- Jul 1, 2008
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If money is the key to make you a happier person then so it is. I for myself have another view on life. Passion for what you do and the place where you do it (far away from friends and family or not) could be considered as well. Especially when you earn enough to buy whatever you want anyway. Personally I could earn more so I can relate to the topic and for me it is not even about 1k a week.
I understand this is how it works today, but it still shocks me that so much is just about money and more money...
As the market works I hope our club pays what is necessary to keep the core happy...
But it's not about different jobs. It's getting less money to do the same thing.
For say Danny Rose -- a 5 year deal at Spurs gets him roughly £16M. After tax let's say he's taking home £9M. Is that enough to look after him and his wife, children, parents, brothers and sisters, wife's family etc for the 50 or so years after he finishes playing, after which he has no idea if he'll earn any more money? Probably, yeah, if he's smart with it.
But if he moved to Man Utd to do the exact same job for a bigger club in front of bigger crowds with more chances to win tropihes, that number would double to £32M.
Sure, he likes Spurs a lot. But he looks round and sees players doing a worse job than him, but earning millions more.
Why on earth would he not push to leave for Man Utd?