He is a career footballer and good luck to him. He must be on £150K a week easily. Happy to run down his contract and probably forget about football forever.
If Fergie had been 5 years younger, they all would have stayed on. No way Rafael or Evans should have been sold when they were. Smalling was a good player who needed a better centre back with him.
It's clear they want his wages off the books. Typical big contract to any English player in the club. Double that if you've come through the youth system. I'd say he is on at least 180K a week.
The guy above was trolling but he is easily Top 10 foreign players. Off the top of my head in no order
Di Stefano
Puskas
Hugo Sanchez
Ronaldo
Zidane
Marcelo
Roberto Carlos
Bale
Modric
Well that's 8 9 at least (forgot Modric FFS!). You could include Figo, the real Ronaldo, Mijatovic, Redondo...
I have a little bit of respect for Bale that here is a player who played the system and won. I'm guessing that he fell out of love with football at RM many years ago but turned up and went through the motions and made sure to fulfil his contract to earn all his money. Most players are chewed up...