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That's kind of my original point. If I were a player I don't think I'd sign an 8.5 year contract. Some kind of mechanism that allowed the contract to be shortened, or more precisely allow either party to leave on reasonable terms if a certain set of conditions were met/not met would be more...

On the first point I guess it comes down to what someone considers enough for family security. Personally a four year deal on 100+ grand a week would provide me with plenty. So a four year deal would provide me with financial security and career flexibility. But I'm not ever going to be in...

That's true but the alternative isn't a one year contract on peanuts, it'll be the same 250grand a week but for most probably four years. So you'd hardly be struggling for money and like I said in my reply to Hugo Rune I don't think players think like that, or with the example of Bogarde in...

I'd be surprised if that's how professionals at that level(or possibly any level) think. And if that is his concern he'd still be on a hefty wage for a four year contract and could command a decent wage from his next club simply from being a Chelsea player and his earlier reputation. So he...

If I was a player I don't think I'd sign a contract for that long. It's too much of a risk of being tied to a club that could leave you on the bench or just go through a long period of transition/relative irrelevance . Careers are fairly short and he's tied to them until he's 30, so all of his...