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I suspect agents are greedier than the players, and sometimes who does the telling is the other way round - Emiliano Salah for example. And yes, maybe they did get a new contract with more money to stay, but not as much as they'd have got if they moved. So - decisions made not purely on...

Quite possibly they (or more likely their agents) did. But they were still in a position where they could afford to turn down the offer of more money, and make their decisions based on other factors.

Wage envy? You're talking bollocks - although of course I, like almost everybody else in the population is naturally a little envious of those who manage to earn millions every year. And yes, of course, footballers should be paid for their skills, and top players will be paid more. And as for...

Yes, that's the whole point that some people on here seem totally incapable of understanding. They had chances to move but opted not to because they didn't appear to think it would enhance their football career progression - it wasn't a big enough step up. There may well have been personal...

Yes, of course they would. :facepalm: At my level, a 100% increase in my income would be life changing. If I was earning as much as they are, earning still more might not matter as much as other considerations.

How many years do you need to work at £2M plus a year? You certainly won't need to slog on until you are 65! In fact, a single year at that rate would see me sorted for the rest of my life! And haven't footballers heard about insurance?

Don't be stupid! If I was homeless and unemployed of course I would welcome a £20K a year job; if I was on £20K a year and somebody offered me £200K a year, I'd grab it. If I was comfortably earning a couple of million or more every year, I was happy in my job, and my family were happy and...

I might well consider that the £12M I would trouser in those seven years would be enough to be getting on with, yes.

If I was on £35K a year (I wish!) and somebody offered me ten times as much, I'd grab it like a shot. If, however, I was getting £35K a week and was happy with my job, circumstances and location, the lure of extra money would be much less powerful.