argument for more than 10k a week.

Why should you only live on 40k a year if you don't have to ? Not many would. Ridiculous. If you can earn it, you're welcome to do it.

 

[nwgull]

And? What's wrong with getting another job like the rest of us have to

What would you do given the choice of earning enough money in your 20s to set you up for a comfortable life, or earning a salary more in line with the general population followed by 35 years of unskilled, low paid work to keep you going until retirement?

 

[clippedgull]

What would you do given the choice of earning enough money in your 20s to set you up for a comfortable life, or earning a salary more in line with the general population followed by 35 years of unskilled, low paid work to keep you going until retirement?

Hey! If it's offered take it! But the old chestnut about living in poverty unless they rake it in doesn't wash with me. They earn far too much in return for far too little. But as said, if it's offered good luck to them. But it's us mugs that are feathering their luxury lifestyles.

 

[B.W.]

Struggling to tell if that's sarcasm or not

On a separate note, why am I seeing loads of threads saying that other clubs want to buy our players, but no threads about all the players we're trying to buy? Come on, my excitement levels are faltering.

It was a light-hearted complement to your diplomacy skills.

We want to keep our current squad plus Conway I believe, so expect the 'key players could be leaving' headlines and rumours to continue throughout Jan, perhaps punctuated by the capture of Conway.

 

[nwgull]

Hey! If it's offered take it! But the old chestnut about living in poverty unless they rake it in doesn't wash with me. They earn far too much in return for far too little. But as said, if it's offered good luck to them. But it's us mugs that are feathering their luxury lifestyles.

Exactly, I think everyone would take it. My original point was in response to people not understanding why a player would move out of Brighton for an extra 20K a week. That being that with a 3-4 year contract signed, he can live comfortably for the rest of his life and never have to worry about money again.

 

[Biscuit]

And your alternative scenario is?

The rain hammered down incessantly on Bridcutt's tin roof. He gazed up and listened with interest at how a couple of deep thuds of rain had turned quickly into a crackling chorus of echoy splashes. After a few moments and almost as quickly as it had come, the rain ceased. Leaving in it's wake the fresh smell of due and electric humidity. The green clearing in the centre of the woodland buzzed with life. The rain clouds above had disappeared and left in their wake an infinite white sky. Bridcutt rubbed his eyes and took a deep lungful of air. Moving his bones, now stiff from fatigue, outside of the shelter, he smiled. All around him he heard the echos of what had just passed. The squelch of his boots in mud, the drips of water falling from treetop, to leaf, to floor. Despite the stillness that surrounded him, life in the East Sussex was restless.

Haunted by the memories of last summer, Bridcutt walked across the downland, the spaciously aligned trees allowing any route to be taken and yet not conceding a clear path. He chose a direction and walked. At that moment of decision his mobile phone sprang to life. It's buzz and hum, normally quiet, seemed to echo all around. The caller ID: GUS.

Bridcutt cancelled the call immediately. Last summer had been a difficult year for Liam, and his relationship with Gus was strained. When his employer parted company with the Uruguayan, relief had swept through Bridcutt like a wave. The hazy days of summer with Gus had past, tainted with the sting of less than favourable memories.

After hours of walking Liam had found sanctuary. He stepped off the uneven path and onto the firm pavement of Brighton's bustling town centre. The move away from instability reminded Liam of his arrival at Brighton. He had been a trialist at several clubs, never quite making the grade until Brighton took the chance. He felt safe in Brighton, he felt steady. However after what had been hours of walking, Liam became tired. Even the sun struggled to stay awake. Pink and amber flares slowly giving way to the yellow hazy buzz of the streetlights.

A deep magenta haze shone through the window, catching Bridcutts features in it's crossfire. The light danced round him like heat off baking sands. He checked his phone again. Thirteen missed calls. All from his agent. Liam slammed his phone onto the ground, breaking it instantly. A slow evening had ended abrutly.

He loved Brighton, and the snakey antics of his 'people' and former employer were of no concern to the young midfielder. He was in Brighton now, and he had a job to do.

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That's my alternative scenario. Yours is more far fetched though.

 

[B.W.]

I've a feeling we will wait a long time before, if ever, someone bids that type of money for him, (in my opinion of course).

So he's not going in this window then!?

 

[nwgull]

No, not many people would turn it down. But my point is that the reason is not because their careers end at 30 as they can earn enough in 3 years to set them up for life. The reason is, as highlighted by your response and theose below you by nwgull and Tricky Dicky, simply greed.

Are you a communist or just jealous?

 

[symyjym]

A very simple case of a footballer wanting to join a bigger club and earn more money.

Was your scenario a serious one?

My scenario also included:

"There will be very high expectations of him from the fans, Short, Di Fanti and the rest of the Sunderland squad as he would be a "Gus signing". There would be nowhere for him or Gus to hide and he has to live up to that Golden Child reputation Gus has put on him. Both their futures will be put under extremely close scrutiny."