Ffs give it a rest. Rashford is 21 Ffs.
He’s obviously joking.
Established first-teamer and England international with lots of room to improve.
Kane is on 200k.
Won more in fairness.
True but 200k should still get you 2 Rashfords.
Big ego is what makes him think he has "made it" as a star, and spending times on tattoo/fashiom/whatever...instead of focusing on football 24/7. The times he spent on going to fashion show/salon...can be spent on more freekick practice. The times he spent on social media at night can be spent to read more books or football tactics to improve his decision-making, right?
Forgive me if I'm wrong but isn't Rashford in the final year of his contract? I find it a bit difficult to believe that Fergie and Gill would've looked at a talented 21 year old striker and said to score 20 goals if he wants a new deal.
This. If a 21 year who has had an absolutely average season can somehow get a deal like this what is the amount the next right winger or the attacking midfielder going to demand?
Just as a example, Lukaku has a performance bonus of 4.5 million if he contributes to 50 goals + assists. So who knows what all performance targets should be achieved by Rashford to get all the money, this is ignoring team performance bonus.
I kinda of feel the club needs to emphasise these things so the narrative doesn't get out of hand. Why put such a misleading headline there? You just know they're setting up the lad for abuse when he has a bad match. People don't read beyond headlines and United need to counter that. It just creates more toxicity and I hate to repeat myself but sports is 50% mental - toxicity doesn't help performances.
Ducker is such an asshole, click baiting the headline to get more clicks. He knew that majority of United fans will outrage.
I sort of agree with you (not sure how it's possible btw) but the bold part says more about the fans who wants reason to be outraged.
It's society nowadays. A lot of people don't read beyond the headlines whether it's football or otherwise. This is why the press gets away with this nonsense. I wish the club would stop being passive about this. Criticise the players for legitimate crap, but this sort of vitriol just incites more fear. They don't just forget to play football, all this other stuff makes them more nervous. Yes you can be mentally tough, but this is calling for something else when a human being who has to perform in the public eye is constantly attacked. I can't imagine the comments he's getting on twitter.
Yeah, only thing club can do is leak the contract and in player's favor to few journalists like few clubs do, when they report lot less wages (as they just report basic wages).
I really think they need to start doing this seriously. What the feck does our PR department do besides promoting new sponsors I don't know. They should be on this right away. Talk about protecting young players and then they sit on their passive ass and watch all this misinformation shit go down. Are they so blind they don't see the negative effects?
I might be completely wrong here but for some reason I believe they enjoy these news, sort of positive PR like "look how much we can pay". Maybe they think it's one of the good reason to attract better players.
This is in principle nothing but a description of where he currently finds himself as a footballer. No doubt, he is more advanced at this stage of his career than Greenwood but he is still 'potential' in my eyes. Not good enough to be leading our forward line if we really wanna win the majors.
Yeah, I'm not sure whether he signed one more contract after 2016 but BBC reported his wages as 20K when he signed one in 2016. Also wages increasing year by year is a regular practice I guess, especially for the young players who signed their first contract.
That's actually a very good point.
Absolutely right. Loads of big clubs have PR teams to look into these things, I don't know why United even entertain these journalists or keep them briefed. Remove Ducker from briefings and you'll see a different side from it. Absolutely pathetic PR management from the club.
Our P.R is like our official website.
Whatever benefits they think it has doesn’t outweigh the negatives so I wish they would rethink that. It doesn’t help the players mentally. Maybe if they feel less negativity they might perform better and get results which would negate us having to ‘boast’ about how much money we have in order to attract players.
That was just my assumption and I agree with your posts. We should do much better in PR things, every contract is reported with every possible bonuses included which makes fans lose their shit.
My apologies I didn't read it like that.
Likewise i think if you'd read the thread most are dismayed at him getting 200k plus incentive not the full 300k as base.
So, 250k/week for Rashford is (rightly) "depressingly ridiculous", but 300+K/week for De Ligt would be madness?I agree that the amount is depressingly ridiculous, but there are some on here who seemed happy to throw 300+k a week at de ligt
200K + incentives, where exactly is his base salary reported?
Image rights and loyalty bonus are his basic wage they're not an incentivised bonus for good performance on the pitch just because you split them out.
You genuinely going to compare De Ligt to Rashford? De Ligt is looking like a real star in the making, in fact you could genuinely say he is already world class, he's a leader and he is just 19. Potentially a once in a generation player. Rashford.. well he isn't even the best young attacker at the club.I agree that the amount is depressingly ridiculous, but there are some on here who seemed happy to throw 300+k a week at de ligt
